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Phelps’ first pitch sets tone on rare off night
- Updated: June 5, 2016
MIAMI — In hindsight, Marlins setup man David Phelps wishes he trusted his first instinct when he took the mound in the eighth inning on Saturday night against the Mets.
If Phelps had, he wouldn’t have thrown the pitch that James Loney ripped for a double that set in motion a two-run eighth inning that rallied the Mets to a 6-4 win over Miami at Marlins Park.
“It’s a bad pitch from the get-go,” Phelps said. “I’m talking in the bullpen about maybe throwing a cutter in on his hands.”
Instead, the right-hander threw an 80-mph knuckle curve that Loney deposited in the right-center gap.
For the second straight game, the Marlins didn’t have an answer for Loney. In Friday’s 6-2 loss, Loney hit the go-ahead two-run homer off lefty Mike Dunn in the seventh.
In two straight days, Loney did significant damage, both times pouncing on the first pitch. Off Dunn, it was a fastball down the middle. Against Phelps, it was as if he was sitting breaking …
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