Braves starting pitcher Julio Teheran did not have a pretty outing in his final spring tuneup Wednesday against the Phillies. Teheran gave up four home runs, including two to veteran second baseman Chase Utley, in a 9-2 loss.
The Phillies didn't waste any time ruining Teheran's afternoon. They totaled four runs in the first inning, which included a three-run homer from Utley.
Utley's second home run was a solo shot leading off the bottom of the third. Freddy Galvis and Rene Garcia then led off the fourth inning with back-to-back homers.
Teheran (2-2) had allowed just one home run in his first four spring starts. He was charged with seven runs on eight hits and no walks in four innings Wednesday. He struck out four.
“I felt really good,” Teheran said of Thursday’s outing, per the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “I’m not going to lie, I felt the best that I’ve felt in spring training. Talking about my arm. I felt really smooth, and that’s what I’ve been looking for the whole spring training. I really felt it today. Other than that, just a couple of mistakes that I made.
“All my pitches were working, but on the mistakes they were just swinging, and I paid for them.”
Teheran, who finishes the spring with an 8.00 ERA, will start make his first start of the season Monday against the Marlins.