Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels was knocked around Monday against Baltimore, allowing five runs on six hits and two walk while striking out two over two innings of work. Chris Davis crushed a three-run home run in the opening frame off Hamels for his worst outing of the spring.
"I have a goal every Spring Training to try to get a 10.00 ERA," Hamels said sarcastically, per MLB.com. "So I think I'm doing pretty well and I've done pretty well in my career. Nah, I've gotten over [spring struggles]. Over the course of a couple Spring Trainings, you know you don't let that affect you. You have a certain agenda, and that's what I'm going to stick to no matter what the results are.
Hamels reiterated that he's feeling fine despite the rough outing.
"Everything does feel good," Hamels said. "It's just finding the right base with mechanics and your vision toward the plate and just the location of where you want to throw things. Then it's just getting the muscle memory to be able to do so. It's just not quite there yet for me."