PHILADELPHIA (AP) — It was raining, the radar was all green, minus the small blobs of yellow and red, and Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell decided to gamble.
But lifting Brandon Woodruff for a pinch-hitter in the fifth inning backfired. The big inning never came, the heavy rain didn’t either, and the Philadelphia Phillies did just enough against the bullpen to win 4-3 Sunday.
Zach Eflin tied his career high with nine strikeouts over six innings and the Phillies snapped a four-game losing streak.
“Look, he was throwing the ball really good,” Counsell said of Woodruff, who had allowed one unearned run and one hit in four innings in his return from the minors.