Brewers take win streak into game against Phillies
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SB Nation on MSNBrewers take series opener in Philadelphia, 6-2DL Hall, opening for Quinn Priester, came out with guns blazing. His fastball was touching 95, hitting 96 on a strikeout pitch to Reds slugger Nick Castellanos. Hall gave up one ball that could have, maybe even should have, been a hit. It wasn’t, though, because Jackson Chourio had his back.
The Philadelphia Phillies won a wild game in extra innings late on Saturday night to keep their winning streak alive. It's been a fairly straightforward road trip for the Philadelphia Phillies.
The Phillies needed 11 innings in 3 hours and 45 minutes to keep up their streak. Right now, they are flexing.
Trea Turner led off the game with a home run and had three hits, Zack Wheeler extended his scoreless innings streak and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Athletics 4-3 on Friday night for their eighth straight win.
Kyle Schwarber hit his 18th homer, then had a tiebreaking, two-run double in the 11th inning that lifted the Philadelphia Phillies to a 9-6 victory.
They were without their top two relievers and received a short start from Cristopher Sanchez but the Phillies made huge plays in the 9th, 10th and 11th innings at the plate, in the field and on the bases to extend their winning streak to nine games.
A 6-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies, owners of the National League’s best record, May 30 at Citizens Bank Park was everything the Brewers wanted to be when they laid out the blueprint at the beginning of the year.