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Asher makes statement in first big league win
- Updated: September 9, 2016
WASHINGTON — Does Alec Asher have more of this in him?
It is just one start, but his season debut Thursday in a 4-1 victory over the Nationals at Nationals Park had to intrigue a few people in the Phillies’ organization. Asher allowed just two hits and one walk in six scoreless innings, throwing a mere 75 pitches (55 strikes). It snapped the Phillies’ nine-game losing streak against the Nationals.
Asher’s teammates commemorated his first big league win by taking him into the Phillies’ shower fully clothed and dumping beer on him.
“I just said that I was going to go out there and have fun,” Asher said. “I felt like I wasn’t myself at the end of last year and let the moment get to me. I was going to go back to being me. It definitely worked, and I’m looking to build on it.”
Asher went 0-6 with a 9.31 ERA in seven starts late last season with the Phillies, who acquired him in July 2015 in the Cole Hamels trade with the Rangers. Asher knew he would not last long with performances like that, so he worked on a two-seam fastball in the offseason. It helped. He went 1-2 with a 3.20 ERA in four starts this season with Double-A Reading before being …
