Not a lot of Phillies were in action last night, but a couple of ex-Phillies and Phillies’ nemeses were! Your Phillies-only WBC news from the previous evening:
Dominican Republic 9, Canada 2
- Phillies hurlers Nick Pivetta and Hector Neris combined for 0 ER, 0 SO, 0 BB, and 0 IP in this one. Probably for the best, in Pivetta’s case. These Dominican players aren’t f****** around.
- But you know who did pitch? Scott Mathieson, you old fireballer, you. Baseball America named Mathieson the Phillies’ fourth best prospect in 2005, and by June 2006 he was in the majors, giving up four earned runs to the Rays in six innings of work.