Luzardo's Off Day Leads Phillies Loss

0:00On March 29th, Jesus Lazardo kicked off strong against the Texas Rangers, but got lit up for five runs on two homers, leading to a Philly's loss. He breezed through the first couple innings on just 22 pitches, but Brandon Nemo crushed a two run sweeper in the third, and Andrew McCutchen blasted a 98 mile per hour fastball for three in the fourth, putting Philly down six nothing early. Lazardo dominated last season with 32 starts for the Philly's, 20 of them homer free, finishing 15 and seven with a 3.9, two ERA and 216 strikeouts. The Philly's locked him up this month with a $135 million extension through 2031, right after his best year, ever. Fans felt the sting when McCutchen, a former Philly who signed late on March 6th, tried at home and shot it back at a heckler, basically saying he, told everyone he still had it. The Philly's offense went quiet for the second day straight, barely threatening in 18 innings total. This was just one off day for Lazardo, like Aaron Nola's the day before.

1:02Bad pitches at bad times, nothing deeper. The teams built around tight games from their rotation and bullpen, not big comebacks without much pop-out-side Schwarber and Harper. Lazardo bounces back Saturday at Cours Field, where he dominated last year with 10 strikeouts in six innings. Philly's shake this weekend off and keep rolling. That's your update from MLB News today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with The Story.