Gennett, Nelson lift Brewers past Phillies, 4

“I see they kind of banged into the wall and went to the ground, so I thought maybe it was a good chance to score”.

Now this turn around has been a complete team effort but, one aspect of the team that you can point to and say “that’s why the Phillies have turned it around this half” is the great play out of second baseman Cesar Hernandez and center fielder Odubel Herrera as the one and two hitters in this team’s lineup.

Peralta got some early help from the offense, started by a solo Khris Davis homer in the second inning.

One of the Brewers’ quests is to get starting pitcher Wily Peralta squared away after spending two months on the disabled list, and they moved a step in that direction Friday night.

No matter who leads them, Peralta and Segura appear to be big parts of Milwaukee’s future plans. Manager Craig Counsell said the fracture would heal without surgery.

The Phillies finished 1 for 13 with runners in scoring position with 10 men left on base.

“I’m 63 years old, and I’ve been doing this for 20 years”, said Melvin, on the Milwaukee Brewers’ website. “I made a mistake right there, but I’m not really going to hang my head on it and just keep moving forward”. He took second on a wild pitch and scored on a single to centre by Segura for a 3-2 lead. Jonathan Lucroy hit a fly ball to the warning track, where Herrera could be seen calling for it and made the catch before crashing into Brown. Segura broke hard from second and never stopped as third-base coach Ed Sedar waved him home.

Before the game, the scroll on the TV in the visitor’s clubhouse questioned if Utley could be effective with the swirl of trade talks surrounding him.

Utley went 4-for-5 with a double and three singles, including an RBI single in the ninth. I didn’t expect him to vault into Cy Young contention or anything, but I thought he might firmly entrench himself as a leader of the rotation.

Morgan allowed just three Brewers to reach base over six innings, but all three scored. “We live in a world of Instagrams when, more than any other sport, the most important thing in baseball is that you’ve got to be patient”.

“Days like this happen”, he said. Although he missed just one start between late June and the July 31st deadline, a lingering hip issue unnerved GM Sandy Alderson and the Mets’s front office. Counsell said the injury likely ends Blazek’s season. Blazek couldn’t pinpoint how he was hurt…

Phillies: Maikel Franco is expected to return Tuesday, according to Mackanin.

To replace Blazek on the 25-man roster, the Brewers recalled right-hander David Goforth from Triple-A Colorado Springs. He made 20 relief appearances and 17 starts for the Sounds, finishing with a 4-4 record, a 4.15 ERA and 1.431 WHIP in 102 innings. The 26-year-old native of Oregon, who is 3-0 during his run, did not allow an earned run in four of his previous five outings.