GAME
RECAP: Phillies Stun Marlins 6-2
Freddy Galvis gave a jolt to a struggling offense
with a momentum-changing two-run home run that triggered the Phillies' 6-2 comeback
win over the reeling Marlins on Monday at Marlins Park. The Phillies snapped
their six-game losing streak, and the six runs were their most since a 7-6 win
over the Rockies on Aug. 14. For the Marlins, they've now dropped four
straight, and eight of nine, falling two games under .500 (68-70) and five
games behind the Cardinals for the second National League Wild Card spot.
"I'm just happy to get a couple of runs," said Phillies manager Pete
Mackanin, after his club scored 11 runs in their past six games combined.
"It was nice to see. We go on the road, and people start hitting better.
Sometimes you need a change of scenery." The Marlins grabbed a two-run
lead in the first inning of Phillies right-hander Jerad Eickhoff. Dee Gordon tripled
to open the first, and Ichiro Suzuki had
an RBI single. J.T. Realmuto added
an RBI single, but Eickhoff settled down, and he yielded just those runs on six
hits with four strikeouts in six innings. "That first inning, we kind of
jump guys," Marlins manager Don Mattingly said. "Then they're going
to start pitching. They're going to start using their breaking ball, start
using their changeup. They're going to start pitching backwards, and they're
going to do some things." Miami right-hander Jake Esch was
in command for four scoreless innings before Galvis' two-run homer in the
fifth. Peter Bourjos tripled
and scored when Cesar Hernandez reached on shortstop Miguel Rojas' error. "I just made a
mistake," Esch said. "I left a ball up for him to handle." Two
errors by Marlins reliever Austin Brice opened
the door for the Phillies' three-run seventh inning. One of the runs was
unearned. Bourjos had an RBI single, and pinch-hitter Jimmy Paredes delivered a two-run single off Brian Ellington.
PHILS PHACTS:
- Paredes'
two-run single highlighted the Phils' three-run seventh inning and
increased their lead to 6-2. The Phillies had scored two or fewer runs in
nine of their previous 13 games. Bourjos went 3-for-4 with two runs scored
and an RBI. And Galvis' homer was his 16th of the season and seventh in
his past 23 games. "Maybe we've been preaching the wrong thing to
[Galvis]," Mackanin said. "Maybe we should have told him he was
a power hitter."
- Eickhoff came
into the game having gone at least five innings in 33 of his first 35
Major League starts, the most by a Phillies starter over their first 35
games since 1913. He added to that with a six-inning performance, allowing
just two runs on six hits. He struck out four and did not walk a batter,
though he did hit one. He picked up his 10th win of the season after
combining with relievers Edubray Ramos, Hector Neris and Jeanmar Gomez to retire 23 of the final 25
Marlins they faced. "I think I just got better [as the game went on],
which tends to be a trend," Eickhoff said. "As the game gets on,
I'm able to execute better. Early on, I wasn't able to do that. I was able
to get out of it and kind of limit the damage to two [runs]. As the game
got on, I was able to execute better."
- The Phillies' pitchers set down the final 15 Marlins hitters they
faced after Telis' pinch-hit single.
NEXT
GAME:
Left-hander Adam Morgan (1-9, 6.21 ERA) takes the mound on Tuesday
at 7:10 p.m. ET in the middle game of a three-game series at Marlins Park.
Morgan allowed just three hits (two earned runs) in his last outing, a 6
2/3-innings stint in a loss to Washington.
PHILS PHACTS:
Innings Eater – The
Phillies were certainly due to give starter Jerad Eickhoff some
run support. With three-run innings in the fifth and seventh, they took the
first game of the three-game series on Monday afternoon, adding to the Marlins'
woes with a 6-2win.
Eickhoff (10-13, 3.86 ERA) went six strong innings, allowing just two runs on
six hits and striking out four without walking a batter, although he did hit
one. He came into the game having received just 64 runs of support in 161 2/3
innings pitched. That 3.56 runs of support per nine innings was the
third-lowest among all starters in the Major Leagues this season. But the Phils
broke through with a big fifth inning, scoring three runs while taking a 3-2
lead. It snapped an 18-inning scoreless streak, which tied for the club's
longest stretch without scoring a run this season. "Sometimes you need a
change of scenery," said Phillies manager Pete Mackanin, whose team began
a seven-game road trip that continues through to Washington. "We always
want to be at home, but we haven't hit well at home." "I'm looking
back at that [late-June] road trip we took," Mackanin said. "We
started out in Minnesota and we went through San Francisco and Arizona. As a
group, we hit the ball extremely well the entire road trip and scored a ton of
runs [with 57 in nine games]. I'm kind of hoping this is one of those road
trips." The Phillies scored 11 runs total in their recent six-game
homestand, all losses. "I think everything was going weird when we were
back home," said Freddy Galvis, who got the Phillies rolling with
a fifth-inning homer. "We got men on base but couldn't drive them home. We
didn't get the clutch base hit. This win is going to be good for us."
