Hick strained three baserunners through two innings before the Brewers got to him in the third, bringing in three runs on four hits. He settled in for two more scoreless frames before a single, throwing error, and a passed ball plated a run in the sixth. Hick would leave with two runners on at 104 pitches. The 28-year-old right-hander will take a 6.59 ERA, 1.54 WHIP, and a 24/13 K/BB ratio across 27 1/3 innings into a start against the Rangers in San Francisco on Sunday.

The hard-throwing right-hander also issued four walks while striking out five opposing hitters in the ballgame. The Phillies jumped on him right out of the gate in this one, using five hits and a walk to push five runs across in the opening inning. Hicks settled in nicely afterwards, giving fantasy managers some ratio relief by working six scoreless innings afterwards to keep his team in the game. He got 13 swings and misses on 105 pitches on the day — eight of those on his sweeper — while registering a CSW of 26 percent. He’ll look to improve upon his 6.04 ERA and 1.39 WHIP when he takes the mound against the Brewers his next time out on Tuesday.

Hicks gave up two runs in the first inning on a base hit, triple, and sacrifice fly. He escaped a bases-loaded jam in the second, getting Aaron Judge to ground out. Hicks unravelled in the fifth, giving up four straight hits and a walk to score two for the Yankees and leave the bases loaded before he was relieved at 94 pitches. All three runners would end up scoring and charged to Hicks. The 28-year-old right-hander saw his ERA balloon from 2.38 to 5.87 in this one. He’ll draw another tough matchup on the road against the Phillies on Thursday.

The right-hander punched out five opposing hitters on the afternoon while allowing only one base on balls. He served up solo homers to Julio Rodriguez and Cal Raleigh in the first and third innings respectively, but aside from that the only damage came on an RBI single by Ryan Bliss after Hicks had departed in the sixth. He exited with a one-run lead and in line for a victory, but the Giants couldn’t hold on in the ninth inning for him. He’ll try once more to improve to 2-0 on the season when he carries a 2.38 ERA, 0.88 WHIP and an 11/3 K/BB ratio into a tough matchup against the Yankees in New York on Saturday.