Phillies hoping to get rolling as Mets arrive
The struggling Philadelphia Phillies will look to snap a three-game losing streak when they host the New York Mets on Friday.
The Phillies, who were swept at home in a three-game series by the Baltimore Orioles, have also dropped five of six.
J.T. Realmuto was a 有望な 位置／汚点／見つけ出す in Thursday's 11-4 loss as he ホームランd twice and drove in four runs.
"You've got to fight," Phillies 経営者／支配人 Joe Girardi said. "It's not gonna get any easier."
The Phillies are 推定する／予想するd to turn to 新人 権利-hander Spencer Howard to 逆転する their fortune against the Mets. Howard (0-1, 7.71 ERA) will be making just his second career start.
Last Sunday in the second game of a doubleheader, Howard 許すd four runs, 含むing two ホームランs, in 4 2/3 innings of a loss to the Atlanta 勇敢に立ち向かうs.
"I was hoping for a 完全にする-game shutout," Howard said. "That's what everybody would dream about. But just 存在 able to compete at the highest level is a dream come true."
Philadelphia's bullpen has scuffled through the first 14 games, and Thursday's loss was no different with seven runs 許すd by three of the five relievers.
Prized prospect Alec Bohm 二塁打d in his first major league at-bat as Girardi shuffled the 顔触れ and gave struggling Rhys Hoskins and Scott Kingery the night off.
Girardi intimated that Hoskins will be 支援する in the 顔触れ against the Mets.
"As long as he's doing his work and doing everything that he needs to do to be 用意が出来ている, I don't worry about it," Girardi said of Hoskins, who's hitting .190 with no ホームランs and one 打点.
The Mets, 一方／合間, received a major 脅す in Thursday's 8-2 勝利，勝つ over the Washington 国家のs with standout left fielder Jeff McNeil 存在 carted off the field in the first inning.
McNeil went 衝突，墜落ing into the 塀で囲む with an 優れた catch against Asdrubal Cabrera. X-rays and a 磁石の resonance imaging 実験（する） both 報道によれば （機の）カム 支援する 消極的な and McNeil isn't 推定する／予想するd to pl ay Friday.
"When I got out there with the trainer, we were a little 関心d just how he was talking to us," Mets 経営者／支配人 Luis Rojas said of McNeil.
Catcher Tomas Nido 与える／捧げるd two ホームランs, 最高潮の場面d by a （野球の）満塁ホームラン，（テニスなどの）グランドスラム, and six 打点 for the Mets. Nido became the fifth catcher in franchise history with at least two ホームランs and six 打点s, joining Gary Carter, マイク Piazza, Todd Hundley and Paul Lo Duca.
"Hard work 支払う／賃金s off," Nido said. "I did work really hard this offseason and it just feels good to be able to help the team 勝利，勝つ."
The Mets will 手渡す the ball to Jacob deGrom, who has been terrific in four starts with a 2-0 記録，記録的な／記録する and 2.45 ERA. Over deGrom's career against the Phillies, he's 7-1 with a 2.23 ERA in 15 starts.
Last Sunday, deGrom 許すd seven 攻撃する，衝突するs and two runs in five innings against Miami. But he was bothered by a blister on the middle finger of his pitching 手渡す.
"There's a little hot 位置／汚点／見つけ出す, I guess," said deGrom. "You could 言及する to it as that. It's starting to get a blister, but I'll とじ込み／提出する it off and hope it's better for the next one. I felt it a little bit in Atlanta. Just the way the ball is coming out is 原因（となる）ing a little bit of a blister. But I'm still going to go out there every fifth day."
--Field Level マスコミ
