Skip to main content

Series Preview: Phillies at Marlins, Sept. 28-30

Fresh off their first back-to-back series losses since the All-Star break, the Phillies (78-78) travel south to take on the division rival Marlins (66-90) in a three-game series.

Both teams have had disappointing seasons, as the Phillies are set to miss the postseason for the first time since 2006 and the Marlins, who increased their team payroll by near $54 million this year, are in last place in the National League East division.

The Phillies have won 8 of 15 meetings with the Marlins this season.

Read ahead for details on the pitching match ups and other key statistical notes from this series.


Friday, 7:10 PM.  Cliff Lee (6-8, 3.18 ERA) vs. Mark Buehrle (13-13, 3.84 ERA).  In 14 road starts this season, Lee has a 4-2 record with a 2.84 ERA.  Lee has a 5-3 record with a 2.41 ERA in 14 starts since the All-Star break.  Carlos Lee is 11-for-27 (.407 avg) with 3 HR in his career against Lee.  In 7 career starts against the Phillies, Buehrle has a 5-2 record with a 4.44 ERA.  Buehrle has an 8-5 record with a 3.29 ERA in 15 home starts this season.  Ty Wigginton is 9-for-30 (.300 avg) with 2 doubles and 3 HR in his career against Buehrle.

Saturday, 7:10 PM.  Roy Halladay (10-8, 4.40 ERA) vs. Ricky Nolasco (12-12, 4.35 ERA).
  Halladay, who recently dealt with shoulder spasms, struggled in his latest outing, serving up 7 earned runs in 1 2/3 innings on Saturday against the Braves.  In 12 road starts this year, Halladay is 4-4 with a 4.24 ERA.  Greg Dobbs is 8-for-15 (.533 avg) with 2 doubles and a HR in his career against Halladay.  In 17 career games against the Phillies, Nolasco has a 8-4 with a 3.59 ERA.  In his past 5 starts, Nolasco has a 3-0 record with a 1.46 ERA and 2 complete games.  Carlos Ruiz is 3-for-20 (.150 avg) in his career against Nolasco.

Sunday, 1:10 PM.  Cole Hamels (16-6, 3.11 ERA) vs. Nathan Eovaldi (4-12, 4.29 ERA).  In his past 9 starts, Hamels has posted a 5-0 record with a 2.72 ERA.  In 4 starts against the Marlins this year, Hamels is 1-3 with a 3.54 ERA.  Jose Reyes is 20-for-53 (.377 avg) with 5 doubles in his career against Hamels.  The right-hander Eovaldi is 0-3 with a 6.43 ERA in 3 career starts against the Phillies.  In 9 home starts this year, Eovaldi has a 1-6 record with a 3.19 ERA.  Juan Pierre is 6-for-8 (.750 avg) with a double and a triple against Eovaldi.


Lefty hitting Domonic Brown is batting .156 against left-handed pitchers this season.  In 17 career games against the Marlins, Brown is a .271 hitter with 3 HR and 9 RBI.

 In 75 road games this season, Jimmy Rollins has posted a .230 average with 12 homers and 30 RBI.  Rollins is batting .270 with runners in scoring position this year.

Juan Pierre is batting .391 with 17 steals in 51 road games this season.  In 50 career games against his former team the Marlins, Pierre has a .314 batting average.

Giancarlo Stanton is a .247 hitter with 9 HR and 18 RBI in 42 career games against the Phillies.  Stanton is batting .237 in 15 September games.

Marlins closer Steve Cishek has 1 save and a 0.93 ERA in 11 career games against the Phils.  In 9 games this month, Cischek has posted an 8.59 ERA.

In 70 games since the All-Star break, Jose Reyes has a .312 average with 8 homers and 34 RBI.  Additionally, Reyes' OPS is 143 points higher since the mid-summer classic than it was prior to the All-Star game.

Phillies team ERA in September- 3.23 ERA (6th in MLB)
Marlins team ERA in September- 4.08 (16th in MLB)

__________________________________________________

You can follow PhoulBallz on Twitter by clicking HERE.

Also connect with PhoulBallz on Facebook by clicking HERE.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Justin De Fratus Interview Excerpts- May, 2011

Armed with a 2-0 record, 3 saves and a 2.95 ERA in 15 games this season for the Double A Reading Phillies, Justin De Fratus continues to make strides toward his goal of reaching the Major Leagues. Ranked as a top 10 prospect within the Phillies system last off-season, the 23-year-old De Fratus was in camp with the Phillies during big league spring training. In 3 games with the Phils during the Grapefruit League season, De Fratus allowed 4 earned runs in 4 innings and took a loss. He did strike out an impressive 5 batters in those 4 frames, however. Drafted in the 11th round of the 2007 amateur draft, De Fratus stood out as a force in relief last year for both the High A Clearwater Threshers and the R-Phils. In 49 combined games at the two levels, De Fratus posted a 3-0 record with 21 saves and a 1.94 ERA. De Fratus continued his excellent 2011 by pitching for Team USA in the Pan-American qualifiers held in Puerto Rico, helping the Americans finish with a 9-1 record. He also posted out...

Bubby Rossman's long awaited MLB debut

Eight years after he initially signed a professional contract with the Dodgers and a five-year stretch playing away from affiliated ball, Bubby Rossman became a major leaguer on Wednesday. Added as a substitute for pitcher Kyle Gibson, who is restricted from travel to Canada for the Phillies' series in Toronto, due to his medical inability to be vaccinated from COVID-19, Rossman took the mound for the first time in the majors. Rossman, who was a 22nd round draft selection in 2014 had pitched in 200 professional games before his one-inning outing in the Phillies' 8-2 loss to the Blue Jays. In 27 appearances with Double-A Reading this year, the 30-year-old right-hander has performed well, tallying a 2-2 record with a save, a 3.32 ERA and a .200 batting average against.   The embedded video below features a media session with Rossman from prior to opening day this year, in which the California native discusses his journey through independent baseball and back to affiliated ball w...

Series Preview: Braves at Phillies, August 6-8

The Braves (62-46) travel to Philadelphia to begin a three-game series with the Phillies (49-59) on Monday night at Citizens Bank Park. In the past month, the two clubs have faced each other in two separate series, with the Braves winning all six of the contests. Atlanta’s recent dominance over the Phils is the opposite of how things went last season, when the Phillies handed the Braves six losses toward the end of the 2011 season. Those defeats shut the door on Atlanta’s postseason hopes. Read ahead for notes on the pitching the match ups and additional statistical information on this series. Monday, 7:05 PM. Ben Sheets (3-1, 1.46 ERA) vs. Vance Worley (6-6, 3.63 ERA). In 9 career starts against the Phillies, Sheets has a 3-4 record with a 4.50 ERA. Ty Wigginton is 12-for-36 (.333 avg) with 2 doubles and 2 HR in his career against Sheets. The righty Sheets was the Brewers' 1st round draft pick in 1999. In his last 5 starts, Worley has a 2-1 record with a 4.06 ERA. In 9 home s...