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Gomez blows fourth save with late homer
- Updated: August 20, 2016
PHILADELPHIA — Jeanmar Gomez has been one of the Phillies’ best stories this season.
He entered the year as a middle reliever and only out of desperation became the team’s closer in early April. He took to the job surprisingly well and entered Friday night’s 4-3 loss in 11 innings to the Cardinals at Citizens Bank Park having saved 32 games in 35 opportunities.
But Gomez blew his fourth save in the ninth inning when Cardinals shortstop Jedd Gyorko hit a game-tying, two-run home run to left field. Gyorko fouled off three consecutive pitches before hitting the eighth pitch from Gomez — an 86-mph splitter — out of the park.
Gomez left the clubhouse immediately after the game, which has happened before following blown saves, so he could not discuss Gyorko’s at-bat.
“He hung a split to Gyorko,” Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said. “It was …
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