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Carrasco, Happ Struggle, But Phillies Beat Jays

The second time was not as good as the first for Carlos Carrasco and JA Happ. The youngsters struggled with the longball, but the Phillies offense picked them up and defeated the Blue Jays, 12-7. With the win the Phillies are 3-3 in Grapefruit League play.

Happ surrendered a home run to Adam Lind, finishing with a line of 3 IP / 3 H / 2 ER / 1 BB. Carrasco gave up two home runs, finishing with a line of 3 IP / 3 H / 3 ER / 1 BB / 3 K. He cruised for the most part, but became rattled with a runner on third after a three-base error by Eric Bruntlett. He then surrendered a double and a walk, before letting Kevin Millar beat him with a three-run bomb. If there is any issue with Carrasco, it’s his mind.

Otherwise the offense played well. Jeremy Slayden and Ryan Howard hit big home runs, while most Phillies had at least one hit. Pablo Ozuna was on base three of the five times he came to the plate.

In the B-squad game, Jamie Moyer and Joe Blanton both had scoreless outings.

The Phillies have off tomorrow. Cole Hamels will make his first start of the spring as the Phillies play the Canadian WBC team Wednesday.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.