PHILADELPHIA -- Baseball luck has not been falling Phillies right-hander David Buchanan's way.
Especially with the way he threw Saturday night in a 5-2 loss to the Braves in a game in which he left with a 2-1 lead with two out in the top of the seventh inning.
"Until then, he was cruising," Phillies manager Ryan Sandberg said of his 25-year-old starter. "This was his best outing, with controlling the baseball and throwing strikes."
Buchanan -- who threw 6 2/3 innings, allowing just two hits and three runs, walking three and striking out three -- has not won in 13 starts, since Aug.