The Phillies snapped their eight-game losing streak last night with a 7-3 win over the Giants in last night's series opener. The Phils got a jump start on Barry Zito, who allowed five earned runs in four innings. Carlos Ruiz and Michael Young went deep last night. Young went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run. John Lannan went seven strong, allowing three runs to earn his third win of the year. Tonight Kyle Kendrick (9-7, 3.96 ERA) will take on Chad Gaudin (4-2, 2.77 ERA) in game two tonight.
Kyle Kendrick is looking to notch his 10th win of the season tonight. In his last time out, Kendrick was the victim of a tough-luck loss. Allowing three earned runs on five hits through six, Kendrick took the loss as his offense was unable to mount more than a run. In his last three starts, Kendrick owns a 4.82 ERA and has a 2-1 record. Back on May 7th Kendrick held the Giants to two runs on six hits through seven innings in winning effort. In his career, Kendrick is 2-1 with a 2.81 ERA.
Chad Gaudin was knocked around for six runs on seven hits and five walks in just 3 2/3 innings against the Reds on Wednesday. In his worst start of the season, Gaudin was unable to make it out of the fourth inning and suffered his second loss of the year. In his last three starts, Gaudin is 2-1 with a 4.o2 ERA. Gaudin has a 2.03 ERA in 13 1/3 career innings against Philadelphia, but owns a 5.79 mark at Citizens Bank Park.
Game Notes:
- At the time that this was written (3:00 PM ET), Michael Young, Carlos Ruiz, Cliff Lee, and Joanthan Papelbon are all Phillies.
- Domonic Brown underwent more concussion tests this afternoon. Manager Charlie Manuel expects Brown to be out for "another week or so."
- The Phillies are 50-56 entering tonight.
UPDATE: As of 4:35 pm, the Phillies have announced no trades and Michael Young is still in a Phillies uniform playing first base tonight.
Phillies lineup:
- Rollins 6
- M. Young 3
- Utley 4
- D. Young 9
- Ruf 7
- Asche 5
- Mayberry 8
- Ruiz 2
- Kendrick 1
Giants lineup:
- Blanco 8
- Scutaro 4
- Sandoval 5
- Posey 2
- Pence 9
- Pill 3
- Kieshnick 7
- Crawford 6
- Gaudin
First Pitch Forecast: Cloudy – 80° – 0% PoP
TV: CSN
Radio: 94 WIP, 1210 WPHT.
Erik Seybold is a writer for Philliedelphia. Follow him on Twitter.
