But sometimes aggression pays even more. It’s the first time the Phillies have been swept by Milwaukee in a season, and they came into 2015 with a 68-50 overall record against the Brewers.
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That’s just the fourth time in franchise history that Milwaukee produced a season sweep over an opponent, with a minimum of six games in the season. He then scored on a one-out single by Elian Herrera.
“We’ve been open from the beginning that we’re going with young players at the big-league level”, Epstein said on July 31.
The thing is an Utley trade will unlikey fetch any big name prospects, but much like the Hamels trade, a good trade may end up netting some quality depth in the farm system which a team that is rebuilding needs. From there, the pitchers took over. “But other than that, we go up there ready to hit and be aggressive on the first pitch”.
Philadelphia’s Justin De Fratus (0-2) allowed a run and two hits while getting just two outs in the seventh. Harang was charged with an error in the second when a toss by second baseman Cesar Hernandez glanced off his glove as he tried to cover first for the out.
Milwaukee reliever Jeremy Jeffress worked around two singles in the eighth, and the Brewers added an insurance run on Gennett’s bases-loaded single that scored Jonathan Lucroy. Before Sunday, Phillies RF Domonic Brown was 10 for his last 21 (.476) with runners in scoring position and was hitting. In his last outing Peralta was able to bounce back from a so-so start to pitch well enough to win, while Jungmann was hurt by poor defense in his outing. The 25-year old Texan is 6-4 with a 2.48 ERA and has given up fewer than three earned runs in each of his last nine starts. Phillies not named Utley recorded just five hits, one of which being a bunt single by shortstop Freddy Galvis in the second inning.
The addition of Utley to the Giants would be great as he could be a replacement for San Francisco second baseman Joe Panik who is now on the disabled list with back inflammation.
Nelson struck out six and gave up two runs and five hits in 6 2-3 innings. 300 since, after doing it for four straight seasons from 2009-2012.
“That’s understandable. I can see why people would assume that”, he said. “The plan is staying down in the zone. That’s basically it”.
The 53-year-old Farrell said bench coach Torey Lovullo will run the team in his absence. Saturday marked the 25th anniversary of LHP Terry Mulholland’s no-hitter for the Phillies….
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Milwaukee made the move Friday, retroactive to a day earlier. More often than not, the overarching philosophy is what they’re thinking about and then they’ll say: ‘Well, what do you think about this?’
