Overview
- Painter, scratched about 45 minutes before Sunday’s 1:35 p.m. first pitch with a migraine, gave way to opener Zach Pop, who allowed one run over two innings.
- Cleared to enter in the third, the rookie right-hander retired nine straight to start his outing and finished five innings with seven strikeouts and one run allowed.
- Philadelphia moved ahead 3-2 on Trea Turner’s two-run homer and a Bryce Harper RBI double, then lost 4-3 when two eighth-inning runs were charged to José Alvarado.
- Painter said he woke with head pressure and spent the morning vomiting, and he noted a history of migraines that can sometimes cause vision loss, though not in this case.
- Manager Rob Thomson called Painter’s work “outstanding,” and the five innings eased what could have been a heavy bullpen drain to start a series against the Cubs.