With the Phillies' 40-man roster full, it appears that infielder Cody Ransom, who played in 22 games for the Phils this season, will not be called up.
Zagurski, 27, finished strong at Lehigh Valley, posting a 1.29 ERA in his final 13 games. Overall in his first full triple-A season, he went 2-3 record with three saves and a 3.27 ERA.
"I was pleased with it," Zagurski said. "I started out a little slow. I made a few mechanical changes, and it took a little longer than I hoped to get adjusted to it. I had a little rough patch in the middle there where I wasn't throwing a lot of quality strikes. But for the most part I think my breaking ball got quite a bit better, and my fastball command was pretty solid all year."
With the Phillies unlikely to pick up the $4.5 million 2011 option on lefthander J.C. Romero's contract, Zagurski and fellow lefty Antonio Bastardo could compete for jobs in the bullpen next year in spring training.
"That's approaching us, but I'm not really concerned with that yet," Zagurski said. "I'm coming here right now to hopefully pitch and show them what I'm capable of. I want them to know I can help up here, and then come next spring training maybe I'll get an opportunity to make the team and take it from there."
Zagurski had a 25-game stint with the Phillies in 2007, then reconstructive elbow surgery forced him to miss the 2008 season. He pitched in five games for the Phillies in June and July and got a chance to throw in the first game of Monday's doubleheader.
It did not go well.
Zagurski allowed three runs in the ninth inning of the Phillies' 7-1 loss. He surrendered two hits and a walk and hit two batters.
Extra bases
With his Game 2 victory, Roy Oswalt improved to 8-0 with a 2.43 ERA in eight career starts at Citizens Bank Park. . . . Danys Baez (back) made a one-inning appearance Monday in his one-day rehab with Lehigh Valley. He threw 19 pitches against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre - 13 for strikes - and allowed a run on two hits. Baez is eligible to come off the disabled list Friday against the New York Mets but does not figure to see much mound time in the remainder of the season. . . . Nate Robertson made his Phillies debut in the ninth inning of Game 1 and allowed an inherited runner to score on a single.
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