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	21	21

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	20.0	21.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	25	17

Earned Runs	11	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	20	15

Walks	6	13

ERA	4.95	2.49

WHIP	1.55	1.38

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 option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Josh Ekness made his latest rehab appearance on Saturday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	The Phillies recalled Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Josh Ekness made his latest rehab appearance on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	The Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Josh Ekness is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	The Phillies are activating Kyle Backhus from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	Josh Ekness will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
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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 (4-10)	#398
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-2)	#52	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#244
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (4-3)	#389	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#395
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#156
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#99	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#155	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#94
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#282
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th				@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#240
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#328
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#160	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#92
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#45
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#264
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#228
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#208
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#222	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#177
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#328
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#205	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#313	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#184
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#203	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Fri, Jun 19th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#100	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#110
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#165
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#112	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#405
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#358
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#202
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#12
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#156	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Fri, Jul 17th				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#144
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#402
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#203	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#74
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#112
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#161
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#319
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#190
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#182	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Fri, Aug 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#156
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA	Cade Gibson		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#131
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#146	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#166
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#12	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#166
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#77	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#99	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-2)	#168
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#119	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#418
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI	Taylor Clarke		@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#155
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#44
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158	vs NYM	Jonah Tong (1-1)	#106
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#87	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#27	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#161
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199	vs LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#13
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI	Corbin Burnes	#65
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96
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 (10-9)	#152
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#135
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM