Game two between the Phillies and Braves will hopefully go better than the day’s opener
Is it over? The Phillies dropped game one of the doubleheader 9-1 after Jerad Eickhoff left early with an injury.
Now with a bullpen deprived of Jesen Therrien, Yacksel Rios, Edubray Ramos the Phils enter the second game ready to rebound.
A major change comes to the lineup and the defensive positioning chart as Freddy Galvis (for some idiotic reason) moves to center field this afternoon.
Date: August 30, 2017
First Pitch: 3:30 PM ET
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Stadium: Citizens Bank Park
Pitchers: Mark Leiter Jr. (2-3, 3.86 ERA) vs Julio Teheran (8-11, 4.90)
Radio Station: 1210 WPHT (Phils), 680 AM/93.7 FM, Braves Radio Network (Braves)
TV Channel: CSN-Philadelphia (Phils), FSSE (Braves)
Live Stream: MLB.tv, CSNPhilly.com, NBCSports App
Starting Lineups
Philadelphia Phillies
Phillies
- Cesar Hernandez, 2B
- Freddy Galvis, CF
- Nick Williams, RF
- Rhys Hoskins, 1B
- Maikel Franco, 3B
- Cameron Rupp, C
- Pedro Florimon, SS
- Hyun-Soo Kim, LF
- Mark Leiter Jr., SP
Wednesday afternoon’s game will be Leiter Jr’s first against the Braves in his young career. His father, Mark Sr., was 0-6 with a 4.54 ERA against Atlanta.
Braves
- Ender Inciarte, CF
- Ozzie Albies, 2B
- Freddie Freeman, 1B
- Matt Kemp, LF
- Nick Markasis, RF
- Dansby Swanson, SS
- Jace Peterson, 3B
- David Freitas, C
- Julio Teheran, SP
Teheran is 7-6 with a 3.66 ERA over 17 games in his career against Philadelphia, all but one being starts.
Next: Phillies in the hunt for Stanton
More information surrounding the injury to Jerad Eickhoff will likely come tonight after the game. Expect prospects to arrive in town on Sept. 1 when call-ups can begin.