Instant Replay: Diamondbacks 2, Phillies 1

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PHOENIX – The Phillies mustered just six hits in absorbing a 2-1 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday night.

Cole Hamels took the loss to fall to 1-5.

Phillies pitching walked eight batters, one intentionally.

The Phillies are just 1-7 in Hamels’ eight starts. They are 16-20 on the season.

Starting pitching report
Command issues plagued Hamels as he walked five, one intentionally, in six innings. He also allowed six hits, including three doubles. Despite all those baserunners, Hamels held Arizona to two runs.

Hamels has walked 22 batters in 51 2/3 innings.

Arizona lefty Patrick Corbin (5-0) continued his excellent start by holding the Phils to a run in 6 1/3 innings. He allowed just four hits, walked two and struck out four. Corbin has gone at least six innings in all seven of his starts and held the opposition to two or fewer runs each time.

Bullpen report
Phillippe Aumont and Jeremy Horst combined on an adventurous seventh inning. Aumont allowed a hit and a walk and Horst allowed a four-pitch walk and would have walked in a run hadn’t Martin Prado swung at a 3-1 pitch over his head. Prado ended up popping out as the D’backs left the bases loaded in a one-run game.

Arizona right-hander David Hernandez pitched a perfect eighth with an assist from second baseman Cliff Pennington, who took away a hit from Ryan Howard while playing the shift toward the foul line in shallow right field.

Heath Bell had the save for Arizona.

At the plate
Domonic Brown doubled with one out in the top of the ninth and died on second as the Phils went 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position.

Trailing 2-0 in the seventh, the Phillies had bases loaded and one out for pinch-hitter Kevin Frandsen. He appeared to drop a soft liner into right field for an RBI single, but John Mayberry Jr., holding close to first in case the ball was caught by the second baseman, got a late jump to second and was forced out by rightfielder Gerardo Parra. One run scored on what was ruled a fielder’s choice. In the end, it was a missed chance for the Phillies who would have had the bases loaded and one out with a run in if Mayberry hadn’t been nailed at second.

Jimmy Rollins was 0 for 2 with runners in scoring position. He is 5 for 33 in those situations this season.

Ryan Howard was 0 for 3 with two strikeouts against the lefty Corbin. He is 6 for 34 (.176) with 16 Ks against lefties this season.

The Diamondbacks were 0 for 12 with runners in scoring position. They scored both of their runs on groundouts, one of which was a nifty drag bunt by Gerardo Parra.

In the field
Hamels bobbled a potential double-play ball and had to settle for an out at first with two men on in the fifth. The left-hander was visibly frustrated after the play, which set up a second-and-third situation with Corbin, the opposing pitcher, up and one out. The Phillies started off the at-bat with the infield in then backed it up. It was a pivotal decision because Corbin then hit a run-scoring ground ball to Rollins. Had Rollins been up, the run would not have scored. Hamels was visibly frustrated after that play, too.

Health check
Roy Halladay will have surgery Wednesday (see story).

Milestone
The game was Charlie Manuel’s 1,332nd as Phillies skipper, moving him past Gene Mauch for the most in franchise history.

Up next
Tyler Cloyd makes his season debut against Arizona right-hander Ian Kennedy (1-3, 5.19) on Friday night.

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