No backup

The lone run of the evening for the Phillies offense came on a home run by Alec Bohm in the second for his 14th of the season. Bohm took a slider form Brewers starter Freddy Peralta and drove it out on a line over the left center field wall.

Outside of that, the Phillies never really had many chances to score off of Peralta. The Milwaukee starter went five innings and allowed just two hits with two walks and 9 punch outs.

Philadelphia’s best shot for some offense came in the sixth when Trea Turner led off with a single before Bryce Harper worked an 11 pitch walk against reliever Joe Ross. But Nick Castellanos then struck out on three pitches before Bohm flew out to center. The runners advanced on the flyout, but new pitcher Jared Koening threw one pitch to Bryson Stott who was retired on a great play by second baseman Brice Turang on a ball hit up the middle.

This was the second straight game the Phillies offense struck out 16 times. It was also their first loss when doing so, their record now at 4-1.

Quick trouble

Orion Kerkering pitched a perfect eighth inning with an assist to Stott on his own fantastic play up the middle. But Estévez quickly got into trouble in the ninth when he allowed a lead-off triple to Jackson Chourio. The Phillies then opted to intentionally walk William Contreras who then stole second. Estévez recovered enough to strike out Garrett Mitchell, but then allowed a walk to Willy Adames after starting the at-bat 0-2. Bauers then took the first pitch he saw into right field for the winning hit.