It seemed to be without much of a pulse, too.
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Chase Utley was given the day off as trade rumors continued to swirl. Toronto left the weekend ½ game behind the New York Yankees for first place in the AL East. Andres Blanco hit a solo homer with one out and Carlos Ruiz and Jeff Francoeur hit consecutive singles with two outs against mop-up reliever Neal Cotts. Cesar Hernandez, Odubel Herrera, and Cody Asche each whiffed twice.
The Brewers open a three-game series against the Miami Marlins at home tonight.
Now sitting at 21 home runs with a.272/.340/.491 batting line for the season, the 31-year-old outfielder is having a great campaign by the standards of most players, yet his production has arguably been somewhat disappointing for a second straight year.
The Philadelphia Phillies have lost four of their last five, and they face a daunting task here on Sunday.
The Blue Jays, winners in 12 of 14, come to town Tuesday for a two-game series.
“The series we played here is not us”, interim manager Pete Mackanin said. “I think he was (kind of) ready to start doing something different”. “He’s feeling pretty good about himself”.
Through three innings, the Phillies had taken six balls and struck out seven times against Jungmann. The righthander’s curveball baffled the Phillies. He pitched into the seventh, recording the primary out on a liner proper again into his glove by Blanco. He has surrendered 18 earned runs over his past three outings, covering 15 innings.
Beyond the chemistry issues, Utley is 36 years old and owed around $4 million for the rest of this season, plus a $2 million buyout of his 2016 option (which kicks in at 500 plate appearances but looks like a non-starter now). He started the season with a 1.93 ERA in his first 10 starts. Just why the Phillies send him out to the mound as part of their rotation is particularly puzzling based on his recent performances.
And then it all unraveled.
I feel for you, my fellow Brewers fans. “But I guess over the last year I was up there, it felt he was close to the end of being the general manager”, Counsell said. “And then it just spiraled out of control really quick”.
Gennett had four singles in four at-bats, drove in two runs and scored the tiebreaking run on Jean Segura’s hit in the seventh.
Jungmann recorded 9 strikeouts by means of the primary 5 innings.
NOTES: Phillies 1B Ryan Howard singled in a run within the first inning Saturday night time to offer him 1,123 RBIs for his profession.
The meeting was of little help.
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“It was just a mistake pitch”, Harang said. The Brewers scored their other run in the fifth inning as second baseman Elian Herrera delivered an RBI single, a handful of batters before Braun hit his grand-slam.
