Daily News | Phillies hold off Nationals, 5-3, for third straight win
WASHINGTON — Two outs into the seventh inning of the opener of a doubleheader Friday, César Hernández surprised the Phillies by bunting for a hit.In other years — heck, last month — that would’ve spelled doom for the Phillies’ bullpen and for Connor Brogdon, in particular. Not this time. Brogdon stared down the Washington Nationals slugger, mixed cutters and changeups, and won an 11-pitch duel by getting him to fly out to center field.
Brogdon settled everything down, at least until closer du jour Brad Hand walked a ninth-inning tightrope by putting two runners on base and bringing the winning run to the plate with one out. But they will also need internal solutions to emerge, and Brogdon’s hand is raised to the sky. And he has caught interim manager Rob Thomson’s attention.
Brogdon has built arm strength as the season has gone on. But he also has leaned more heavily on his cutter and has given up one hit on it this month.
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