Phils ride Eickhoff’s 7 scoreless over Braves

PHILADELPHIA — Jerad Eickhoff reverted back to the game plan that got him in trouble his last start in Atlanta, but he faced no such problems Sunday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park.

Sticking to his fastball-curve combo, Eickhoff went seven shutout innings in a Phillies’ 5-0 win to avoid a series sweep for the first time since Philadelphia lost four straight to open the season. Though the Braves claimed their second series win of the season, this shutout loss denied their bid to split a 10-game trip that also included stops in Kansas City and Pittsburgh.

Where Eickhoff was efficient, Braves starter Casey Kelly was the opposite. Called up from Triple-A to make a spot start, he hit two Phillies and threw another wild pitch to the backstop. He left after five innings having allowed three Philadelphia runs.

MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDPower surge: Two Friday night doubles had amounted to all the extra-base hits the Phillies had this series entering Sunday’s finale. But Odubel Herrera set the tone against Kelly, doubling on a liner to left-center to lead off the game. Cameron Rupp followed the next inning with a solo shot, and the Phils added a pair of three-baggers. They tripled twice in a game for the first time this season and recorded more than three extra-base hits for the eighth time in 44 games. …

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