MILWAUKEE -- Ruben Amaro Jr. said Monday that changes are coming to the Phillies' offense.A little more than 24 hours later, the Phillies had one of their best offensive performances of the season in a 9-7 victory over the Brewers at Miller Park. Tuesday's output might have been a coincidence following Amaro's comments and it almost certainly has come too late to change minds in the Phillies' front office before the July 31 non-waiver Trade Deadline, but the Phillies have won the first two games of their four-game series against Milwaukee. 
The Phillies' nine runs were the most since June 18, when they scored 10 in Atlanta.But it wasn't necessarily pretty.It took 63 minutes to play the first inning and a half, which included 11 runs, 22 batters and 88 pitches.The Phillies took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first when Chase Utley's sacrifice fly scored Ben Revere. But Kyle Kendrick's first-inning troubles resurfaced in a major way. He served up a one-out, solo home run in the bottom of the first to Scooter Gennett to tie the game, and the inning snowballed on him from there.Kendrick allowed a single to Jonathan Lucroy and walked Aramis Ramirez and Khris Davis to load the bases for Lyle Overbay, who hit a grand slam to right field to hand the Brewers a 5-1 lead. Kendrick has a 10.50 ERA (21 earned runs in 18 innings) in the first inning this season. He has a 3.34 ERA (36 earned runs in 97 innings) in every other inning he has pitched.But Brewers right-hander Wily Peralta followed Kendrick's lead and gave up a big inning of his own. He allowed an infield single to Marlon Byrd and Cody Asche followed with a single that ricocheted off third base. Domonic Brown walked to load the bases with no outs.Koyie Hill reached on an infield single to score Byrd to make it 5-2.Revere ripped a one-out double to right-center field to score Brown and Hill to make it 5-4. Jimmy Rollins walked to reload the bases and Utley followed with a single to right to score two more runs to hand the Phillies a 6-5 lead.It was the first time the Phillies had scored more than five runs since June 24.Brown hit a solo homer to right in the third to make it 7-5.It was his sixth homer of the season and first since June 14.The Phillies scored two more runs in the fifth to take a 9-5 lead when Brown's single to right scored Howard and Asche. Kendrick allowed two more runs in the sixth when pinch-hitter Mark Reynolds hit a two-run homer.Todd Zolecki / MLB.com
The Phillies' nine runs were the most since June 18, when they scored 10 in Atlanta.But it wasn't necessarily pretty.It took 63 minutes to play the first inning and a half, which included 11 runs, 22 batters and 88 pitches.The Phillies took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first when Chase Utley's sacrifice fly scored Ben Revere. But Kyle Kendrick's first-inning troubles resurfaced in a major way. He served up a one-out, solo home run in the bottom of the first to Scooter Gennett to tie the game, and the inning snowballed on him from there.Kendrick allowed a single to Jonathan Lucroy and walked Aramis Ramirez and Khris Davis to load the bases for Lyle Overbay, who hit a grand slam to right field to hand the Brewers a 5-1 lead. Kendrick has a 10.50 ERA (21 earned runs in 18 innings) in the first inning this season. He has a 3.34 ERA (36 earned runs in 97 innings) in every other inning he has pitched.But Brewers right-hander Wily Peralta followed Kendrick's lead and gave up a big inning of his own. He allowed an infield single to Marlon Byrd and Cody Asche followed with a single that ricocheted off third base. Domonic Brown walked to load the bases with no outs.Koyie Hill reached on an infield single to score Byrd to make it 5-2.Revere ripped a one-out double to right-center field to score Brown and Hill to make it 5-4. Jimmy Rollins walked to reload the bases and Utley followed with a single to right to score two more runs to hand the Phillies a 6-5 lead.It was the first time the Phillies had scored more than five runs since June 24.Brown hit a solo homer to right in the third to make it 7-5.It was his sixth homer of the season and first since June 14.The Phillies scored two more runs in the fifth to take a 9-5 lead when Brown's single to right scored Howard and Asche. Kendrick allowed two more runs in the sixth when pinch-hitter Mark Reynolds hit a two-run homer.Todd Zolecki / MLB.com
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