Orion Kerkering or Steven Matz

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Orion Kerkering or Steven Matz Player Statistics
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	56

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	65.2	51.2

Wins	5	7

Losses	4	1

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	1	16

Hits Allowed	64	38

Earned Runs	45	20

Home Runs Allowed	14	3

Strikeouts	49	55

Walks	21	27

ERA	6.17	3.48

WHIP	1.29	1.26

Orion Kerkering or Steven Matz Player Projections
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	34	58

Games Started	19	0

Innings Pitched	118.2	58.3

Wins	6	4

Losses	7	3

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	2	13

Hits Allowed	119	50

Earned Runs	55	23

Home Runs Allowed	16	6

Strikeouts	100	63

Walks	33	21

ERA	4.22	3.56

WHIP	1.28	1.21

Orion Kerkering or Steven Matz Player Notes
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI
News
	The Rays activated Steven Matz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Phillies officially activated Orion Kerkering from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
	Steven Matz threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Durham on Thursday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Kerkering pitched on back-to-back days for Triple-A Lehigh Valley during his rehab stint and made his final appearance Saturday, striking out two and allowing one hit in a scoreless inning against Triple-A Durham. He rejoined the Phillies in San Francisco on Monday. Bruno Mulé Tue, Apr 7th
	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Orion Kerkering will pitch for Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 3rd
	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th	The Phillies placed RHP Orion Kerkering on the 15-day injured list with a right hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Rays have placed left-hander Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th	Phillies reliever Orion Kerkering (hamstring) said he expects to pitch in a Grapefruit League game on Tuesday and is expecting to be ready to start the season on time. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
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Orion Kerkering or Steven Matz Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB			Orion Kerkering RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#53
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#252
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#127
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, May 23rd				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#318
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#292
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#185	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#173	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Thu, Aug 6th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#410	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs MIA	Cade Gibson
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#210
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs TB
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#278
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#251
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX