Right-hander Jerad Eickhoff (6-9, 3.30 ERA) will seek a third straight win when he starts Saturday for the Phillies in the third of a four-game set against the Rockies.
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Rockies starter Chad Bettis pitched 6 2/3 innings, his longest outing in nine starts, and he allowed just two runs.
Anderson’s home run was the first of the season by a Rockies pitcher, and their first since Kyle Kendrick hit one September 7 a year ago against the Padres’ Ian Kennedy at Petco Park.
The Philadelphia Phillies look to keep rolling after winning 10 of their last 13 games. “I’m proud of him”. This will be Anderson’s first career game against the Phillies. The bottom of the Rockies’ batting order provided plenty of pop Saturday as Tony Wolters went 2-for-4 with a triple and three RBIs while Tyler Anderson, who tossed six solid innings, was 2-for-2 with a two-run homer.
Rockies: RHP Jon Gray (5-4) is slated to make his seventh start this season at Coors Field, where he has gone 3-0 with a 5.05 ERA.
Gonzalez drove in the Rockies’ first run when he lined a two-out double over the head of right fielder Peter Bourjos in the third. The Las Vegas native was on the short end of the stick again Monday against San Francisco, permitting three runs – including two homers – on four hits across six frames.
In a separate move, outfielder Aaron Altherr began a rehab assignment Friday with the Gulf Coast League Phillies, going 1 for 1 with a two-run homer and a pair of walks. DJ LeMahieu, who led off with a single and dashed to third on Nolan Arenado’s double, scored on the out.
“It was in, off the plate, a slider, the first pitch, so you’ve just got to tip your cap there”, Eickhoff said. Severino Gonzalez came on and gave up a double to Brandon Barnes, who pinch hit for Anderson. Joseph has 11 home runs in just 151 at-bats.”It would have been better in a win, ” Joseph said.
It was the first pinch-hit homer of Joseph’s career, his 10th since making his major league debut May 14 and capped a four-run seventh.
The Phillies added a run in the fourth on a single by Carlos Ruiz, who was 4-for-25 with runners in scoring position.
Carlos Gonzalez’s RBI grounder in the sixth put the Rockies ahead.
PHILLIES: OF Odubel Herrera (foot) returned to the lineup after taking the night off Saturday.
Story, one of five players on the ballot for the last NL All-Star spot, had a three-run drive in the third and a solo shot in the fifth. “But maybe that just means we’re due”.Denver Broncos wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders and Denver Nuggets rookie Jamal Murray were among the thousands that took to Twitter to vote #StoryTime in hopes of getting the rookie shortstop to the All-Star game.The baseball finally came to a landing on Friday night, crashing into the last rows of the lower bowel at Coors Field. Rockies RHP Christian Bergman (strained left oblique) was reinstated from the disabled list and optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque. Phillies RHP Jeanmar Gomez’s 24 saves before the All-Star break are tied for the most in club history with Steve Bedrosian (1987) and Jose Mesa (2001).
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Joseph’s three-run home run – a 455-foot blast, his 10th of the season, and the first pinch-hit home run for the Phillies in 2016 – helped the Phillies overcome a two-run deficit in the seventh inning and made a deserving Velasquez a victor in the team’s 5-3 victory over the Rockies.
