'udders did "miss" the pelanty, but only because Phillips psyched him out.
If you look at it closely, Phillips stood slightly to his left, inviting the strike to the right - but also his stance showed the pen-taker that he was ready to dive to the right.
Pelanty taker had to put his strike out of Phillips' reach, but over-compensated.

I'd put that down to a save by Phillips.