Records: Brewers 62-71, Tied for 3rd Place in NL Central (16 games behind the Reds); Phillies 76-58, 2nd Place in NL East (2 games behind the Braves). The Phils are 2 games ahead of the Giants in the NL Wild Card standings, and their Magic Number to clinch is now 27.
These Phillies Were Brewers?: Ricky Bottalico (40 games in 2005, 2-2 with 4.53 ERA); Deron Johnson (49 games in 1974, .151 with 6 home runs); Chris Short (42 games in 1973, 3-5 with 5.12 ERA), Wayne Twitchell (2 games in 1970, 10.59 ERA); John Vukovich (93 games in 1973 and 1974, .149 with 5 home runs).
1974 Topps #349 |
For the record, there are 3 players to have played for both the Seattle Pilots (the Brewers' predecessors) and the Phillies - pitcher Darrell "Bucky" Brandon (1969 with the Pilots, 1971-1973 with the Phils); infielder Ron Clark (1969 with the Pilots, 1975 with the Phils for 1 game); and pitcher John Morris (1966 with the Phils, 1969 with the Pilots). And now you know.
Brewers Probables: Chris Campuano, Dave Bush, Randy Wolf
Phillies Probables: Cole Hamels, Roy Halladay, Kyle Kendrick
No comments:
Post a Comment