Attendance: 7,666
Game Time: 2:50
Weather: 75 degrees, Partly Cloudy. (dodged yet another bullet
weather-wise)
Wind: 16 mph, L To R.
Section
204, Row 5, Seat 14 – about a third of the way down the first-base line, four
rows from the top, middle of the row (even single tickets were hard to come by)
Although the Phillies crew that traveled across Florida for this 2-game
East Coast series featured far more Triple-A depth guys than regulars, they
nevertheless had chances to score against St. Louis starter Dakota Hudson. They
loaded the bases in the top of the 3rd on two singles and an error,
but Aaron Altherr and Nick Williams struck out swinging to end the threat. Two
innings later, Drew Butera reached third with one out, but Hudson fanned Cesar
Hernandez and Odubel Herrera to end his impressive outing. The visitors finally
pushed across a run in the 9th against Cardinals flame-thrower
Jordan Hicks, when Gift Ngoepe drew a leadoff walk, advanced to second on
Trevor Plouffe’s single, and scored when the next two batters grounded out.
Like Hudson, Phillies starter Zach Eflin went 5 innings. He got quite a
few swings and misses, but the Cardinals did hit several fly balls hard,
including a solo homer by Tyler O’Neill to lead off the 2nd and a
2-run shot by Paul Goldschmidt with 2 out in the 5th. Three
relievers finished things up, with Yacksel Rios giving up the final St. Louis
run in the 7th.
It was close to a full house; the first thing I encountered after
entering the stadium was a long line of people waiting to get into the team
store. The trio of mahi tacos was somewhat messy, but well worth the $11.00
price. Getting out of the parking lot was easier than I had expected, with
drivers politely taking turns despite the absence of anyone directing traffic.
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