Josh Ekness or Kyle Backhus

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Josh Ekness or Kyle Backhus Player Statistics
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	6

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	9.2	5.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	11	2

Earned Runs	5	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	10	5

Walks	1	5

ERA	4.66	1.69

WHIP	1.24	1.31

Josh Ekness or Kyle Backhus Player Projections
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	45	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	42.4	16.7

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	7	1

Hits Allowed	41	16

Earned Runs	23	8

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	41	15

Walks	17	8

ERA	4.79	4.50

WHIP	1.36	1.42

Josh Ekness or Kyle Backhus Player Notes
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
News
	The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th	The Marlins optioned Josh Ekness to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	The Phillies recalled LHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th	Josh Ekness recorded the final out in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Washington Nationals to earn his first career save. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, May 11th
	The Phillies optioned LHP Kyle Backhus to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th	Josh Ekness is having his contract selected by the Miami Marlins from Triple-A Jacksonville. Cade Gibson was optioned to Triple-A in a corresponding move. David Leisering Sat, May 2nd
		The Marlins reassigned RHP Josh Ekness to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 11th
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Josh Ekness or Kyle Backhus Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI			Josh Ekness RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#395
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (1-1)	#109	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-7)	#423
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (3-4)	#51	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (6-2)	#85	vs CWS	Davis Martin (8-1)	#79
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#254	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#357
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#90	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#201
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-7)	#423	@ NYY	Will Warren (6-1)	#65
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (2-3)	#250	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-2)	#67
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4)	#426	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-4)	#188	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#371
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#86	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#102
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (1-7)	#100	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-4)	#145
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#230
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (7-2)	#72	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#205
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (0-1)	#120	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#54
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#63	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (3-2)	#4
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (3-1)	#289	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#124
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (2-1)	#106
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-5)	#22	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (4-3)	#114
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (2-3)	#196	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-0)	#191
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (8-3)	#5	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-1)	#59
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#124	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (5-2)	#18
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (5-3)	#139	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (3-4)	#84
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-5)	#22	vs STL	Dustin May (3-6)	#101
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (2-1)	#42	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#163
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#124	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-4)	#188
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (4-3)	#114	@ SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#86
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (8-3)	#5	@ SF	Landen Roupp (5-5)	#66
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (1-7)	#100	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (5-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th				@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#38
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#60	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (4-0)	#8
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (5-0)	#71	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-5)	#166
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-6)	#325	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#10
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#121	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#40
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-5)	#118	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#113
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#117	vs BAL	Brandon Young (3-1)	#195
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (2-3)	#131	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#200
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)	#329	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (6-2)	#85
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#395	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-2)	#203
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4)	#426	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#90
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (0-2)	#183	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-2)	#76
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (5-1)	#29	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7)	#223
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#28	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (1-2)	#81
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (4-2)	#49	@ TB	Ian Seymour (3-0)	#104
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#127	@ TB	Nick Martinez (4-1)	#75
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (6-5)	#2	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-1)	#21
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (1-1)	#62	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-1)	#247
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#26	vs ATL	Martin Perez (2-3)	#196
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#102	vs ATL	Chris Sale (8-3)	#5
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (3-0)	#32
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (8-3)	#27	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-1)	#179
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#110	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#24
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#52	vs NYM	Christian Scott (0-0)	#105
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (0-3)	#138	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (2-2)	#41
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#199	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (2-1)	#160
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (3-3)	#214	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#20
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (6-2)	#141	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#24
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#128	@ NYM	Christian Scott (0-0)	#105
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4)	#12	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (2-4)	#30
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#90
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#199	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (1-4)	#216
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (3-3)	#214	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (1-0)	#175
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (4-1)	#182	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-1)	#21
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (2-3)	#140	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (5-2)	#23
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	David Sandlin (1-0)	#213	vs TB	Griffin Jax (1-3)	#48
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR			vs ARI
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR			vs ARI
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL			@ PIT
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL			@ PIT
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL			@ PIT
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA			@ PHI
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA			@ PHI
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA			@ PHI
Fri, Jun 19th				vs SF
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM			vs SF
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM			vs SF
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH			vs TEX
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH			vs TEX
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM			@ STL
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM			@ STL
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM			@ STL
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT			@ COL
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT			@ COL
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT			@ COL
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT			@ COL
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATH
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC			@ ATH
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC			@ ATH
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET			vs CLE
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET			vs CLE
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET			vs CLE
Fri, Jul 17th				@ MIL
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD			@ HOU
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD			@ HOU
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD			@ HOU
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY			vs SD
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY			vs SD
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY			vs SD
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA			vs PHI
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA			vs PHI
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA			vs PHI
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th				@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-6)	#19
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (3-2)	#73
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-4)	#188
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-0)	#165
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM