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- Updated: August 17, 2016
PHILADELPHIA — A little more than four months have passed since Vince Velasquez struck out 16 in a shutout against the Padres at Citizens Bank Park.
Velasquez would like to finish the season more like that pitcher than the one who faced the Dodgers in his last two starts. Velasquez struck out 10 in Wednesday night’s 15-5 loss in Philadelphia, but he also allowed seven hits — including three homers — and five runs in 5 2/3 innings in a game that featured a solo home run, a grand slam and two curtain calls from Dodgers second baseman and Phillies icon Chase Utley.
“I don’t really know the guy myself, but to have an ovation like that is incredible,” Velasquez said. “He’s a legend here.”
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