Ball Ball Strike (foul) Ball Strike (foul) Foul Foul Strike (swinging) Knapp struck out swinging
Top of the 5th
Strike (looking) Ball Strike (looking) Foul Strike (swinging) Piña struck out swinging
Strike (looking) Ball Ball Strike (swinging) Ball Ball Phillips walked
Gameday had the last two balls to Phillips well within the strike zone. LA opined that the umpire was calling them balls based on where they were caught, not where they crossed the plate. Remains to be seen if Eickhoff can deal with "umpire adversity."
Ball Ball Strike (foul) Ball Phillips stole secondBallArcia walked
Phillips' stolen base on a pitch that Knapp did not catch - it went to the backstop. Hernandez deked a throw down, and Phillips slid; otherwise, he'd have been on third base.
Guerra sacrificed to first, Phillips to third, Arcia to second
Villar singled to left, Phillips and Arcia scored
Brewers 2 , Phillies 2
Eickhoff got a really bad deal with the first walk. Clearly, he had the batter struck out but bad umpiring is hard to overcome. We will see if he can pitch out of this or not.
Well, he could not.
Strike (foul) Ball Villar stole secondThames grounded out to pitcher
Bottom of the 5th
Strike (foul) Strike (looking) Foul Eickhoff singled to center
Regardless of the umpiring, it still comes down to two walks = two runs that inning. Brewers tie game with only one hit, a single.
Ball Ball Ball Strike (looking) Ball Hernández walked, Eickhoff to second
Brewers yank their slow working starter after Galvis bunts for a hit to load the bases.
So, based loaded, nobody out! Can we capitalize on this?
RHP Michael Blazek is the new Brewers pitcher.
Howie Kendrick with a single up the middle! Eickhoff scores, Hernandez scores! Galvis to second.
Phillies 4 , Brewers 2
A good result for Kendrick, who seems to be doing fine since his return from the DL.