
Max scherzer rehab series#
Phillies: RHP Zack Wheeler (4-4, 3.60) starts Friday’s series opener at Washington, which sends RHP Josiah Gray (4-5, 2.77) to the mound. … LHP José Alvarado (left elbow inflammation) threw a bullpen session and is to throw an inning Saturday for Lehigh Valley in the first of what will be multiple rehab appearances. Ellis’ contract was selected from Triple-A Lehigh Valley and OF Cal Stevenson was designated for assignment. Phillies: INF Alec Bohm was put on the 10-day IL with a strained left hamstring, a move retroactive to Wednesday. Senga, 5-3 with a 3.44 ERA, has made his first 10 starts with extra rest, similar to the schedule of pitchers in Japan. Mets right-hander Kodai Senga could pitch on normal four days’ rest for the first time on Sunday. Rookie Mark Vientos added a sixth-inning sacrifice fly off Matt Strahm. Walker threw just 38 of 74 pitches for strikes, giving up three runs, two hits and three walks in four innings. New York has homered in 15 consecutive games, the second-longest streak in team history behind 21 in 1996. Walker hit Starling Marte with a pitch before Canha turned on a thigh-high fastball for his fifth home run this season.

He threw 71 of 101 pitches for strikes.Ĭastellanos had three of the Phillies’ six hits in the finale. Scherzer gave up two runs - one earned - and five hits in seven inning, striking out nine and walking one. A double steal led to a run when catcher Francisco Álvarez’s throw skipped into left field for an error, and Nick Castellanos followed with a sacrifice fly.

Scherzer (5-2) fell behind 2-0 in the first after Trea Turner singled with one out and Bryce Harper walked. The Phillies are on their fourth losing streak of four or more games. While the Mets improved to 30-27, Philadelphia (25-31) dropped a season-worst six games under. New York trailed 2-0 before Jeff McNeil hit an RBI single in the third and Canha homered in the fourth against former Met Taijuan Walker (4-3).Ĭanha homered and drove in four runs a night earlier and is 6 for 10 with four homers and 11 RBIs in his last three games against the Phillies dating to last season. NEW YORK - Mark Canha hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in his latest blitz of Phillies pitching, Max Scherzer settled down from a shaky first inning to win his third straight decision and the Mets completed a three-game sweep of the defending NL champions with a 4-2 victory Thursday.
