Phillies (61-76) at Marlins (68-70)
7:10 p.m. on CSN
The Phillies' six-game losing streak came to a merciful end on Labor Day, as Jerad Eickhoff turned in yet another quality start to lead the Phils to a 6-2, series-opening win in Miami.
Let's take a look at Game 2:
1. Two in a row?
The Phillies are running on fumes and limping to Game 162. Prior to Monday's win, they'd lost eight of nine and 13 of 17.
They haven't won consecutive games since Aug. 13-14, when they completed a three-game sweep over the Rockies.
They've been outscored 102-52 since that Rockies series concluded, allowing an average of 5.7 runs per game while scoring 2.8. Then again, 13 of those 18 games did come against teams in playoff contention.
Luckily for the Phils, they're drawing an ice-cold Marlins team early this week. Miami has lost nine of its last 10 to fade from the NL wild-card picture.
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2. Galvis' strange season
I wrote about this last week, but who ever thought Freddy Galvis would hit 16 home runs in a season, or be on pace for 19? That's where he is right now after hitting a two-run shot Monday.
Galvis has shown surprising extra-base pop this season with 24 doubles, three triples and the 16 bombs. But he's hit just .235 with a .270 on-base percentage, which wouldn't cut it even if he had 10 more homers.
Galvis also has 113 strikeouts and just 23 walks. He's essentially hit like 2012-15 Ryan Howard, which is crazy to think about.
Galvis' exceptional defense makes him a more valuable player, but this 2016 season doesn't qualify as him "finally figuring things out at the plate." Last season, he hit .263 with a .302 OBP. If he had that batting average and that OBP with this power total, then you're talking about an above-average shortstop. Either way, Galvis needs to get on base more.
Of course, Galvis won't get that chance at that position unless J.P. Crawford is injured or declines next season. But the power surge could make Galvis attractive to another team in a trade, or it could lead the Phillies to shop Cesar Hernandez this winter and install Galvis at second base long-term. They have a few different options in the middle infield.
3. Morgan on the mound
Adam Morgan pitched very well his last time out but took a loss anyway as the Phillies fell 2-1 to the Nationals. The left-hander allowed two runs on just three hits over 6⅔ innings against a dynamic Nats offense.
Morgan has commanded the ball well in two of his last three starts, against the Nats and Cardinals, and hopefully he can piece together a few more quality outings before his 2016 season ends. It's been a struggle most of the year for Morgan, who is 1-9 with a 6.21 ERA in 87 innings.
This could end up being a good night for Morgan because the Marlins lack dangerous right-handed hitters with Giancarlo Stanton on the DL and Marcell Ozuna expected out the rest of the series. Miami's top bats with those two out are Christian Yelich and Dee Gordon, both left-handed. Martin Prado and J.T. Realmuto are the Marlins' two best right-handed hitters at the moment, but both are more singles hitters than anything else.
This is all meaningful for Morgan, who has allowed righties a .318 batting average and .969 OPS compared to .271 from lefties with a .719 OPS.
Of course, any Phillies pitcher knows to be careful with Prado, a notorious Phillie-killer who always seems to come up with the big double in a key spot.
Current Fish are 5 for 26 off Morgan, though with just one strikeout.
4. Solving Urena
The Phillies face 24-year-old Dominican righty Jose Urena, who's 3-5 with a 5.40 ERA in 23 appearances (seven starts).
The Phils have faced him a handful of times the last two seasons and haven't hit him, scoring just two runs in 9⅔ innings. On July 19, Urena allowed one run to the Phils in 5⅔ innings in his first start of 2016. He induced 13 groundballs among 16 put in play.
Urena is nothing special. He's the kind of back-end rotation piece that good teams beat up on. He has a big fastball that averages 96 mph, but his opponents have hit .314 against it. Urena also throws a sinker, slider and changeup.
Tommy Joseph and Tyler Goeddel each hit solo homers against him this season. All other active Phillies are 3 for 27 with seven K's.
5. This and that
• Hector Neris update: He leads the majors with 69 appearances and he's allowed no runs in 56 of them. He has a 2.05 ERA on the season and a 1.00 ERA in his last 35 appearances. Neris doesn't have the same stuff as Ken Giles, but he's having nearly the same season Giles had for the Phils in 2015.
• Several Phillies are slumping. Cameron Rupp is 2 for his last 27. Cesar Hernandez is 3 for his last 28. Aaron Altherr is 3 for his last 29. Maikel Franco had the 4-for-5 game with three doubles on Saturday but is otherwise 4 for 36 over his last nine games.