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July 19
The Phillies swept their series against the Marlins and are now 52-40 overall.
July 16: Phillies 8, Marlins 0. Aaron Nola was absolutely dominating, striking out 16 and holding the Marlins scoreless over eight innings. Nola allowed just there hits and two walks en route to winning his tenth game and lowering his ERA to 1.98. J.T. Realmuto had three hits, including a home run, and drove in five.
July 17: Phillies 4, Marlins 1. Zack Wheeler followed up Nola with a great start of his own, throwing six scoreless innings, and Matt Barnes, Archie Bradley and Hector Neris took things the rest of the way. Wheeler helped his own cause with an RBI single in the second, and Andrew McCutchen followed him up with a two-run homer.
July 18: Phillies 6, Marlins 4. Jimmy Nelson had to leave with a sprained ankle after just one inning, and Vince Velasquez put the Phils in a hole early by giving up a grand slam to Miguel Rojas. Alec Bohm had three hits, including a two-run homer that put the Phils back ahead in the seventh. After Velasquez, the Phillies bullpen threw six scoreless innings, capped off by Neris's 19th save.
Transactions: The Phillies swung a trade with the Giants for infielder Donavan Solano, giving up a minor league pitcher. Solano hit .289 with 31 doubles for the Giants, and he makes $3.25M in the last year of his contract. He'll get the majority of the starts at second base, with Jean Segura spelling Didi Gregorius at shortstop against most lefties. Ronald Torreyes was designated for assignment but accepted a demotion to Lehigh Valley. Jimmy Nelson was placed on the IL- he should only miss two starts- and Sam Coonrod was brought up to give the bullpen an additional arm, with Zach Eflin anticipated to return next week to temporarily replace Nelson in the rotation.
Around the league:
-Matt Olson won the Home Run Derby.
-Yordan Alvarez homered twice to help the AL with the All-Star Game, 6-3. J.T. Realmuto was one for three, Jimmy Nelson gave up one run in one inning, and Aaron Nola did not pitch.
-Chris Archer was traded from the Rays to the Brewers.
-Trea Turner hit for the cycle.
-Kenley Jansen signed a two-year extension with the Dodgers worth $15.8M.
-Giancarlo Stanton and Josh Bell won the Player of the Week awards.
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