Brandon Phillips’ time as a potent offensive threat at the second base position may be behind him, but goddammit the man is still a wizard on the defensive end.
During the 7th inning of tonight’s Cubs-Reds game, Jorge Soler lined a ball up the middle that could have potentially scored the tying run in Dexter Fowler. Unfortunately for him, Phillips had other things in mind:
Dat flip though … pic.twitter.com/mI2Cwi59tO
— MLB GIFS (@MLBGIFs) July 21, 2015
That play was so sick even Cubs Twitter had to give him props:
Wow. An exceptional play by Brandon Phillips and Eugenio Suarez robs the #Cubs of the tying run in the 7th. Tip the cap.
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) July 21, 2015
