They made history in Philly last night -- and not just a little bit. And no one could have predicted it going into the eighth inning.
At that point, the two starters and two relievers had combined on a 2-1 affair, with all the runs coming on dingers by Ryan Howard and Evan Gattis. Bravers starter Ervin Santana was in line for the win, sporting a dandy six innings of four-hit ball with two walks and 11 punch outs.
It got quickly better as reliever BJ Rosenberg put his name in the record books. He faced three batters and the results looked like this: Evan Gattis - home run; Dan Uggla - home run; Andrelton Simmons - home run; now pitching, Luis Garcia. Atlanta led 5-1.
Luis Avilan joined Rosenberg by allowing a walk, three hits and a three-run jack to Dominic Brown in a five run eighth that put Philadelphia ahead 6-5. Spoiler alert: Avilan got the win -- the first time in 80 years that a pitcher earned the W with five earned runs in one frame.
Jake Diekman came in for the Phils to finish it off and proceeded to strike out the side. Unfortunately for him, that came after he walked the Upton family en route to an Uggla grand slam. Uggla and Gattis combined for four hits in 10 trips to the plate -- all four of them home runs.
And that's how a 2-1 game after seven became a 9-6 final whose winning pitcher had the worst performance of the night.
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