PHILADELPHIA _ Jimmy Paredes has been the most obscure Phillies player since joining the team on June 1. The outfielder rarely played. And when he did, it was not memorable. That changed on Sunday.
Paredes finished a 7-6 win over Colorado a triple shy of the cycle. Paredes, who started in left field, went 3 for 4 and drove in three runs. He singled in a run in the second and homered in the fourth. His double in the fifth capped the team's three-run rally and gave Paredes his first three-hit game since last June.
The win may have come at a price as Adam Morgan, who started for the injured Zach Eflin, left the game in the fourth inning after he was drilled on the left arm by a line drive off the bat. Morgan allowed two runs on five hits, walked one and struck out none. The Phillies said the pitcher had a bruised left forearm. The left-hander faced two batters in the fourth before being removed.
If Morgan is forced to miss time, he would likely be replaced by Phil Klein. The right-hander struck out 11 batters in eight innings Sunday with Triple-A Lehigh Valley. It was his second straight start with 10 or more strikeouts. He made a spot start with the Phillies on Aug. 3.
One of Morgan's earned runs scored against Severino Gonzalez, who was called for a balk before throwing his first pitch. Gonzalez pitched two innings and allowed a homer in the fifth to Charlie Blackmon, who tied the score at 3.
The Phillies quickly regained the lead in the bottom of the inning behind a run-scoring single from Freddy Galvis, Paredes' double, and an RBI single by Cesar Hernandez, who has reached base safely in 21 straight games. Hernandez is batting .329 with an .441 on-base percentage over that stretch.
Odubel Herrera tacked on another run in the sixth, driving home Ryan Howard on a double. Howard chugged from first base and slid headfirst into home. Herrera was tagged out at third when he tried to stretch out his double.
