Categories: 2018 Recaps

Another sweep! Phillies beat Rays, 10-4, with big hits

The Phillies are hot.

The boys won their sixth-straight game on Sunday with a 10-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. In sweeping the Rays, the Phils move to 9-5.

There were two big blasts in this game: Down 2-1 in the third inning, Scott Kingery smoked a bases-loaded double off the center field fence. Then, in the eighth inning, Aaron Altherr added some insurance via a three-run home run to left field. The Phils worked walks, came up with big hits, and kept innings humming.

Ben Lively pitched like a No. 5 starter, going just four and giving up three runs. The bullpen did a fine job filling out the game, with Hoby Milner, Yacksel Rios, Luis Garcia and Edubray Ramos proving successful.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.