Familiar: Braves 5, Phillies 2

Aug 9 2020 by The Good Phight

 
Vince Velasquez couldn’t make it through the fifth | Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images

The Phillies’ bullpen was handed a lead. The Phillies lost the game.

You’re going to find what I’m about to write very easy to believe: Vince Velasquez started for the Phillies and did not pitch deep into the game. Nonetheless, he handed a lead (albeit a slim one) to the bullpen, and the bullpen did not preserve that lead. The result was a 5-2 loss to the Braves in the opening game of a...

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