Sean O'Sullivan and the Phillies look to build on their best run of baseball in a long time and for their first sweep of the season.
Starting Pitching Matchup:
| Arizona Diamondbacks (15-20) | Philadelphia Phillies (15-23) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RHP | Josh Collmenter | RHP | Sean O'Sullivan | ||
| (3-4, 5.27 ERA) | (0-2, 5.06 ERA) | ||||
Sean O'Sullivan is coming off his first start since returning from the disabled list where he actually pitched pretty good over five innings against Pittsburgh. He made one big mistake to Josh Harrison that cost him three runs but overall he was was getting outs and kept them in the game until an unfortunate bullpen meltdown in the 7th.
Josh Collmenter has been all over the place this season. He served as the Diamondbacks' Opening Day starter and even has a shut out in his book against the reigning World Series Champion Giants on April 17. Earlier in the week, he was touched up good by the Nationals and didn't even make it out of the second inning after allowing nine runs in 1.2 innings.
Just look at it for what it is: Two burly and bearded hurlers with ERAs over 5. Perfect for Sunday afternoon baseball.
Starting Lineups:
| Arizona Diamondbacks (15-20) | Philadelphia Phillies (15-23) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Player | Bats | Position | Player | Bats | ||
| 1 | CF | Ender Inciarte | L | 1 | LF | Ben Revere | L |
| 2 | RF | Mark Trumbo | R | 2 | 2B | Andres Blanco | S |
| 3 | 1B | Paul Goldschmidt | R | 3 | RF | Grady Sizemore | L |
| 4 | LF | A.J.Pollock | R | 4 | 1B | Darin Ruf | R |
| 5 | 3B | Yasmany Tomas | R | 5 | 3B | Maikel Franco | R |
| 6 | 2B | Aaron Hill | R | 6 | SS | Cesar Hernandez | S |
| 7 | SS | Chris Owings | R | 7 | CF | Odubel Herrera | L |
| 8 | C | Jordan Pacheco | R | 8 | C | Cameron Rupp | R |
| 9 | P | Josh Collmenter | R | 9 | P | Sean O' Sullivan | R |
Broadcast Information:
- First-pitch: 1:35 pm EST
- TV: CSN
- Radio: 94 WIP, 1210 WPHT, SBP 1480 (Sp.)
What's Next:
Monday, May 18, 2015: at Colorado Rockies, 8:40 pm
- LHP Cole Hamels (3-3, 3.53 ERA) vs. RHP Jordan Lyles (2-3, 4.30 ERA)
- TV: CSN; Radio: 94 WIP, 1210 WPHT, SBP 1480 (Sp.)
Greg Vince (@GregVince) of Philliedelphia.com.
