After being blown out by the Giants (44-43) last night, the Phillies (29-60) will look for little bit of "revenge." On Friday, the Giants were powered to victory with two home runs and nine earned runs off Cole Hamels. In the game, Hamels had his shortest outing of the year. The Phillies only scored two runs overall, including Carlos Ruiz's home run in the fourth, and would go on to lose 15-2.
Starting Pitching Matchup:
| Philadelphia Phillies (29-60) | San Fransisco Giants (44-43) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RHP | David Buchanan | RHP | Ryan Vogelsong | ||
| (0-5, 8.75 ERA) | (6-6, 4.10 ERA) | ||||
David Buchanan will return to the mound after suffering a gruesome ankle injury after being sent to the minors. Buchanan was hit around in his last major league start against the St. Louis Cardinals, going four and one-third ubbubgs, giving up seven runs on eight hits, only striking out one. The Phillies would lose that game, nine to three. Overall, Buchanan had a rough month of April, with a 0-5 record. In 24.2 innings of work, Buchanan gave up 24 runs on 32 hits,with an ERA of 8.76 for the month of April. Opponents were hitting .323 against him in that span.
Ryan Vogelsong was ejected in his last start after just four innings. He was tossed for arguing balls and strikes against the Nationals. In his 15 starts in 2015, Vogelsong was 6-6 with 4.10 ERA. His last start against the Phillies, he pitched 6.2 innings and gave up five runs on seven hits. Opponents are hitting .246 off him this season.
Starting Lineups:
| Philadelphia Phillies (29-60) | San Fransisco Giants (44-43) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Player | Bats | Position | Player | Bats | ||
| 1 | CF | Odubel Herrera | L | 1 | CF | Angel Pagan | S |
| 2 | 2B | Andres Blanco | S | 2 | 2B | Joe Panik | L |
| 3 | 3B | Maikel Franco | R | 3 | 3B | Matt Duffy | R |
| 4 | 1B | Ryan Howard | L | 4 | C | Buster Posey | R |
| 5 | C | Carlos Ruiz | R | 5 | RF | Hunter Pence | R |
| 6 | LF | Cody Asche | L | 6 | 1B | Brandon Belt | L |
| 7 | RF | Domonic Brown | L | 7 | SS | Brandon Crawford | L |
| 8 | SS | Freddy Galvis | S | 8 | LF | Gregor Blanco | L |
| 9 | P | David Buchanan | R | 9 | P | Ryan Vogelsong | R |
Game Notes:
- Vogelsong has four career starts against the Phillies. He is 1-1 with a 4.15 ERA in his career.
- Giants have won six of the last nine and nine of last twelve games against the Phillies
- Buchanan has faced the Giants once in his career. In that start, Buchanan went 6.2 innings surrendering three runs.
Broadcast Information:
- First-pitch: 10:05 pm EST
- TV: CSN, MLBN
- Radio: 94 WIP, 1210 WPHT, SBP 1480 (Sp.)
What's Next:
- Sunday, July 11, 2015: vs. San Francisco Giants, 4:05 pm
- RHP Chris Heston (8-5, 3.51 ERA) vs. RHP Chad Billingsley (1-2, 6.67 ERA)
- TV: CSN; Radio: 94 WIP, 1210 WPHT, SBP 1480 (Sp.)
Andrew Shipotofsky (@Ashipotofsky) is a staff writer of Philliedelphia.com.
