WASHINGTON NATIONALS (2-1) vs. (1-2) Friday, April 7, 2017 – – 3:05 p.m. EDT – Game 4; Home 1 RHP Max Scherzer (NR) vs. RHP Vince Velasquez (NR)

 YESTERDAY’S ACTION: The Phillies lost to the , 7-4, at a frigid Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati … Starter Clay Buchholz (ND) made his Phillies debut and went 5.0 innings and allowed PHILLIES PHACTS 4 runs on 7 hits with 2 walks and 3 … The Phillies jumped out in front early as Daniel Nava Record: 1-2 (.333) homered in his first plate appearance as a Phillie (more on that later) … The Reds answered and tied Home: N/A the game at 1-1 in the 2nd before Nava homered again in the 3rd … Odubel Herrera scored on a wild Road: 1-2 pitch and it looked as though the Phils were on their way … It was not to be as the Reds would score 6 Current Streak: Lost 2 Last 5 Games: 1-2 more runs to take the game and the series. Last 10 Games: 1-2 Series Record: 0-1-0  A TRADITION, UNLIKE ANY OTHER: Today, the Phillies will begin their 14th season at Citizens Bank Sweeps/Swept: N/A Park … Vince Velasquez, who will get the nod for the Phils, will be hard-pressed to top his 2016 debut at CBP when he twirled a 16 , 3-hit, complete game shutout against the Padres on April 14 of PHILLIES VS. NATIONALS (2016) last season … As for the festivities prior to the game, Kane Kalas, son of the late, great , 2016 Record: 5-14 will sing the National Anthem from his father’s statue, just behind the leftfield foul pole … Sylvia Green, 2016 at Home: 1-8 wife of the late , will toss the ceremonial first pitch as will Fred Alward, a 16-year old patient 2016 at WSH: 4-6 at Nemours Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children … Overall, the Phillies have a 3-10 record in their first All-Time Record: 118-104 13 openers here … Last year, Philadelphia fell to the San Diego Padres, 4-3, on Opening Day at CBP … All-Time at Citizens Bank Park: 62-48 The Phillies have lost each of their last five home openers, with their last win coming in 2011 (5-4 vs All-Time at Nationals Park: 41-44 Current Streak: Lost 3 HOU).

 MASTERFUL: Daniel Nava who homered in each of his first two plate appearances yesterday, began PHILLIES AT HOME (2016) his career with a grand slam in his first plate appearance with the Red Sox on June 12, 2010 against the Games Played: 81 Phillies, in what was his Major League debut … According to Elias, only three players in the modern era Record: 37-44 (.457) (since 1961) have homered in their first MLB plate appearance and their first plate appearance with a CBP (est. 2004): 569-487 (.539) different team later in their career: John Kennedy (1962 Senators and 1970 Red Sox), Miguel Olivo (2002 Batting Average: .230 White Sox and 2005 Padres), and Hector Luna (2004 Cardinals and 2012 Phillies) … Nava is the first Runs/Runs Per Game: 279/3.44 player in the modern era (since 1900), to homer in his first plate appearance in the majors and later Home Runs: 78 homer in his first plate appearance for the team against which he homered in his first plate appearance. Stolen Bases: 46

 NATITUDE PROBLEM: The Phillies have lost 12 of their last 13 games against the Nationals (5/30/16- ERA: 3.92 current), with their lone win coming on September 8 of last season (W, 4-1) … Philadelphia has been Starters W-L: 24-32 Starters ERA: 3.69 outscored 59-29 over the 13-game stretch (-30, -2.31 RPG) … Phillies have a combined 4.49 Relievers W-L: 13-12 ERA (56 ER, 112.1. IP) with two blown saves, while their offense is hitting .175 (70-399) with a .237 Relievers ERA: 4.33 OBP and .306 SLG % … Philadelphia has also lost six straight home games to the Nationals, 11 of their Saves/Opp: 21/30 last 12, and 14 of their last 16 (since 4/12/15). PHILLIES AT A GLANCE  SPRING RECAP: Philadelphia finished spring training with a 14-17-5 record … As a team, they ranked April: 1-2 Monday: 1-0 3rd-best among all teams in walks (128) and 7th in OBP (.337) … The Phils averaged May: 0-0 Tuesday: 0-0 3.56 walks per game this spring, their highest per-game total since online data became available in 2006 June: 0-0 Wednesday: 0-1 th … On the mound, the club ranked 5 -best among all National League teams in WHIP (1.33) and July: 0-0 Thursday: 0-1 opponent’s AVG (.259) … On the bases, Philadelphia finished the spring 21-for-24 in stolen base attempts Aug: 0-0 Friday: 0-0 (87.5%), the 2nd-highest stolen base percentage among all ML teams during the spring (best: BAL, 31- Sept: 0-0 Saturday: 0-0 35, 88.6%). Oct: 0-0 Sunday: 0-0

