Braun’s grand slam ties Yount, Brewers top Phillies 6-1

Peralta retired the side in order in the sixth inning and got two quick outs in the seventh inning before second baseman Chase Utley singled. Their only offense Sunday was from a solo shot off the bat of Andres Blanco. Cody Asche led off that 9th with a double against Brewers’ veteran closer Francisco “KRod’ Rodriguez”.

The Phillies dropped all seven games to Milwaukee this year and was swept in a season series of six-plus games for the first time since 2005.

The Brewers swept Philadelphia in the weekend three game series, as the Phillies bats went cold.

The Blue Jays, winners in 12 of 14, come to town Tuesday for a two-game series. We as a community watched the team throw away a golden opportunity in 2014, only to pick up where they left off this year. “You’re going to go through those games and you’re not going to be locked in every game”. Asked what he would think if he was a scout, Mackanin said, “I’d say I have high interest in him for whatever my purposes may be”. “He’s feeling pretty good about himself”.

As for the newbies, the four mentioned pitchers are a combined 5-0 with 17 earned runs allowed in 39.1 innings of work. The righthander’s curveball baffled the Phillies. He pitched into the seventh, recording the first out on a liner right back into his glove by Blanco.

Morgan allowed just three Brewers to reach base over six innings, but all three scored.

Hector Neris entered and prevented anyone from scoring by retiring the final two batters of the frame.

Jungmann improved to 7-Four and lowered his ERA to 2.23 in 13 begins. The Phillies will send right-hander Jerome Williams (4-8, 5.73 ERA) to the mound Saturday as he will look to build on consecutive strong starts. Then he unraveled. I was getting ground balls.

Counsell said Blazek struggled playing catch Thursday but didn’t know how the injury occurred. Reliever Elvis Araujo, who our Ethan Witte highlighted in a piece here at TBOH just yesterday, then shut out the Brew Crew, as did Hector Neris.

Jungmann recorded 9 strikeouts by means of the primary 5 innings. Brewers RF Ryan Braun needs two stolen bases for his fourth season of at least 20 homers and 20 steals….

The meeting was of little help.

Peralta needed just eight pitches to cruise through the top of the first inning, but he labored through the next four innings.

With his contract running through 2021, Braun will also have plenty of time to pad his lead over Yount, potentially even crossing the 400- or 500-homer mark in a Milwaukee uniform some day. It put the Phillies in a six-run hole, which proved to be an impossible task to overcome. Utley had the time off Sunday however was obtainable.

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