Instant Replay: Brewers 9, Phillies 4

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The Phillies’ spate of sloppy play continued in a 9-4 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers at Citizens Bank Park on Wednesday night.

Milwaukee scored three times in the eighth inning to break a 4-4 tie. Two of the three runs were unearned after an error by Ryan Howard. The Phillies also gave up an unearned run in the first inning.

The Phils have lost three games in a row and made costly errors in all three. They have fallen to 3-5 on the season while Milwaukee is 6-2.

After eight games, the Phillies have committed nine errors (tied for most in the NL) and allowed 10 unearned runs (most in the NL).

The Brewers have won the first two games of the series by a combined score of 19-8.

Starting pitching report
Roberto Hernandez battled a high pitch count and only made it through five innings, but he kept his club in the game, allowing four runs. He walked one and struck out nine, mostly with an excellent changeup.

Milwaukee’s Matt Garza went six innings and gave up four runs.

Bullpen report
Ryne Sandberg went to his bullpen with the score tied 4-4 in the sixth. Jeff Manship was first man out. He pitched a scoreless inning. Lefty Jake Diekman struck out three right-handed hitters in the seventh.

Antonio Bastardo was on the mound for the Brewers’ three-run eighth. He got ahead of Mark Reynolds, the first batter of the inning, with two strikes, but ended up walking him. Reynolds stole second, went to third on a bunt and scored when pinch-hitter Logan Schafer slapped a ball past Howard at first base. Howard got a glove on the ball but could not get an out at home or first base and was charged with an error.

Tyler Thornburg pitched two scoreless innings for the Brewers and got the win.

At the plate
The Phillies were 1 for 10 with runners in scoring position. They are 4 for 32 with runners in scoring position during their three-game losing streak.

Marlon Byrd had two RBIs for the Phillies.

Ryan Braun continued to swing a torrid bat while hearing boos from the fans. He capped the Brewers’ eighth-inning rally with a booming two-run triple to center. He has four extra-base hits and nine RBIs in the first two games of the series. Braun had struck out in his previous three at-bats before the triple.

Carlos Gomez homered on an 0-2 pitch against Hernandez in the fourth and Reynolds took Justin De Fratus deep in the ninth.

In the field
Jimmy Rollins made an error in the first inning that led to an unearned run.

Ben Revere, who had costly drops in center field in each of the previous two games, made the catch of the game, a running, diving grab on Scooter Gennett’s sinking liner in the second inning.

Sick bay
Chase Utley did not start for the second straight game because of illness. He was at the stadium and available for pinch-hitting duty.

Saturday’s starter
The Phillies have yet to name a starting pitcher for Saturday night’s game against the Marlins. All signs point to Jonathan Pettibone coming up from Triple A to get the start. David Buchanan was eliminated from consideration when he threw 93 pitches for Lehigh Valley on Tuesday. Jeff Manship has been mentioned as a candidate, but he pitched in relief Wednesday night.

Up next
The Brewers and Phillies close out the series on Thursday night. Cliff Lee (2-0, 6.00) opposes right-hander Marco Estrada (0-0, 1.59).

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