NEW YORK -- He was probably staying in the rotation for another turn anyway, but Matt Strahm earned at least one more start with the way he pitched Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium.
Strahm held the Yankees to one hit in four scoreless innings, retiring Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and DJ LeMahieu twice apiece in the Phillies' 4-1 win.
It was Strahm's first real start since 2019 so he was going to be capped at 65 pitches. He threw 61. Next time out, the Phillies plan to push him to 75-80 pitches, manager Rob Thomson said after the game.
"For me, I'm not worried about pitch count, ups, downs, whatever," Strahm said. "When the ball gets taken from me, that's when I'm done. I refuse to call myself a reliever or starter, I'm just a pitcher. Whatever they need, whenever they need it, I'm gonna do it."
LeMahieu hit a ball 395 feet to center field to lead off the bottom of the first but it stayed in the yard. From there, Strahm cruised. He retired eight in a row before Anthony Volpe singled to right field. He walked Gleyber Torres in the fourth but induced flyouts of Stanton and Josh Donaldson to end the inning. phillies crewneck sweatshirt
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