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Eickhoff battles, tosses 6 innings to spell ‘pen
- Updated: August 19, 2016
PHILADELPHIA — Jerad Eickhoff’s night started with the first three batters he faced crossing home plate. It ended with him walking off the mound celebrating a strikeout.
Eickhoff wasn’t at his best, but he settled in after a rough first inning and gave the Phillies what they needed in their 5-4 win over the Dodgers: six innings and a chance. Entering Thursday, no Phillies starter in the past eight games had lasted at least six innings — including Eickhoff in his last outing. He bucked the trend against Los Angeles.
Eickhoff rebounded to throw six frames, allowing four earned runs on seven hits with eight strikeouts.
Just three batters into the game, he had surrendered three hits, the third of which was a three-run homer by Justin Turner on a fly ball that just cleared the wall down the …
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