Phillies Shake Things Up but Lose 3-1

Phillies shake things up but lose. Prior to their game against the Tampa Bay Rays, the Philadelphia Phillies made moves. That included Freddy Galvis and Sam Coonrod being activated with Enyel De Los Santos and Jorge Bonifacio being dropped from the roster. Director of Baseball Operations, Dave Dombroski shook up the Front Office by replacing, Bryan Minniti, Josh Bonifay as well as Scott Proefock. Minniti and Proefock will now be Consultants.

“I wasn’t satisfied with some things on the player-development aspect, from observation and past history…then, when you start trying to sort out who’s responsible for what, sometimes that’s hard to do,” Dombrowski spoke candidly.

Did I mention there was a game to be played? Ranger Suarez got the start and pitched well. Going 6 2/3 innings surrendering 6 hits, 1 run, walking one, and whiffing 6 on his 97 pitches. Brandon Lowe plated Wander Franco give the Jays a short-lived lead with Bamboo Brad Miller, doubled knocking in Didi Gregorius who had singled. In the 8th inning, Archie Bradley issued a free pass to Brett Phillips who promptly stole second.

This is not a drill. This is a warning.

Watch out for 𝙍𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧. pic.twitter.com/40AkFJ0U3L
— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) August 25, 2021

Randy Arozarena was plunked with a pitch to set the stage for the game hero. Nelson Cruz rocked a bases-clearing double that provided the margin of victory. Some baseball oddities, when Bradley struck out Wander Franco, it was only the second strikeout for Franco in his last 9 games. Nelson Cruz has played 1852 Major League games. Big deal right? It was the first game he ever played first base. Phillies shake things up but lose.

Kevin Neibauer

Kevin has followed and promoted the game of lacrosse since May 19, 1974.
The same day the Philadelphia Flyers won the Cup, the Philadelphia Wings were introduced to Neibauer and Philadelphia.

Kevin has covered many sports, including baseball, football, basketball, and.. lacrosse. A former licensed football referee and baseball umpire, Kevin brings a unique insight to his game coverage.

A published writer in JustHockey Magazine, Kevin covered the American Hockey League as well as a monthly story on a pugilist where Kevin used the pen name, The Rink Rat. Neibauer turned his attentions to lacrosse for a few years and does his part, whether podcasting or writing to grow the game. Kevin branched out to his roots and currently provides insight for all Philadelphia teams for Edge of Philly as well as his full-time duties with LaxPhilly.