Final Score: Red Sox 4, Phillies 3
Friday, the Philadelphia Phillies were plagued by a brutal defensive showing. The defense wasn’t Garry Maddox-esque Saturday, but it didn’t cost them Game 2 of their weekend series with the Boston Red Sox.
No, tonight another issue that has followed the Phillies for much of the 2021 season hurt them dearly: strikeouts.
Phillies hitters struck out 13 times Saturday, including three more from Bryce Harper, who has struck out 10 times in his last four games. Harper struck out with bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning, a non-competitive at-bat that lasted just three pitches.