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Improved bat could help Galvis cement role
- Updated: August 11, 2016
LOS ANGELES — If Freddy Galvis could hit more consistently, his future with the Phillies might be a no-brainer.
He smacked a three-run home run to left field in the seventh inning of Wednesday afternoon’s 6-2 victory over the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. The homer against Dodgers left-hander Grant Dayton put the Phillies in front by one, and it also snapped Galvis’ streak of 305 consecutive plate appearances without a homer against a lefty, which dated to Aug. 26, 2014, when he homered against Washington’s Gio Gonzalez.
“Wow, I can’t even remember,” Galvis said of his last homer against a lefty. “I think it was like three years ago. Two years ago?”
Galvis later preserved the Phillies’ one-run lead with runners on first and second and two outs in the eighth. Joc Pederson hit a hard ground ball to Galvis’ right. The shortstop made a foot-first slide and backhanded the ball before standing up and making a strong throw to first get Pederson to end the inning.
“We try to help each other,” he said. “I made the play for [Hector] Neris and for the …
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