Phillies Shutout By Giants In All-Around Poorly Played Game

It was just an all-around terrible performance from the Phillies out west in San Francisco.

From no offense to misplayed balls to poor pitching performances, not one part of the Phillies’ game went right in their 6-0 shutout loss to the San Francisco Giants. It was an all-around bad game for the Phillies, as nothing seemed to go their way, and they could do nothing to change the way the game was going.

Coming into the matchup, the Phillies were facing left-hander Robbie Ray, who has does ok against Phillies offensive players; however, tonight’s Phillies lineup was far from normal. They went with their right-handed-heavy lineup, which included Edmundo Sosa, Otto Kemp in left field, and, due to a groin injury to Alec Bohm, utility man Dylan Moore making his first start as a Phillie at second base.

So with a below-average lineup already penciled in, things started badly and got even worse in the first inning. Cristopher Sanchez, the Phillies’ dominant ace, started off his night with back-to-back hits from Willy Adames and Matt Chapman, and a groundout from Luis Arraez scored the first run of the night. Also during that inning, catcher J.T. Realmuto was hit in the foot by a foul ball and was removed from the game with a foot contusion. His X-rays postgame were negative.

The Phillies’ offense still managed to get leadoff men aboard in two of their next three innings; however, there was no movement from the rest of the order, and those chances vanished right away.

San Francisco, though, was battling through those innings, working guys on but just missing tacking on more runs. That was until the fifth inning when Daniel Susac singled, and after an error from Trea Turner, three batters later Susac scored thanks to a double off the bat of Chapman, doubling the Giants’ lead. They would increase it to three just one batter later, after a single from Arraez.

So trailing 3-0, how did the top of the order respond? They did nothing, of course, as Turner grounded out, Kyle Schwarber struck out, and Bryce Harper did knock a single to left, but Adolis Garcia popped out to Rafael Devers at first.

Back out for the sixth inning was Sanchez, who was having one of the worst starts of his career, allowing nine hits and three runs so far. Nine hits instantly became 11 hits as Devers and Casey Schmitt opened up the inning with two base hits, ending Sanchez’s night. It’s the first time Sanchez had allowed double-digit hits or more in a start since August of 2024.

The Giants added a run on a Jung Hoo Lee sacrifice fly, and while the score was only 4-0, it felt like 40-0. Over the next two innings, once again the Phillies had opportunities to get a rally going with the bats, putting two runners on in the seventh and eighth innings, and both times they squandered those chances.

While a four-run lead was great, why not add on? San Francisco once again took advantage of another error from the Phillies, this one coming from Rafael Marchan, to start a rally in the eighth. Orion Kerkering, back from his hamstring injury and making his season debut, allowed a walk after the error, putting two runners on, and Susac, who already had two singles on the night, snuck a two-run triple down the left field line, making it 6-0 Giants.

Closing out the miserable night, the trio of Marchan, Kemp, and Moore was due up in the ninth. With the three already combined for 0-for-8 on the night, they said make it 0-for-11 as it took just 11 pitches from Keaton Winn to pop each of them, ending the night with a 6-0 shutout loss for the Phillies.

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