In the game thread tonight, I lamented that Aaron Altherr and his ::checks notes:: “crappy hitting” would be in the center field instead of Odubel Herrera. While we don’t know what would have happened with this game if Odubel had started, I know this is true: without Aaron Altherr, the Phillies probably wouldn’t have won this game.
But they did win! They beat the Marlins 2-0, and Altherr had a ton to do with it.
In the second inning, he hit a double that scored the first (and until the ninth, the only) run of the game.