Daily News | Phillies win 9th straight as Thomson’s magical run continues
Matt Vierling hadn’t played second base in a game before. Not in high school. Not in Little League. Never. But there he was, playing second base for nine innings of a major league game Saturday.It worked out because, well, everything always works out for Rob Thomson’s Phillies. Star-crossed under deposed Joe Girardi, they have been flawless for eight days under their interim manager.
Absolutely everything is coming up Phillies. Castellanos gave them a 1-0 lead by punching a two-out single through the right side in the first inning against Diamondbacks starter Madison Bumgarner. Stott made it 3-0 by showing off his improved two-strike approach with a foot-down two-run homer in the second inning.
A little history: Thomson joined Pat Moran in 1915 as the only Phillies managers to win their first eight games. The Phillies went to the World Series in 1915. The Diamondbacks got only one runner into scoring position against Wheeler. But David Peralta was left stranded after his one-out double when Wheeler got Alec Thomas to fly out and struck out Geraldo Perdomo.Vierling was on the Phillies’ radar when he talked the coaches into letting him play the infield during the Florida instructional league. But by proving his versatility, he put himself in a better position to get called up last season.
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