Phillies Notes: Phils' Lannan throws 5 shutout innings vs. Rays

Lannan, a seven-year veteran the Phillies signed as a free agent, allowed just two hits, walked one batter and struck out four. He was most happy with the way he threw his change-up after the first inning.

"I'd like to work on getting it softer and right now it's in a good place," Lannan said. "I wasn't getting the differential I wanted to keep them off balance. I throw 88 and the change-up was 85 or 86. The differential needs to be bigger and that's what I was working on today and I was happy with it."

Lannan, 28, went 42-52 with a 4.01 ERA in his six seasons with the Nationals, but spent most of last year at triple-A Syracuse because he did not fit into Washington's plans. He has openly admitted it bothered him.

"I've always had a chip on my shoulder, but to be told you're not good enough, it's kind of hard to take," Lannan said. "It just made me make a little harder. Yeah, it definitely changed me. Becoming a free agent, I came to a place that I thought I'd have a shot and they've shown they're going to give me that shot."

Extra bases

The Phillies only had four hits in their 3-1, 10-inning loss to the Rays and three of them did not leave the infield. Kevin Frandsen and Ben Revere reached on bunt singles and Domonic Brown legged out an infield single. Carlos Ruiz accounted for the Phillies' only run with an RBI single in the second inning off Rays lefty Matt Moore.