News: Phils lose to Braves as Burnett shows off

The Phillies lost Wednesday to the Braves, 3-2.

It was a relatively uninteresting contest. Jeremy Hellickson surrendered two runs on five hits in four innings. Mark Appel walked two, struck out three and gave up a run in two innings. The offense did little, with just Roman Quinn making any highlights (single, stolen base, RBI).

Welcome to the dead zone of spring training.

TODAY’S GAME: The Phillies are back home to face old friends the Blue Jays. Game time is at 1:05 p.m. with Jerad Eickhoff on the hill.

BURNETT PROFILE: Sean Burnett pitched well yesterday against Atlanta, going two and giving up just a hit. He’s profiled today by multiple writers – check out Ryan Lawrence’s piece. Burnett has had Tommy John surgery twice. Yeesh.

FRONT OFFICE PROFILE: Matt Gelb looks at the changing front office dynamic, where Matt Klentak is creating a new analytics department with help from Ned Rice and Andy Galdi, among others.

Read more about what Galdi means to the Phils in our Value 50 profile.

As for the series, it continues today with Nos. 20-11.