Daily News | Phils’ bullpen blows sweep at Dodger Stadium with 5-4 walkoff loss
LOS ANGELES — After three days of slugging their way to wins at Dodger Stadium, the Phillies weren’t able to do so Sunday in a 5-4 walkoff loss at the hands of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
“I missed my spot with Bellinger,” Knebel said. “I had the advantage and needed to go up and away there and I pulled it up in, right into his bat. So, that one hurts. But I get to 3-2 with Taylor, can’t get behind him in the first place. I didn’t execute. I thought I made a great pitch with Lux, both fastballs were just right outside the zone, and he hit the curveball. So thought it was a good pitch, curveball down, it went right into his bat.
In the wake of three straight days of runs, runs, and more runs, the Phillies collected only eight hits. After scoring 33 runs in their previous four games, they were without their hottest hitter, Bryce Harper, who received a platelet-rich plasma injection in his right elbow in the morning. The Phillies will still return to Philadelphia with two series wins, but have now slipped back below .500, at 17-18.
When asked whether that was frustrating for him, Nola said: “I mean, it’s baseball. Stuff like that is going to happen. I can just control what I can control, go deep into games as much as possible. Whatever happens after that is out of my control.”