Phillies’ Andrew Painter Continues To Struggle In Triple-A
Ideally, Andrew Painter would be part of the Phillies’ rotation by now. Instead, he is getting hit around in Triple-A.
Painter gave up 10 hits and seven runs (six earned) in 5.1 innings against Toledo on Wednesday. It is the fourth time in the past six starts that Painter has given up five or more runs.
Painter got off to a rocky start, as he walked the first two batters of the game. He managed to settle down to get three fly outs, with only one run scoring on a sac fly. He cruised through the next two innings before Akil Baddoo homered and Jace Jung doubled in the fourth,
But Painter once again escaped without any further damage, and he entered the fifth inning having allowed just two runs. After getting two quick outs to start the fifth, Painter blew his chance to get out of the inning when he couldn’t glove a grounder by Parker Meadows. After that error, he gave up back-to-back singles to allow an unearned run to score.
Painter hung curveballs to Thomas Nido (double) and Gage Workman (home run) in the sixth as he allowed hits to the final four hitters he faced.
Painter still shows solid stuff, and he spotted his fastball and slider, but his curveball and changeup were much less consistent on Wednesday.
Painter is now 4-5, 5.62 for Lehigh Valley. He’s allowed 109 hits in 97.2 innings and he’s struck out just 99.
