KANSAS CITY — Pushing across four runs when you post 11 hits isn’t good enough when you’re facing a playoff-caliber team, but there were nonetheless signs of life from the Philadelphia Phillies offense Friday evening.
But ultimately, they weren’t able to climb out of the hole that starter Taijuan Walker dug for them in a 7-4 series-opening loss to the Royals.
“It wasn’t good,” Walker said bluntly of his performance postgame. “Not throwing the right pitches in the right counts … getting behind in counts still … giving up the home run ball.