MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN – APRIL 24: Jerad Eickhoff #48 of the Philadelphia Phillies reacts after giving up a run in the fourth inning against the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park on April 24, 2016 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Jerad Eickhoff
The Philadelphia Phillies had their three-game winning streak snapped on Sunday afternoon, falling to the Brewers 8-5. Their record drops to 9-10.
On The Mound
- It was a rough afternoon for Jerad Eickhoff, who was burned for seven runs on nine hits over 5.1 innings of work.
- Eickhoff was spotted two leads throughout the afternoon, and spit them both up. He allowed three doubles in the sixth inning, which led to Milwaukee’s five-run outburst.
- Hector Neris came on to relieve Eickhoff in the sixth, and allowed his first earned run of the season to score.
- Dailer Hinojosa pitched a scoreless seventh.
- Luis Garcia, just called up to take Charlie Morton’s roster spot, made his first appearance and threw a clean eighth.
At The Plate
- The Phillies managed five runs on 12 hits.
- The team continues to bat the pitcher eighth in the lineup, and today Eickhoff put the first run on the board, driving in a run with a single in the second inning.
- Maikel Franco knocked in the team’s second run with a single in the third.
- Cameron Rupp and Cesar Hernandez each came up with RBI-doubles in the sixth inning to put the team up 4-2.
- Odubel Herrera knocked in a run in the seventh on a sacrifice fly. Herrera also singled.
- Freddy Galvis hit second, and went 2-4 with a couple of singles.
- Ryan Howard turned in an 0-4, dropping his average to .183.
- Emmanuel Burris started in left, going 0-2.
- Peter Bourjos went 1-4 with a triple.
Final Thoughts
Disappointing finish to an otherwise good series, as the Phillies squandered an early lead, as well as an opportunity to complete a sweep of Milwaukee and get above the .500 mark.
In spite of today’s loss, you have to come away from this series feeling pretty good about the strides the team made over the last week. The offense has put up five or more runs in each of the last four games, as key bats like Franco and Herrera are starting to get more and more comfortable.
The team has even some increased production from the corner outfielders, with David Lough and Tyler Goeddel each giving some productive games over the last week. (Side note, I didn’t like Mackanin’s decision to go with an outfield combo of Burris and Bourjos with Lough playing well, and Goeddel coming off of a two-hit game last night. It wasn’t the reason they lost today, but I’d stay with the hot hands)
The Phils are trending in the right direction, and its been some time since we could truly believe that.
on to players actually on the field and playing games…. don’t look now Tommy Joseph is hitting .400 as a first baseman in Triple A — If you remember he was a top 100 prospect as a catcher but concussions forced him to move to first… he has regained his stroke-
I see Pitcher Mark Appel is off a nice Start at 3-0 with 1.62 ERA in almost 17 Innings with 14 Strikeouts so far… If he pans out, then
what a great Deal with the Astros for Valesquez/Appel for Ken Giles..
OF Nick Williams is Batting .288 in 59 At Bats with 9 RBI’s with 1 Double, 2 Triples and 1 HR so far..
Crawford is hitting…Alfaro and Knapp the catchers are hitting. Phil’s have built a solid minor league system of prospects… Franco has star potential and one day could be mentioned int he same paragraph with trout and Harper….don’t kill me…I said paragraph, not breath or sentence
Good shit Paul and cigar.
Zach Eflin is 2-0 this year at Lehigh Valley in 3 starts. The pitcher the Dodgers sent the Phils in the Jimmy Rollins trade.
yeah if these prospects work out we are in for some good ball– will be interesting to see how the phils add veteran talent– they will have a ton of money–ultimately some of these guys will get paid but we are years from that.