BALTIMORE — Former Atlanta Brave Jeff Francoeur took the mound for the Philadelphia Phillies Tuesday night.
You read that right. The outfielder got called in to pitch.
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With the Baltimore Orioles beating the Phillies 17-3, Francoeur entered the game to start the seventh inning. And he looked pretty good, in the seventh anyway. The former Parkview High School star struck out Nolan Reimold with a 79 mph changeup for the first out. That was followed by a ground out and line out. It was the Phillies first 1-2-3 inning of the game.
The bad news is, "Frenchy" came back in to pitch the eighth inning, too. Ryan Flaherty opened the eighth with a home run. Francoeur hit Caleb Joseph with a pitch. Following a fly out, he walked two batters to load the bases.
With the phone to the bullpen off the hook, the Phillies didn't have anyone throwing to take his place.
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Francoeur gave up a sac fly, a walk and eventually got out of the inning with a fly out.
He ended up throwing 48 pitches, allowed two runs, one hit and three walks to go along with one strikeout.