Phillies pitcher Sean O'Sullivan tossed six scoreless innings, allowing five hits in Philadelphia's 6-0 win over the Diamondbacks on Sunday.
O'Sullivan's only issue came in the third inning when with two men on, he threw a wild pitch, allowing them to move to second and third. O'Sullivan worked out of it, however, getting A.J. Pollock to ground out to end the inning.
"Everyone's kind of feeding off each other," O'Sullivan said to MLB.com. "The rotation is kind of feeding off each other. It's almost like everyone's kind of accountable for their part because you don't want to be the guy that's not accountable for his part. I think everyone's really playing as a unit right now."
O'Sullivan, now 1-2, lowered his ERA to 3.68 in 22 innings of work. He will look to keep rolling Friday against the Nationals.
"It's been really frustrating," he said to Philly.com. "I've actually had conversations with [pitching coach Bob McClure] and Chooch [catcher Carlos Ruiz] about it. I wasn't giving up a lot of hits. It was just the one hit. Today, we really focused on when we got ahead of guys, trying to bury the ball or not be too fine early in the count. We worked on some mechanical things. After, I would say about the second inning, everything started to feel real smooth with the things we were working on. We were able to pound strike zone and let the guys behind us work."