Going for the sweep versus Yankees (38-33), the Phillies (26-47) will look to win their fourth in a row during a mid-week matinee. On Tuesday, the Phillies were powered to victory with five RBIs and two home runs by Maikel Franco. While the Delaware Valley got rocked by storms, the Phillies won game two powered by two five run innings. The Phils hope for another strong outing from ace, Cole Hamels, in what could be one of his final starts in a Phillies uniform.
Starting Pitching Matchup:
| Philadelphia Phillies (26-47) | New York Yankees (38-33) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LHP | Cole Hamels | RHP | Ivan Nova | ||
| (5-5, 2.96 ERA) | (0-0, 0.00 ERA) | ||||
Cole Hamels will return to the mount after being scratched from last start due a hamstring strain. Hamels was very solid in his last start against the Pittsburgh Pirates, going to seven innings, giving up no runs on four hits, striking out twelve. The Phillies would go on to lose one nothing in extra innings. Overall, Hamels has had a solid month, despite having a 0-1 record. In 20 innings of work, Hamels has given up seven runs on 18 hits, leading to an ERA of 3.15 for the month of June. Opponents are hitting .228 against him in that span.
Ivan Nova will being making his 2015 debut after coming off Tommy John surgery. Nova is coming off three rehab starts. In his final rehab start, Nova only went five inning giving up five runs on seven hits. He also walked two and hit a batter. In his four starts in 2014, Nova was 2-2 with 8.27 ERA. Over his major league career, opponents are hitting .273 against him.
Starting Lineups:
| Philadelphia Phillies (26-47) | New York Yankees (38-33) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Player | Bats | Position | Player | Bats | ||
| 1 | CF | Ben Revere | L | 1 | CF | Brett Gardner | L |
| 2 | 2B | Cesar Hernadez | S | 2 | 3B | Chase Headley | S |
| 3 | 1B | Maikel Franco | R | 3 | DH | Alex Rodriguez | R |
| 4 | DH | Ryan Howard | L | 4 | 1B | Mark Teixeira | S |
| 5 | RF | Domonic Brown | L | 5 | RF | Carlos Beltran | S |
| 6 | 3B | Andres Blanco | S | 6 | Lf | Chris Young | R |
| 7 | LF | Cody Asche | L | 7 | C | John Ryan Murphy | R |
| 8 | C | Carlos Ruiz | R | 8 | SS | Didi Gregorius | L |
| 9 | SS | Freddy Galvis | S | 9 | 2B | Jose Pirela | R |
Game Notes:
- Phillies have scored 31 runs in last three games. In 10 before that, they only scored 19.
- Maikel Franco has 10 RBIs through first two games. First Phillies player to have back to back five RBI games since became an official stat in 1920
- Yankees have scored a MLB best 67 runs in first inning. They have scored in the opening frame in 30 of 71 games.
Broadcast Information:
- First-pitch: 1:05 pm EST
- TV: NBC 10, MLBN
- Radio: 94 WIP, 1210 WPHT, SBP 1480 (Sp.)
What's Next:
- Friday, June 26, 2015: vs. Washington Nationals, 7:05 pm
- RHP Max Scherzer (8-5, 1.76 ERA) vs. RHP Aaron Harang (4-9, 3.41 ERA)
- TV: CSN; Radio: 94 WIP, 1210 WPHT, SBP 1480 (Sp.)
- Saturday, June 27, 2015: vs. Washington Nationals, 3:05 pm
- TBA vs. LHP Adam Morgan (1-0, 1.59 ERA)
- TV: CSN; Radio: 94 WIP, 1210 WPHT, SBP 1480 (Sp.)
- Sunday, June 28, 2015: vs. Washington Nationals, 1:35 pm
- TBA vs. RHP Kevin Correia (0-1, 4.30 ERA)
- TV: CSN; Radio: 94 WIP, 1210 WPHT, SBP 1480 (Sp.)
Andrew Shipotofsky (@Ashipotofsky) is a staff writer of Philliedelphia.com.
