Phillies Fall To Diamondbacks 5-1, Lose 6th In A Row
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Archie Bradley pitched six strong innings and drove in a run, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday.
Jake Lamb had two hits and two RBIs for Arizona, which has won six of eight and will try for a sweep of the four-game series on Monday. Michael Bourn drove in a run, and Paul Goldschmidt singled to extend his major league-leading hitting streak to 13 games.
Philadelphia managed just three hits while dropping its sixth straight game and 23rd in the last 29. The Phillies, who entered with the fewest runs in the majors, have averaged just 1.8 runs during their skid.
Bradley (3-3) allowed an unearned run and three hits, snapping a personal three-game losing streak. He pitched out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the sixth.
A walk to Andres Blanco, Jimmy Paredes' single and shortstop Nick Ahmed's error loaded the bases. But Bradley got Tommy Joseph to ground into a 4-6-3 double play before Cody Asche lined out to center, keeping Arizona ahead 2-1.
The Diamondbacks tacked on a run in the seventh on Bourn's single to center off David Hernandez, and made it 4-1 in the ninth when Phil Gosselin scored on Andrew Bailey's wild pitch. Lamb added a run-scoring triple.
Bradley helped his own cause in the third when he drove home Brandon Drury with a sacrifice fly to center off Zach Eflin (0-2). Lamb made it 2-0 in the sixth with an RBI double to left-center.
Eflin rebounded nicely from a shaky major league debut on Tuesday in Toronto, where he allowed eight earned runs and nine hits in 2 2/3 innings. The 22-year-old right-hander yielded two runs and four hits in 5 2/3 innings against Arizona, lowering his ERA from 27.00 to 10.80.
Philadelphia's Maikel Franco went 0 for 4, grounding out to end the game, and is hitless in his last 16 at-bats.
Arizona improved to 19-14 on the road. The Diamondbacks are 13-25 at home.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: RHP Shelby Miller will be activated from the disabled list to start Monday's game. Miller has been sidelined since May 27 with a right index finger sprain.
UP NEXT
Phillies RHP Jeremy Hellickson (4-5, 4.46 ERA) opposes Miller (1-6, 7.09 ERA) on Monday afternoon.
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