Galvis provided the spark, belting a two-run homer into the upper deck in right
field that tied the game at 2. It was his 16th homer of the season and seventh
in his past 23 games -- tied for most by a Major League shortstop since Aug. 9.
"It was something we needed," Galvis said. "It was good to
contribute in that situation and get things going good for us. I hope it turns
us around a little bit, and we win more games." Not necessarily known for
his power-hitting abilities, Galvis said that he'd like to improve on his
on-base percentage. "I'll take a homer to tie the game," Galvis said.
"If it's going to be winning games, I'll take the homers. For sure, I want
to get more on base, more base hits -- that's my game. But if I can get a good
swing and hit homers in that situation, I'll take it." That's exactly what
happened in the fateful fifth inning. "I was just looking for a good pitch
to get a good swing," Galvis said. "[Marlins starter Jake Esch] threw me a hanging slider, and I put a
good swing on it." Peter Bourjos followed the homer with a triple and
later scored the go-ahead run. He has now hit in six of his past seven games
against the Marlins. Bourjos went 3-for-4 for the day, scoring twice and
driving in a run. It was the 20th multihit game and fifth three-plus-hit game
of his career. Pinch-hitter Jimmy Paredes broke
the game open with a two-run single in the seventh. The six runs scored by the
Phils were the most they had scored since Aug. 14 in a 7-6 win over Colorado.
They had tallied two or fewer runs in nine of their previous 13 games.
Expanding
The Pen – Left-handed pitcher Patrick
Schuster was
one of three September callups by the Phillies. He's hoping the move is a
permanent one. "It's a great opportunity," said Schuster, who posted
a 1.21 ERA over 44 2/3 innings of work, which included seven saves, at the
Triple-A level this season. "It's pretty cool to see that [the Phillies]
were noticing the season I had in the Minors and giving me an opportunity up
here on the big club," Schuster said. Schuster's role out of the Phils'
bullpen will be to face left-handed hitters. "Hopefully I can prove that I
can be their lefty guy for the future," Schuster said. The Florida native,
from just outside of Tampa, returns to his home state for the three-game series
at Marlins Park. "It's always fun coming back to Florida and playing; get
to have some family here and see some familiar faces," said Schuster, who
had his parents in attendance for the Labor Day afternoon game. Schuster began
his career as a starter. As a senior in high school, he threw four consecutive
no-hitters. "It was pretty wild," he said. "I put four good
starts together and kind of got some national attention for it." Schuster
played in one of the toughest districts in the state, producing Marlins ace Jose Fernandez. Drafted by Arizona out of high
school in the 13th round in 2009, Schuster's role as a starting pitcher would
soon come to an end. "I think [the D-backs'] intentions all along were to
use me out of the bullpen," he said. But it didn't begin that way.
Schuster started 15 games in 2010 in Rookie ball and had 14 starts in Class A
the following year, leading the league with 119 innings pitched. It was midway
through the 2011 season that the D-backs put Schuster, kicking and screaming,
into the bullpen. "I had a pretty bad attitude about it," Schuster
said. "I wanted to be a starter, thought I had starter stuff. From then
on, I just had this chip on my shoulder to prove that I had the stuff to be a
starter." Schuster went from the D-backs to Cincinnati and then to Oakland
before being claimed off waivers by the Phillies on Aug. 12. He made his Major
League debut with Oakland on July 5 at Minnesota and has now come to accept his
role out of the bullpen. "Now I have this great pride in getting lefties
out," Schuster said. "So I think it's worked out for me."
Today
In Phils History – After New York’s Charles Tesreau finished a
complete game 1 hitter against the Phillies in 1912 a New York sportswriter convinced
the official scorer to change the hit to an error giving Tesreau the no hitter.
On that same day on the other side of the country, Vince DiMaggio was born.
While Curt Simmons had held the Giants to 1 hit over the first 6 innings in
1948 he also surrendered 10 walks and was finally pulled in the 7th
after giving up an additional 3 hits and 3 walks. 2 years later, after getting
the complete game victory in the 1st game of a double hears, Dodgers
pitcher Don Newcombe was pulled from the second game in the 8th
inning for a pinch hitter putting an end to the possibility of matching Pete
Alexander’s feat. In 2011, the Phillies won the 14th consecutive
game started by Vance Worley, 1 short of Steve Carlton’s team record set in
1972.
THE BEGINNING:
The
Phillies are currently 61-76 this season putting them on pace to beat most
preseason predictions. All time, the Phillies are 41-78-0 on this day. I expect
the Phillies to finish in the bottom half of the division but not last in the
NL East by finishing the season with a 77-85 record.
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