Phillies’ fifteen hits overcome Pirates in game three of series

By Josh Liddick, Sports Talk Philly Staff

Final: Phillies 6, Pirates 2  ❖  Attendance: 16,112

PHILADELPHIA— Coming off a loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night, the Phillies were looking to get back ahead of the Bucs in the series, and have a chance to take a 2 to 1 series lead against their cross-state rivals.

Jake Thompson took the hill for the Phillies, as he was trying to continue his stretch of consistent games, after he started off his career shakily.

The Pirates have been wavering as of late, and were looking for some kind of momentum to propel them for the rest of their season, as their playoff hopes seem to keep fading away.

The Phillies on Wednesday night were elevated by great offensive performances from Freddy Galvis and Tommy Joseph, both of whom showed their power off with two home runs.

As the bats went off for the Phillies, highlighted by a total of fifteen hits on the night, it was enough padding for Jake Thompson to work his innings effectively and comfortably. Thompson pitched to the seventh inning and let the bullpen succeed from there.

The Phillies took the win, and the lead in the series, as they will try to win the final game of the series on Thursday night, as Jerad Eickhoff looks to capture his 11th win of the season.

WP: Jake Thompson (2-5, 5.64 ERA)  ❖  LP: Steven Brault (0-3, 3.90 ERA)  ❖  SV: Jeanmar Gomez (37)

Hub:   Game Summary   ❖   Starting Pitchers   ❖   At the Plate   ❖   Bullpen   ❖   What's Next

Game Summary

The Phillies got the scoring going early in the second inning as Freddy Galvis hit a no-out two-run home run, his 19th of the year, to give the Phillies a 2-0 lead.

In the bottom of the third, Cameron Rupp doubled to left field, scoring Maikel Franco, to extend the Phillies' lead to 3-0 early on.

The Phillies were lucky enough to hit a ball that caused David Freese to commit a fielding error, which scored Tommy Joseph and allowed Aaron Altherr to reach base. The mishap gave the Phillies a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the third.

Andrew McCutchen got the Pirates' scoring going with a solo shot off of Jake Thompson to bring the deficit to three runs. Philadelphia still led in the top of the fourth, 4-1.

Still in the inning, with one out, Sean Rodriguez hit a sac fly to Roman Quinn to score Gregory Polanco. The Phillies still led, 4-2.

Heading to the bottom of the fourth inning, Maikel Franco hit his 22nd double of the season, and scored Cesar Hernandez in the process, to give the Phillies a 5-2 lead.

To cap off the scoring on the night, Tommy Joseph belted a fly ball to left field for a solo home run, his 19th of the season, to give the Phillies a 6-2 lead in the bottom of the 6th.

The home run by Joseph stood, and the Phillies took the game by a final score of 6-2.

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Starting Pitchers

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At the Plate

Pirates

• Andrew McCutchen: 2-4, 2 R, HR, RBI, K, .247 AVG
• Sean Rodriguez: 2-3, RBI, .256 AVG
• Gregory Polanco: 1-2, R, 2 BB, .263 AVG

Phillies

• Tommy Joseph: 2-4, 3 R, HR, RBI, K, .246 AVG
• Freddy Galvis: 2-4, R, HR, 2 RBI, .239 AVG
• Maikel Franco: 2-5, R, RBI, K, .248 AVG

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Bullpen

Pirates

•  Zach Phillips (4th): 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 0.00 ERA
• Drew Hutchison (5th): 2.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO, 1 HR, 5.79 ERA
• Wade LeBlanc (7th): 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 4.38 ERA

Phillies

• Michael Mariot (7th): 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO, 0 HR, 5.87 ERA
• Joely Rodriguez (7th): 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO, 0 HR, 0.00 ERA
• Edubray Ramos (7th): 1.1 IP, 1 H, o R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO, 0 HR, 3.28 ERA
• Luis Garcia (9th): 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 6.35 ERA
• Jeanmar Gomez (9th): 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 3.66 ERA

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What's Next

• Thursday, September 15, 2016: vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 p.m.
• Citizens Bank Park
• RHP Jerad Eickhoff (10-13, 3.73 ERA) vs. RHP Chad Kuhl (3-3, 4.09 ERA)
• TV: CSN; Radio: SportsRadio 94 WIP

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