Bryan De La Cruz has quickly taken advantage of the Phillies bringing him up in late July. In part time duty, he is hitting .286 in the month of August where he has nine RBIтАЩs. All nine of those RBIтАЩs have come in weekend action, with six of those on SundayтАЩs. After a slow start yesterday where the Phillies needed extra innings to beat the Angels, look for a better team performance at the plate today. Split play here on a run/RBI for De La Cruz.
Bryan De La Cruz has quickly taken advantage of the Phillies bringing him up in late July. In part time duty, he is hitting .286 in the month of August where he has nine RBIтАЩs. All nine of those RBIтАЩs have come in weekend action, with six of those on SundayтАЩs. After a slow start yesterday where the Phillies needed extra innings to beat the Angels, look for a better team performance at the plate today. Split play here on a run/RBI for De La Cruz.
A take away last night in the Phillies victory was Trea Turner recording his first stolen base in 36 games. He has not had consecutive games with a stolen base since June 5th. Yusei Kikuchi has been a pitcher teams can run on, and he is making just his second start since April. Take Turner who is now eyeing hitting 20 stolen bases on the season, to record another in back to back games.
Angels LHP Yusei Kikuchi has had his issues this season (0-4, 6.25 ERA in eight starts). But at home his ERA is a solid 3.27. On the other side you have Zack Wheeler, whoтАЩs in a slump but is still Zack Wheeler. This is a good spot for both pitchers to figure it out. The Phillies and Angels rank rank 29th and 30th in hitting in August day games. The bullpens have been good enough.
Lowe went 2-for-3 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 2-1 win over the Mariners.
Johnson (5-8) allowed one run on six hits and a hit batsman while striking out seven and walking none over six innings to earn the win over the Mariners on Tuesday.
Watson allowed a hit in a scoreless inning to earn the save in Tuesday's 2-1 win over the Mariners.
Meckler went 2-for-4 with a stolen base and a run scored in Tuesday's 2-1 win over the Mariners.
Sanchez (17-6) took the loss against the Nationals on Tuesday, allowing five runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out five across 6.1 innings.
Schwarber went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and an additional run scored during the Phillies' 6-3 loss to the Nationals on Tuesday.
Philadelphia recalled Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Tuesday.
Holman will remain at Triple-A Lehigh Valley, as Kyle Backhus was recalled to replace Jesus Luzardo (shoulder) on the Phillies' active roster.
The Phillies recalled Holman from Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Tuesday.
The Phillies are placing Luzardo (shoulder) on the 15-day injured list Tuesday, Scott Lauber of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The transaction is retroactive to Sept. 12.
