Brewers at Phillies: July 18th to July 20th

2014 Topps Heritage #25

1965 Topps #163

Tuesday and Wednesday 6:40, Thursday 12:35
Citizens Bank Park - Philadelphia, PA

At the Ballpark:  The Phillies host their annual Irish Heritage Celebration at the ballpark tonight.  Following the Businessperson's Special on Thursday, all kids can stay after the game to run the bases.

Brewers 52-42
1st Place in the N.L. Central, 2 games ahead of the Reds

Brewers Probables
Julio Teheran (2-3, 3.64)
Wade Miley (6-2, 3.06)
Corbin Burnes (8-5, 3.73)

Brewers Leaders
Average:  Christian Yelich - .286
Runs:  Christian Yelich - 69
Home Runs:  Willy Adames - 16
RBIs:  Christian Yelich - 49
Stolen Bases:  Christian Yelich - 21

Wins:  Corbin Burnes - 8
ERA:  Corbin Burnes - 3.73
Strikeouts:  Corbin Burnes - 115
Saves:  Devin Williams - 23

Phillies 51-42
3rd Place in the N.L. East, 10 1/2 games behind the Braves

Phillies Probables
Aaron Nola (8-6, 4.39)
Cristopher Sanchez (0-3, 3.26)
Taijuan Walker (11-3, 4.00)

Phillies Leaders
Average:  Bryson Stott - .303
Runs:  Kyle Schwarber - 55
Home Runs:  Kyle Schwarber - 25
RBIs:  Alec Bohm - 58
Stolen Bases:  Trea Turner - 21

Wins:  Taijuan Walker - 11
ERA:  Taijuan Walker - 4.00

Strikeouts:  Zack Wheeler - 126
Saves:  Craig Kimbrel - 15

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2007 Topps Update #UH204 Kyle Lohse

Brewers 9, Phillies 1
Game 64 - Sunday Afternoon, June 9th in Milwaukee
Record - 31-33

One Sentence Summary:  The Phillies struggled to pitch, hit and catch the ball as the Brewers won easily, 9-1.

What It Means:  The Phillies lost the game and the series to the Brewers, negating any good feelings they had generated after sweeping the Marlins.

What Went Wrong:  Everything went wrong.  Starter Jonathan Pettibone was roughed up with six runs (four earned) in 5 1/3 innings.  The offense managed just five hits, with their lone run coming on a Humberto Quintero home run in the eighth.

Former Phillie Kyle Lohse pitched like Cy Young, scattering four hits over his eight innings of work.

Featured Card:  Thinking about this game makes me cranky.  For helping to ruin the first Major League postseaon game I ever attended, Lohse makes me cranky.

Lohse earned one Phillies baseball card in 2007 for his 13 games with the club - the Topps Update card featured here.  The folks at Topps gave us an altered photo of Lohse wearing a Phillies spring training uniform, despite the fact that the pitcher never actually spent a spring with the club.  He would appear in three more Phillies cards in 2008 - Topps Heritage, Upper Deck and Upper Deck First Edition - before the baseball card makers realized we Phillies collectors didn't need any more Lohse cards in our collections.  Onward.

2007 Chachi #50 Kyle Lohse

I didn't attend any 1980 or 1983 Phillies' Postseason games. As a Sunday season ticket holder, we received tickets to the 1993 Postseason, but I didn't attend any games as I was in school in North Carolina at the time. The first Phillies Postseason game I attended was Game 2 of the 2007 NLDS against the Rockies on October 4, 2007.

Kyle Kendrick loaded the bases in the top of the 4th and gave way to Kyle Lohse. Kyle Lohse promptly surrendered a grand slam to the Rockies' Kaz Matsui which gave the Rockies a 6-3 lead. And that's all I have to say about Kyle Lohse.