PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona sent out Zac Gallen for the first game in Philadelphia, hoping to get the NL Championship Series off to a good start.
Arizona sent out Zac Gallen for the first game in Philadelphia, hoping to get the NL Championship Series off to a good start.
The right-hander fell into an early hole and the Diamondbacks never recovered.
Arizona again turned to Gallen for Game 5 in the desert, anticipating a strong start that would give them a series lead heading back to Philadelphia.
Gallen labored early for the second time in the NLCS, putting the Diamondbacks on the brink of elimination.
Gallen came up short in a battle of aces with Philadelphia’s Zack Wheeler and the Diamondbacks lost 6-1 to the Phillies on Saturday in Game 5 of the NLCS.
“The guys grind and do what they can. I just didn’t give them a chance tonight,” Gallen said. “They are just a good lineup. They capitalized on the mistakes I made.”
Wheeler shut down Arizona for the second game of the series, allowing five hits in seven scoreless innings. Gallen was again no match for his fellow ace, giving up a pair of homers — 905 feet in total — and four runs in six innings.
