The Philadelphia Phillies’ winning streak reached a season-best five games on Friday thanks in big part to A.J. Burnett. Not only did Burnett go the distance in the 5-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals, but he helped himself at the dish as well, crushing an RBI double off the centerfield wall. Burnett was nothing less than gracious after the game. He credited Carlos Ruiz for the idea to use the changeup to keep the Cardinals’ batters off balance—a pitch not known to be in Burnett’s repertoire. He credited Cole Hamels for setting the tone for the entire rotation, which posted a 2.21 earned run average this past trip through. Then Burnett shared. Unprompted, the 37-year-old told CSN’s Gregg Murphy what made this outing “extra special.” In 16 Major League seasons, Burnett’s grandmother had never made it out to a game… until now. [mlbvideo id="33898255" width="640" height="358" /] It was the rare postgame interview that was both thoughtful and insightful. Oh, and the moths in that video are no joke. Remember what it was like watching the first half of the Snow Bowl between the Eagles and Lions last year? Picture that, only replace the snow with moths. Burnett had something to say about that as well.
Burnett on the massive swarm of moths that descended on Busch Stadium: "They were hitting me. It’s a mess out there." #Phillies — Jason Wolf (@JasonChadWolf) June 21, 2014
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