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Mighty Maikel: HR powers Phils over Dodgers
- Updated: August 19, 2016
PHILADELPHIA — For the second time in eight days, the Dodgers took a lead into the seventh inning, primed to complete a sweep of the Phillies, but left without one — victims of the long ball.
This time, Maikel Franco had the clutch hit, following in Freddy Galvis’ footsteps from last Wednesday in Los Angeles. Franco followed a Galvis single Thursday by rocketing a fastball over the wall in straightaway center to give the Phillies a 5-4 win. It was Galvis’ three-run shot in the seventh last week — also off Grant Dayton — that propelled the Phils over the sweep-seeking Dodgers.
Phillies starter Jerad Eickhoff navigated two Dodgers blasts and completed six innings, becoming the first Phillies starter to do so in nine games.
The loss was just the Dodgers’ …
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