Phillies beat Rockies behind Eickhoff
PHILADELPHIA -- Maikel Franco hit a three-run homer and Jerad Eickhoff won his second straight start as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Colorado Rockies 6-3 on Saturday night.
Cesar Hernandez, who has reached base in 20 consecutive games, went 2-for-4 and scored twice for the Phillies, who won their third straight game.
Daniel Descalso and Tony Wolters homered for the Rockies, who lost for the sixth time in seven games.
Eickhoff (8-12) went 5 2/3 innings and allowed three runs and 10 hits while striking out three and walking two. He beat San Diego in his previous start.
Jeanmar Gomez, the last of five Philadelphia pitchers, retired Nolan Arenado and David Dahl to end the game, after the Rockies put runners at second and third with one out in the ninth. Gomez has 30 saves.
Rockies starter Tyler Anderson (4-4), victimized by Franco's homer in the first inning, was ejected after hitting the Phillies third baseman in the leg with his first pitch in the fourth.
Manager Walt Weiss was also tossed.
Anderson, who saw a personal four-game winning streak come to an end, allowed four runs and two hits while striking out two and walking two.
The Phillies put two aboard with two out in the first inning on Hernandez's single and Tommy Joseph's walk. Franco drilled Anderson's first pitch, a changeup, into the seats in center for his 21st homer of the season.
The benches and bullpens emptied after Anderson hit Franco to open the fourth, but no punches were thrown. Later in the inning, Chris Ruson, who replaced Anderson, surrendered an RBI single to Freddy Galvis to make it 4-0.
Descalso hit a two-run homer off Eickhoff with one out in the sixth, his third of the season, and one out later Wolters added a solo shot, his second. That cut the Philadelphia cushion to 4-3.
The Phillies tacked on two runs against Rockies reliever Carlos Estevez in the seventh, on Aaron Altherr's RBI single and Joseph's sacrifice fly, to go up 6-3.
NOTES: Phillies RHP Zach Eflin, on the disabled list since Aug. 8 because of soreness in both knees, underwent an MRI exam Friday that also revealed a broken foot. Manager Pete Mackanin said it is "unlikely" Eflin will pitch the rest of the season. ... Philadelphia LHP Adam Morgan will be recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to start Sunday's series finale. ... The three home run game by Colorado CF Charlie Blackmon on Friday was the 15th in Rockies history, and the first by a leadoff hitter. It was also the seventh time it has happened on the road. ... Rockies RF Carlos Gonzalez extended his hitting streak to 19 games.