By Matt Rappa, Sports Talk Philly editor
DENVER — The Philadephia Phillies' (41-48) 90th game of the regular season Sunday afternoon will be their last before the 87th Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Petco Park in San Diego, California.
Phillies rookie RHP Zach Eflin — who is coming off of his first Major League victory via a complete game performance against the Atlanta Braves 0n Tuesday — will oppose Colorado Rockies (40-47) RHP Tyler Chatwood, who is 2-0 with a 2.12 ERA in three career starts against the Phillies.
Ahead of the series finale, the Phillies announced that they have activated LHP Daniel Stumpf from the restricted list, designated LHP Mario Hollands for assignment and optioned RHP Severino Gonzalez to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Stumpf's return marks the end of his 80-game suspension issued on April 14 for taking dehydrochlormethyltestosterone, an oral anabolic steroid.
Starting Pitching Matchup:
Philadelphia Phillies (41-48) | Colorado Rockies (40-47) | ||||
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RHP | Zach Eflin | RHP | Tyler Chatwood | ||
(1-2, 4.30 ERA) | (8-4, 3.08 ERA) |
Zach Eflin — Age: 22;
- Last Appearance: July 5, 2016, vs. ATL: W, 9.0 IP, 6 H, R, ER, 6 SO, HR
- Career vs. COL: N/A
Tyler Chatwood — Age: 26;
- Last Start: July 5, 2016, at SFG: ND, 5.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, ER, 4 BB, 4 SO
- Career vs. PHI: (2-0), 3 G, 17.0 IP, 12 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 8 BB, 9 SO, 0 HR, 2.12 ERA
Starting Lineups:
Philadelphia Phillies (41-48) | Colorado Rockies (40-47) | ||||||
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Position | Player | Bats | Position | Player | Bats | ||
1 | CF | Odubel Herrera | L | 1 | CF | Charlie Blackmon | L |
2 | SS | Freddy Galvis | S | 2 | 2B | DJ LeMahieu | R |
3 | 3B | Maikel Franco | R | 3 | 3B | Nolan Arenado | R |
4 | 1B | Tommy Joseph | R | 4 | RF | Carlos Gonzalez | L |
5 | LF | Cody Asche | L | 5 | SS | Trevor Story | R |
6 | C | Cameron Rupp | R | 6 | 1B | Mark Reynolds | R |
7 | 2B | Cesar Hernandez | S | 7 | C | Nick Hundley | R |
8 | RF | Tyler Goeddel | R | 8 | LF | Brandon Barnes | R |
9 | P | Zach Eflin | R | 9 | P | Tyler Chatwood | R |
Broadcast Information:
- First pitch: 4:10 p.m.
- TV: CSN
- Radio: SportsRadio 94 WIP
Game Notes:
- Phillies center fielder Odubel Herrera is hitless in his last 11 at-bats with four strikeouts. After fouling a ball off his foot on Friday, Herrera received an off-day from manager Pete Mackanin during last night's 8-3 defeat, his first missed game of the season.
- Over his last five games and 17 plate appearances, Phillies rookie first baseman Tommy Joseph is batting .625/.647/1.313 with five singles, two doubles, three home runs, one walk, six runs scored and six RBIs.
- The Phillies have lost six of their last seven games against the Rockies, outscored and outhit 42-17 and 73-54, respectively.
Standings:
Updated: Jul 10, 2016 | |||||
NL EAST | W | L | GB | RS | RA |
Nationals | 53 | 36 | — | 419 | 315 |
Mets | 47 | 40 | 5.0 | 333 | 312 |
Marlins | 46 | 41 | 6.0 | 364 | 367 |
Phillies | 41 | 48 | 12.0 | 318 | 412 |
Braves | 30 | 58 | 22.5 | 305 | 414 |
NL WILD CARD | W | L | GB | RS | RA |
Dodgers | 50 | 40 | +1.5 | 379 | 328 |
Mets | 47 | 40 | — | 333 | 312 |
Marlins | 46 | 41 | 1.0 | 364 | 367 |
Pirates | 46 | 42 | 1.5 | 418 | 410 |
Cardinals | 45 | 42 | 2.0 | 450 | 365 |
Phillies | 41 | 48 | 7.0 | 318 | 412 |
Rockies | 40 | 47 | 7.0 | 451 | 458 |
What's Next:
- Monday, July 11: Home Run Derby (Petco Park), 8 p.m
- Tuesday, July 12: 87th Major League Baseball All-Star Game (Petco Park), 7:30 p.m.
- Friday, July 15, 2016: vs. New York Mets, 7:05 p.m.
- Citizens Bank Park
- RHP Jacob DeGrom (5-4, 2.61 ERA) vs. Jeremy Hellickson (6-6, 3.92 ERA)
- TV: NBC10; Radio: SportsRadio 94 WIP