On the brink of falling 30 games under .500, the Philadephia Phillies (29-58) will send right hander Severino Gonzalez to the mound against 2009 American League Cy Young Award winner and three-time All-Star, Zach Greinke.
Starting Pitching Matchup:
| Philadelphia Phillies (29-58) | Los Angeles Dodgers (48-38) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RHP | Severino Gonzalez | RHP | Zach Greinke | ||
| (3-2, 8.28 ERA) | (7-2, 1.48 ERA) | ||||
Severino Gonzalez will take the mound tonight for his seventh career start, and his first against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 22-year-old rookie native to Panama was recalled this past Tuesday from Triple-A Lehigh Valley, as right hander Kevin Correia was designated for assignment.
Over six career appearances against the Phillies, three of which have come as a Los Angeles Dodger, Greinke is 4-1 with a 2.48 ERA over 36.1 innings. The right hander has tossed at least six innings in all five of his career starts against Philadelphia, and at least seven innings in four of them.
Greinke, 31, has not allowed a run in his past four starts. Over this stretch in 27.2 innings, he has surrendered just 15 hits and three walks to yield a 0.651 WHIP ratio.
Greinke's 1.48 ERA currently leads all of major league baseball.
Starting Lineups:
| Philadelphia Phillies (29-58) | Los Angeles Dodgers (48-38) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Batter | Bats | Position | Batter | Bats | ||
| 1 | CF | Ben Revere | L | 1 | CF | Joc Pederson | L |
| 2 | 2B | Cesar Hernandez | S | 2 | 2B | Howie Kendrick | R |
| 3 | 3B | Maikel Franco | R | 3 | 1B | Adrian Gonzalez | L |
| 4 | 1B | Ryan Howard | L | 4 | C | Yasmani Grandal | S |
| 5 | LF | Cody Asche | L | 5 | LF | Andre Ethier | L |
| 6 | RF | Domonic Brown | L | 6 | RF | Yasiel Puig | R |
| 7 | SS | Freddy Galvis | S | 7 | SS | Jimmy Rollins | S |
| 8 | C | Cameron Rupp | R | 8 | 3B | Alberto Callaspo | S |
| 9 | P | Severino Gonzalez | R | 9 | P | Zack Greinke | L |
Game Notes:
- The Phillies have just two wins and seven losses during Thursday games this season. They are currently 2-6 in eight July games played thus far. Just four games remain until the MLB All-Star break, including tonight.
- Phillies' outfielder Ben Revere is 6-17 in his career against Greinke with one double and one run-batted-in. The 27-year-old outfielder sat in last night's game against Clayton Kershaw, but he hit 2-4 the night prior, with two runs-batted-in.
- According to 97.5 The Fanatic's Anthony Gargano and The Morning Show, 23 of the Phillies' 58 losses have ended in a strikeout. Outfielder Odubel Herrera leads the team with six game-ending strikeouts. Last night, utility infielder Andres Blanco struck out looking in the final at-bat to secure Kershaw's 18th career complete game.
Broadcast Information:
- First-pitch: 10:10 pm EST
- TV: CSN
- Radio: 94 WIP, 1210 WPHT, WTTM 1680 (Sp.)
What's Next:
- Friday, July 10, 2015: at San Francisco Giants, 10:15 pm
- LHP Cole Hamels (5-6, 3.02 ERA) vs. LHP Madison Bumgarner (8-5, 3.34 ERA)
- TV: CSN; Radio: 94 WIP, 1210 WPHT, WTTM 1680 (Sp.)
- Saturday, July 11, 2015: at San Francisco Giants, 10:05 pm
- RHP David Buchanan (0-5, 8.76 ERA) vs. RHP Ryan Vogelsong (6-6, 4.10 ERA)
- TV: CSN, MLBN; Radio: 94 WIP, 1210 WPHT, WTTM 1680 (Sp.)
- Sunday, July 12, 2015: at San Francisco Giants, 4:05 pm
- RHP Chad Billingsley (1-2, 6.67 ERA) vs. RHP Chris Heston (8-5, 3.51 ERA)
- TV: CSN; Radio: 94 WIP, 1210 WPHT, WTTM 1680 (Sp.)
Matt Rappa (@mattrappasports) is managing editor of Philliedelphia.com.
