Philadelphia Phillies at Pittsburgh Pirates

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Philadelphia Phillies

63-36, 26-20 Away

Final
6 - 0

Pittsburgh Pirates

50-49, 24-25 Home

Tyler Phillips tosses six scoreless innings and Phillies avoid sweep with 6-0 win over Pirates

Phillips (2-0) struck out three and walked one. It was the right-hander’s third game and second start since being called up from Triple-A Lehigh Valley on July 5.

“You go out there and every game matters here,” Phillips said. “Not saying any games in the minor leagues don't, but every game here really matters. I think that I just go out there and I'm in full compete mode. It's just going out and just trying to put hitters back in the dugout.”

The Phillies, who had lost three straight and four of their last five games, ended the Pirates’ winning streak at six. Pittsburgh was shut out for the seventh time this season.

“It was big,” Philadelphia manager Rob Thomson said. “We needed to get back on the winning side. I think that makes everybody feel good. We'll have a happy flight and go into Minnesota and start all over again.”

The Pirates outscored opponents 32-15 during their winning streak. They trailed the Phillies 7-4 entering the seventh inning Friday but Nick Gonzales in the ninth before winning again, 4-1, on Saturday.

“We played well against the best team in baseball,” Pittsburgh manager Derek Shelton said. "We didn’t play great today. But to come back the first night, do what we did yesterday — you want to win every game but to win two of three against that team — we didn’t play great today but, overall, I thought we played well over the weekend.”

Alec Bohm led off the second inning with a single off Marco Gonzales (1-1), stopped at third on a double from Edmundo Sosa and put Philadelphia ahead on Weston Wilson’s sacrifice fly. Garrett Stubbs followed with an RBI single.

Gonzales lasted 4 2/3 innings, allowing two runs on six hits with four strikeouts and one walk.

Trea Turner hit an RBI single to right in the seventh inning after Oneil Cruz dropped the transition on what could have been an inning-ending double play. Kyle Schwarber then scored on a Bryce Harper groundball before Bohm added a fifth run with a single through the left side of the infield.

Nick Castellanos capped the scoring with a home run, his 14th of the season, off Josh Fleming in the ninth.

Pittsburgh’s best chance came in the third inning, when Andrew McCutchen singled with two outs and Bryan Reynolds walked in front of Cruz, who had three RBI in each of the previous two games. Cruz struck out swinging on a Phillips' 2-2 curveball in the dirt.

“Just staying within myself,” Phillips said. “Trusting the preparation that I've put in. You know the guys are going to push guys into scoring position, they're going to try to score runs. That's on me to just execute pitches and pitch to my strength rather than what his weaknesses may have been.”

Phillies: LHP Ranger Suárez (10-4, 2.76 ERA) is set to return Monday following low back spasms to make his first start since July 12, opposite Minnesota Twins RHP Bailey Ober (8-5, 4.14)

Pirates: RHP Mitch Keller (10-5, 3.46) will be called upon Monday to start a three-game series against the Cardinals. RHP Andre Pallante (4-4, 4.21) will go for St. Louis.

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Matchup Prediction

Pirates: 48.3%

Phillies: 51.7%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Hayes lined out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Tellez popped out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	N. Gonzales grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Ruiz relieved Alvarado
	9th Inning	Wilson grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Sosa out at second.
	9th Inning	Sosa safe at first on fielding error by shortstop Cruz.

Statistics

PHI		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	10
8	Strikeouts	6
6	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	6
1	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	0
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
39	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
22	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	0
22	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
168	Pitches	126
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
16	Total Bases	6
43	Plate Appearances	33
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	0
5.7	Runs Created	0.4
.282	Batting Average	.188
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.410	Slugging Percentage	.188
.231	Secondary Average	.031
.326	On Base Percentage	.212
.736	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.400
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
5.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.4
43.0	Batter Rating	6.0
39.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.91	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.82
.128	Isolated Power	.000
0.38	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.17
.070	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.030
-.051	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.156
12.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
90.3	MLB Rating	63.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0