PHILADELPHIA –
Franco is batting .262 with seven home runs, 25 RBIs and an .858 OPS in 122 plate appearances. He has spent most of the season hitting eighth, which keeps getting brought up every time he has a big game.\n\nLike, \"Hey, might the Phillies move Franco out of the eight-hole because he’s been doing so well?\"\n\nLike, \"No, why mess with Franco’s mojo?\"\n\nFranco’s 25 RBIs are tied with
“These guys can hit,” Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire said. “You saw what can happen in one big inning. Every time we got a ball up, they crushed it. That’s their baseball team over there. They’ve got some really good hitters, that’s a really good baseball team. They’ll be competing for that division and that’s because of that right there – every time you made a mistake in that one inning, they just killed it.”\n\nThe offensive outburst, which started when Realmuto poked a double down the right-field line in the seventh, overshadowed
“I knew in the bullpen \\[session\\] my curveball was good today and my changeup was pretty good,” Nola said. “I just felt on line with everything. I kind of mixed in my fastballs better than I did in the previous starts, so I didn’t really panic \\[after the leadoff double in the first inning\\].”\n\nNola has allowed two earned runs in his last 15 innings. If he has turned the corner and if the offense can get back on track -- the Phillies scored seven runs without