By Josh Liddick, Sports Talk Philly Staff
Final: Phillies 8, White Sox 3 ❖ Attendance: 21,703
PHILADELPHIA— Wednesday night was the final game of the three-game interleague series at Citizens Bank Park as the Phillies hosted the Chicago White Sox.
After winning the first two games of the series, the Phillies sent Jerad Eickhoff to the mound to face AL Cy Young contender Chris Sale.
The Phillies fell down 1-0, due to an early solo home run from Adam Eaton, however that did not stop the Phillies' offense from taking off in the middle portion of the game.
The Phillies scored eight straight runs over the White Sox with stellar hitting from Tommy Joseph and Maikel Franco.
Besides three home runs given up by Jerad Eickhoff, he pitched seven strong innings to set up stellar bullpen outings from Joely Rodriguez and David Hernandez.
The Phillies finished off the White Sox, and sweeping them in front of the home crowd. Philadelphia will head back on the road tomorrow to face the New York Mets in a four game series. Adam Morgan will take the hill for the Phils.
WP: Jerad Eickhoff (11-14, 3.75 ERA) ❖ LP: Chris Sale (16-9, 3.23 ERA)
Hub: Game Summary ❖ Starting Pitchers ❖ At the Plate ❖ Bullpen ❖ What's Next
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| CWS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| PHI |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 | 10 | 1 |
Adam Eaton got the scoring off to a lead-off bang for the White Sox with a solo home run, his 14th of the season to give the Sox a 1-0 lead.
In the bottom of the 1st, Tommy Joseph got his night going with a double that scored Cesar Hernandez and moved Maikel Franco over to third base.
Cameron Rupp continued the scoring with a double of his own, his 24th of the year that scored Franco and Joseph to give the Phillies a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the first.
In the bottom of the third inning, Tommy Joseph got himself back up to the plate and contribute to the Phillies offense in a big way: a two-run homer, his 21st of the year to give the Phillies a commanding 5-1 lead.
Cesar Hernandez tripled in Tyler Goeddel in the bottom of the 4th to give the Phillies an even bigger 6-1 lead.
The Phillies kept the scoring party going in the bottom of the sixth as Maikel Franco singled a sharp ball to Adam Eaton to score Odubel Herrera and Cesar Hernandez. The Phillies now led the game 8-1 over the White Sox.
In the top of the seventh inning, the White Sox cut the deficit a little smaller with a pair of solo home runs from Todd Frazier and Alex Avila, respectively to trail the Phillies 8-3.
The Phillies' bullpen kept the Sox away from scoring for the remainder of the game and the Phillies completed the sweep, and won the game, 8-3.
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Sale | 4.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3.23 |
| Jerad Eickhoff | 7.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3.75 |
White Sox
- Adam Eaton: 3-4, R, HR, RBI, .284 AVG
- Alex Avila: 1-2, R, HR, RBI, 2 BB, K, .229 AVG
- Todd Frazier: 1-4, R, HR, RBI, K, .221 AVG
Phillies
- Tommy Joseph: 2-5, 2 R, HR, 2B, 3 RBI, .262 AVG
- Maikel Franco: 2-4, R, 2 RBI, .248 AVG
- Cameron Rupp: 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, .256 AVG
White Sox
- Chris Beck (5th): 1.2 IP, 0 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO, 0 HR, 7.25 ERA
- Blake Smith (6th): 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO, 0 HR, 6.23 ERA
- Tommy Kahnle (7th): 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 3.00 ERA
- Anthony Ranaudo (8th): 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO, 0 HR, 9.48 ERA
Phillies
- Joely Rodriguez (8th): 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 0.00 ERA
- David Hernandez (9th): 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO, 0 HR, 3.80 ERA
- Thursday, September 22, 2016: at New York Mets, 7:10 p.m.
- Citi Field
- LHP Adam Morgan (2-10, 5.57 ERA) vs. RHP Seth Lugo (4-2, 2.35 ERA)
- TV: CSN; Radio: SportsRadio 94 WIP
