Phillies: After 1.2 Innings, Starting Pitcher Mick Abel Takes a ‘Walk’ to the Showers

Phillies: After 1.2 innings, starting pitcher Mick Abel takes a ‘walk’ to the showers

PHILADELPHIA — Here a walk, there a walk, everywhere a walk, walk. Phillies righthander Mick Abel gave one free pass after another to the San Diego Padres in a 6-4 loss in Wednesday’s opener of a twilight doubleheader at Citizens Bank Park. Abel walked five batters and lasted just 1.2 innings. He threw 53 pitches — only 25 of them strikes — giving up five earned runs and a pair of hits while striking out three. In a disastrous second inning, two…

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The San Diego Padres roughed up rookie starting pitcher Mick Abel for five runs in 1⅔ innings en-route to a 6-4 win.

Phillies: After 1.2 innings_ starting pitcher Mick Abel takes a \u2018walk\u2019 to the showers

Phillies starting pitcher Mick Abel walks himself into trouble against Padres

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Not every pitcher is Paul Skenes. Or Jacob deGrom. Or Mark Fydrich. (You’ll be hearing a lot about that last guy a year from now when the All-Star Game returns to Philadelphia.) Not every pitcher is an overnight success in Major League Baseball. It just doesn’t work that way. The game is too tough. Most young pitchers absorb lots of bruises before they start delivering them with regularity. Game 1 of Wednesday’s doubleheader between the Phillies…

Schwarber goes yard, but Padres jump all over Mick Abel early to beat the Phillies 6-4 in first game of doubleheader

Nick Pivetta returned to Citizens Bank Park and did exactly what he never really did while he was here….shove. The former Phillies right-hander silenced his old team over seven innings of one-run ball as the Padres took Game 1 of Wednesday’s doubleheader, 6-4. It was a frustrating start for the Phillies, who found themselves in a 5-0 hole before most fans had settled in with their first soft pretzel. Mick Abel unraveled early, walking five batte…

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Read a recap of the Philadelphia Phillies-San Diego Padres Game 1 on July 2, 2025 at PhilliesNation.com.