Despite Ruf’s three-run blast, Correia struggles on Independence Day as Phillies drop sixth straight

Final: Braves 9, Phillies 5

WP: Alex Wood (6-5, 3.35 ERA) LP: Kevin Correia (0-3, 6.56 ERA)

Atlanta, GA - In a nationally televised, Fourth of July meeting between two National League East rivals, the Philadelphia Phillies (27-56) and the Atlanta Braves (40-41), the latter team got out on top early and never looked back.


  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Phillies 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 5 11 2
Braves 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 X 9 10 0


Starting Pitchers

  IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Kevin Correia 3.1 10 9 9 2 1 1 6.56
Alex Wood 6.0 10 4 4 2 4 1 3.34

  • Correia: L; 81 pitches, 49 strikes; 6 groundouts, 2 flyouts; 22 faced batters
  • Wood: W; 88 pitches, 59 strikes; 7 groundouts, 3 flyouts; 29 faced batters

Out of the 'Pen

Phillies

  • Elvis Araujo (4th, 5th, 6th): 2.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 SO, 0 HR, 3.13 ERA
  • Justin De Fratus (7th): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 5.04 ERA
  • Jake Diekman (8th): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 4.99 ERA

Braves

  • Dave Aardsma (7th, 8th): 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO, 1 HR, 2.70 ERA
  • Dana Eveland (8th): 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO, 0 HR, 6.00 ERA
  • Jake Brigham (9th): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO, 0 HR, 0.00 ERA

At the Plate

Phillies

  • Darin Ruf: 1-4, R, HR, 3 RBI, .229 AVG
  • Freddy Galvis: 2-4, 2B, .275 AVG
  • Odubel Herrera: 1-4, R, HR, RBI, .261 AVG

Braves

  • Cameron Maybin: 3-5, 3 R, 2B, HR, 3 H, 2 RBI, .295 AVG
  • Nick Markakis: 1-4, 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB, .299 AVG
  • Kelly Johnson: 2-3, R, 3 RBI, BB, .265 AVG


What's Next

Date/Time Philadelphia Phillies Atlanta Braves
TV Radio
R, 7/5 LHP Cole Hamels RHP Shelby Miller CSN 94WIP, 1210 WPHT
1:35 (5-6, 3.22 ERA) (5-4, 2.20 ERA)


Matt Rappa (@mattrappa) is managing editor of Philliedelphia.com.

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