Brewers at Phillies: September 3rd through September 5th

Friday & Saturday 7:05, Sunday 1:35

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

One of the tools on Baseball Reference that I like to use is their Multi-Franchise feature to see how many players have played with the Phillies and another franchise.  According to this nifty little tool, there have been 74 baseball players to wear both the Phillies' and Brewers' uniforms in their careers, including the 5 notable Phillies above.

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