Win streak comes to unsightly end
ATLANTA » Mike Foltynewicz allowed only four hits in seven scoreless innings, Nick Markakis drove in five runs and the Atlanta Braves crushed Philadelphia 14-1 on Wednesday night to end the Phillies’ four-game winning streak.
Markakis had two-run doubles in the seventh and eighth as the Braves scored a combined 10 runs in the two innings. Dansby Swanson hit a threerun homer.
After the Braves stretched the lead to 12-0 in the eighth, Phillies manager Pete Mackanin brought in utility infielder Andres Blanco for his debut as a pitcher. Blanco gave up a two-run homer to Matt Adams.
The Braves, who lost the first two games of the four-game series, beat the Phillies for the first time in six tries this season.
Jerad Eickhoff (0-7) remained winless through 12 starts. It’s the longest stretch of starts without a win for a Phillies pitcher since Cliff Lee’s 13-game streak in 2012.
Eickhoff allowed four runs, three earned, in five innings.
Pinch-hitter Daniel Nava’s single in the ninth drove in Odubel Herrera, who reached on his second double.
A fielding error by third baseman Maikel Franco on Tyler Flowers’ sharp grounder helped set up the Braves’ threerun third. Flowers advanced to third when left fielder Howie Kendrick bobbled the ball, but was not charged with an error. Eickhoff walked Rio Ruiz before giving up
Swanson’s sixth homer over the 385-foot mark on the left-center field wall.
Foltynewicz (4-5) has thrown a combined 14 scoreless innings in his last two starts. He threw seven scoreless innings, allowing only two hits, in recorded the final two save of the season.
Neris has a 3.42 ERA and has been successful in five of six saves chances.
His ERA is 5.87 when pitching in ninth.
Mackanin says he wants to get Neris back in form because, in his words, “he was unhittable last year.”
Jeanmar Gomez and Joaquin on the disabled list with a left strain, also have saves this season.
a no-decision at on Friday.
Foltynewicz escaped trouble in the seventh after Tommy Joseph’s infield single and Franco’s walk. Michael Saunders hit a liner back to the mound which Foltynewicz snagged before throwing
Cincinnati outs for his first Benoit, knee
to second base double play.
With his two doubles, Herrera has 11 extrabase hits, including nine doubles, in his last five games.
Right-hander Matt Wisler and rookie lefthander Sean Newcomb,
for the
the one of the Braves’ top prospects, will be recalled to pitch in Saturday’s doubleheader against the New York Mets.
The pitching order was not announced.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Braves 3B Adonis Garcia was placed on the 10day DL with a sprained left ring finger. He hurt his hand on a swing in Tuesday night’s game, only five days since returning from a DL stint with left Achilles tendinitis. OF Lane Adams was recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett. The injury leaves rookie Ruiz to handle the starts at third base.
ON DECK
PHILLIES »
Rookie
RHP Ben Lively will make his second start in Thursday night’s final game of the four-game series. Lively allowed only four hits and one run in seven innings in Saturday’s 5-3 win over the Giants. It was his major league debut. BRAVES » R.A. Dickey (3-4) will try to end his string of six straight starts without a win. His ERA has climbed from 3.94 to 5.10 since his last win on May 2.