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Phillies glimpse future as youngsters step up
- Updated: September 22, 2016
PHILADELPHIA — It is just one game, but a game like this might allow the Phillies to dream a little about the future.
They not only beat the White Sox on Wednesday night at Citizens Bank Park, 8-3, they beat Sox ace Chris Sale, hammering him for seven hits and six runs in just four innings, making it his second shortest start of the season.
“He’s Chris Sale,” Phillies first baseman Tommy Joseph said. “He’s obviously in contention for the AL Cy Young every year. So it’s a good confidence booster for us.”
Cesar Hernandez and Roman Quinn hit first and second against Sale, respectively, and went a combined 2-for-5 with one triple, one RBI, three walks and three runs scored. Quinn got hit by a pitch twice, putting the duo on base a combined seven times. They could be the top two hitters in the Phillies’ lineup next season.
Maikel Franco hit third. He went 2-for-4, hitting a two-out single to right field to score to two runs in the sixth to hand the Phillies an 8-1 lead.
Joseph hit cleanup and doubled to score a run in the first and hit a two-run home run to left field in the third. Joseph’s 21st …
