Bats silent as Phils drop 3 of 4 to Rockies
DENVER >> Jon Gray pitched six scoreless innings, Tony Wolters had a two-run double and the Colorado Rockies beat the Phillies 4-1 Sunday for their sixth win in seven games.
Trevor Story and Ian Desmond also had RBI singles for the Rockies, who won three of four against the Phillies for their second series win of the season and first at home.
Bryce Harper drew a leadoff walk in the Phillies eighth and has reached base safely in all 21 games to start the season.
The Phillies got a twoout RBI single from pinch hitter J.T. Realmuto in the ninth and had two runners whenWade Davis retired Cesar Hernandez on an infield groundout.
Gray (2-3) allowed one hit in six innings — a double by Maikel Franco in the fourth. He struck out five and walked four in winning his second in a row after losing his first three decisions. Carlos Estevez, Scott Oberg and Davis finished up with an inning apiece.
Jerad Eickhoff (0-1), making his first start of the season after beginning the year on the 10-day injured list with a right lat strain, allowed four runs on seven hits in six innings. He struck out eight and walked four, including two in the Rockies’ three-run sixth.
Three consecutive two-out singles in the third gave the Rockies the lead. David Dahl started the string, advanced on Nolan Arenado’s single and came home on the hit by Story, who extending his hitting streak to 10 games. It’s his fourth career hitting streak of 10 or more games.
Colorado added three runs in the sixth. Eickhoff issued consecutive walks to start the inning and Desmond followed with an RBI single. Wolters drove in two more with a double that rolled to the wall in right-center field. Wolters was thrown out trying to reach third.
The start of the game was delayed 33 minutes because of rain.
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