MIAMI -- Phillies right-hander Andrew Painter grew up in South Florida, but he had never pitched at loanDepot park.
He got the opportunity on Saturday.
Painter pitched in his hometown ballpark in front of family, friends and a few thousand Phillies fans. It didn’t go the way he wanted in a 4-0 loss to the Marlins, snapping the Phillies’ four-game winning streak under interim manager Don Mattingly. Painter loaded the bases in the third inning with one out, then walked Agustín Ramírez and Connor Norby with two outs to score Miami’s first two runs.
It was the first time a Phillies pitcher walked consecutive batters with the bases loaded since Jesús Luzardo in the fifth inning against Boston on July 23.
Painter fell into several three-ball counts in the first three innings. He allowed a solo home run to Xavier Edwards in the fifth.
Painter allowed seven hits, three runs and three walks and struck out seven in five innings. He has a 5.28 ERA in six appearances (five starts).
Saturday was a matchup between former first-round picks. The Phillies selected Painter with the 13th overall pick in the 2021 Draft. The Marlins selected Max Meyer with the third overall pick in the 2020 Draft.
Meyer dominated.
He allowed one hit and one walk and struck out seven in seven scoreless innings. Garrett Stubbs got the only hit with a one-out single to right in the third inning. Stubbs started in left field because Brandon Marsh was nursing a bruised right elbow and Justin Crawford couldn’t play because of a migraine.
Meyer struck out Kyle Schwarber in each of his three plate appearances against him. Schwarber has struck out in eight consecutive plate appearances, dating back to Friday’s series opener against the Marlins. They are the most consecutive strikeouts by a Phillies position player (non-pitcher) in the Expansion Era (since 1961).
Dylan Cozens struck out in nine consecutive plate appearances from July 1 - Sept. 12 of 2018.
Tied for third behind Cozens and Schwarber with seven consecutive strikeouts are:
- J.T. Realmuto (July 20-23, 2019)
- Pedro Florimón (Sept. 2-18, 2018)
- Mitch Walding (May 30-June 20, 2018)
- Odúbel Herrera (May 24-25, 2017)
- John Russell (May 14-23, 1986)
- Larry Hisle (May 6-8, 1969)