By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor
Final: Phillies 6, Rockies 3 ❖ Attendance: 23,203
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Tommy Joseph managed a two-out walk off Tyler Anderson in a five-pitch at-bat. Maikel Franco only needed to see one.
Franco belted a three-run home run on the first pitch he saw from Anderson to put the Phillies (55-63) ahead early, and that paced the team to a 6-3 win over the Colorado Rockies (56-61) on Saturday night at Citizens Bank Park.
WP: Jerad Eickhoff (8-12, 3.82 ERA) ❖ LP: Tyler Anderson (4-4, 3.42 ERA) ❖ SV: Jeanmar Gomez (30)
Hub: Game Summary ❖ Starting Pitchers ❖ At the Plate ❖ Bullpen ❖ What's Next
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| COL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 |
| PHI | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 | 6 | 0 |
The Phillies jumped out to an early lead in the first. Cesar Hernandez led off the inning with a single, reaching base for the 20th straight game. Joseph worked a two-out walk. Franco followed by swinging at the first pitch and belting it to centerfield for a three-run home run. It was Franco's 21st home run of the season.
When Franco came up to the plate again in the fourth, Anderson's first pitch hit him on the left knee. Anderson was ejected and the benches cleared briefly. Rockies manager Walt Weiss was also ejected. Franco scored later in the inning on an RBI single by Freddy Galvis.
Jerad Eickhoff worked around a few baserunners through the first five innings, including leaving the bases loaded in the fifth. In the sixth, the Rockies finally got on the board as Daniel Descalso belted a two-run home run to right. Two batters later, Tony Wolters hit a solo home run to right to cut the lead to one.
The Phillies would get an insurance run back in the seventh. With two on and one out, Aaron Altherr hit an RBI single up the middle to put the Phillies lead back to two. Joseph followed that up with a long fly ball to center that was caught by a leaping Charlie Blackmon, but scored Peter Bourjos on a sacrifice fly.
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Anderson | 3.0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3.42 |
| Jerad Eickhoff | 5.2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3.82 |
Rockies
- Daniel Descalso: 2-4, R, HR, 2 RBI, .306 AVG
- Tony Wolters: 2-3, R, HR, RBI, BB, SO, .253 AVG
- D.J. LeMahieu: 3-4, BB, .332 AVG
Phillies
- Maikel Franco: 1-3, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI, .248 AVG
- Aaron Altherr: 1-3, RBI, BB, SO, .258 AVG
- Cesar Hernandez: 2-4, 2 R, .289 AVG
Rockies
- Chris Rusin (4th-6th): 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 4.18 ERA
- Carlos Estevez (7th): 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 5.36 ERA
- Jake McGee (8th): 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO, 0 HR, 4.84 ERA
Phillies
- Luis Garcia (6th): 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO, 0 HR, 7.27 ERA
- Michael Mariot (7th): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 2.70 ERA
- Edubray Ramos (8th): 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO, 0 HR, 3.63 ERA
- Jeanmar Gomez (9th): 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO, 0 HR, 2.52 ERA
- Sunday, August 14, 2016: vs. Colorado Rockies, 1:35 p.m.
- Philadelphia, Pa. - Citizens Bank Park
- LHP Adam Morgan (1-7, 6.65 ERA) vs. RHP Tyler Chatwood (10-7, 3.58 ERA)
- TV: CSN; Radio: SportsRadio 94 WIP