vs East: 0-0 Day: 1-1  HELLO, MY NAME IS: For the third consecutive season, 13 or more players on the Phillies Opening vs Cent: 1-2 Night: 0-1 Day roster were not on the initial 25-man roster the year before … Only INF Andres Blanco, RHP Jerad vs West: 0-0 1st Half: 1-2 Eickhoff, 3B Maikel Franco, SS Freddy Galvis, RHP Jeanmar Gomez, RHP , 2B Cesar vs AL: 0-0 2nd Half: 0-0 Hernandez, CF Odubel Herrera, RHP Hector Neris, RHP , C Cameron Rupp and RHP Vince Velasquez were on the opening roster in 2016 (6 P, 1 C, 4 INF, 1 OF) … Seven players have made their INSTANT REPLAY RESULTS first career Opening Day roster (OF Aaron Altherr, 1B Tommy Joseph, C Andrew Knapp, LHP Adam *’s challenges, since 2014 Morgan, RHP Edubray Ramos, LHP Joely Rodriguez & INF Brock Stassi). PHI All-Time Challenges: 117 Overturned: 63  THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS: Philadelphia finished the 2016 season with the second-lowest Success Rate: 53.8% average player age among all Major League clubs (26.9 years old) … Only the Arizona Diamondbacks were younger (26.5) … This spring, 30 of the 62 players who reported to Phillies camp were 25 or 2017 Challenges: 1 younger (48%) and the average age of the Opening Day 25-man roster is 28.08 years old. Overturned: 1 Success Rate: 100.0%

 A GOOD CROP ON THE FARM: The 2016 season was a very successful one for the Phillies player Last Challenge: 4/5 at WSH development system … Every one of the Phillies domestic minor league affiliates finished above .500 for Situation: T9, 2 outs, runner on 1B the first time since 1953 (9 teams over .500 in 1953) … Considering only domestic minor league teams, Result: OVERTURNED: After viewing all the Phillies combined .595 minor league (412-280) ranked first among all relevant angles, the Replay Official definitively determined that the runner organizations … Including foreign teams, their .581 winning percentage (482-348) ranked second in touched the base prior to the fielder baseball only to Seattle (.590, 451-314) … Philadelphia had four minor league affiliates qualify for the applying the tag, the runner is safe. playoffs, the most in one year since MiLB’s records began tracking all teams’ postseason appearances in 2005 … The Phillies six domestic minor league teams combined to post a 3.34 ERA and a .262 team batting average in the regular season … Every team had an ERA of 3.85 or lower, and four of the six hit better than .260 … Reading OF Dylan Cozens (40 HR) and 1B Rhys Hoskins (38 HR) were the top two home run hitters in all of minor league baseball.

PHILLIES RECORD WHEN THEY… Score First: 1-1 Lead After 6: 1-0 Lead After 7: 1-0 Lead After 8: 1-0 Out-Hit Opp: 1-0 Last AB Decisions: 0-0 Opp. Score First: 0-1 Tied After 6: 0-0 Tied After 7: 0-0 Tied After 8: 0-0 Hits equal: 0-0 Walk-off Decisions: 0-0 Score 4 or more: 1-1 Trail After 6: 0-2 Trail After 7: 0-2 Trail After 8: 0-2 Out-Hit by Opp: 0-2 Starter goes > 6.0 IP 0-1 Score 3 or less: 0-1 Hit no HR: 0-1 Starter goes 6.0 IP 0-0 Hit at least 1 HR: 1-1 Starter goes < 6.0 IP 1-1

UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE DATE TIME PROBABLE PITCHERS TV Saturday, April 8 7:05 EDT TBA vs RHP Aaron Nola (NR) NBC 10 Sunday, April 9 1:35 EDT RHP Stephen Strasburg (1-0, 2.57) vs RHP Jeremy Hellickson (1-0, 1.80) CSN 2017 PHILLIES NOTES TONIGHT’S STARTER PAGE 2

VINCE VELASQUEZ  RHP #28 VELASQUEZ – 2016 DAY-BY-DAY

Height: 6-3 Weight: 205 Age: 24 (born: 6/7/92) DATE-OPP DECISION IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 4/9 at NYM W, 1-0 6.0 3 0 0 0 3 9 0.00 2016: 8-6, 4.12 ERA Career: 9-7, 4.19 ERA 4/14 vs SD W, 3-0 9.0 3 0 0 0 0 16 0.00

SPRING TRAINING RECAP: 2-1, 2.75 ERA (6 ER, 19.2 IP), 12 H, 9 BB, 25 SO, 4/19 vs NYM L, 11-1 4.1 5 5 2 2 0 4 0.93

.171 OPP AVG … Finished 6th in the Grapefruit League in SO 4/26 at WSH W, 4-3 6.0 5 3 3 0 3 4 1.78 APRIL 3-1 25.1 16 8 5 2 6 33 1.78 TONIGHT’S START: 5/1 vs CLE W, 2-1 6.0 2 0 0 0 4 6 1.44 5/6 at MIA ND, L, 6-4 6.0 7 4 4 1 1 5 2.17  First Impressions: In the 384 career AB that Velasquez has started by 5/12 at ATL ND, W, 7-4 6.0 5 4 4 0 2 5 2.70 throwing a strike, opponents have slashed .234/.264/.346 with 14 BB and 5/17 vs MIA W, 3-1 5.0 3 0 0 0 2 10 2.42 150 SO (39.1% SO rate) … Conversely, in the 251 AB he has started by 5/23 at DET ND, L, 5-4 4.0 9 3 3 3 2 2 2.75 throwing a ball, opponents have slashed .267/.391/.482 with 50 BB and 61 5/29 at CHI L, 7-2 4.2 9 7 7 2 2 6 3.63 SO MAY 2-1 31.2 36 18 18 6 13 34 5.12  Striking Success: Velasquez has averaged more than a strikeout per 6/3 vs MIL ND, W, 6-3 4.1 4 2 2 0 3 6 3.67 inning in each of his last 6 starts since 8/4, collectively striking out 44 6/8 vs CHI ND, L, 8-1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.65 batters in 33.1 IP in that span (11.89 SO/9.0 IP) *6/22 vs AKR W, 4-1 5.0 2 1 1 1 1 3 6/27 at ARI W, 8-0 5.0 5 0 0 0 0 7 3.38  Losing Streak: Has lost 4 consecutive games for the first time in his

career (since 7/29, 0-4 in 6 GS) … Had appeared in 38 consecutive games JUNE 1-0 9.2 9 2 2 0 3 13 1.86 7/3 vs KC W, 7-2 6.0 5 2 2 1 2 7 3.34 (26 GS) from 6/10/15-8/4/16 before losing two straight games 7/8 at COL W, 5-3 6.0 8 2 2 0 2 6 3.32  vs WSH: 1-0, 4.50 ERA (3 ER, 6.0 IP) in 1 start … Also squared off against 7/19 vs MIA ND, L, 2-1 7.0 3 1 1 1 4 5 3.15 Max Scherzer in that start on 4/26/16 7/24 at PIT ND, L, 5-4 6.0 7 4 4 1 4 5 3.34 7/29 at ATL L, 2-1 6.0 7 2 2 0 2 5 3.32 HOME JULY 2-1 31.0 30 11 11 3 14 28 3.19  CBP: 4-3, 2.88 ERA (21 ER, 65.2 IP) in 12 starts (all in 2016) 8/4 vs SF ND, L, 3-2 5.0 3 2 2 0 3 6 3.33 8/9 at LAD L, 9-3 4.2 11 9 9 3 2 6 3.94  Starter (career): 5-3, 3.62 ERA (40 ER, 99.1 IP) in 21 games (16 starts) 8/16 vs LAD L, 15-5 5.2 7 5 5 3 1 10 4.14

2016 SEASON: 8/21 vs STL L, 9-0 6.0 7 5 5 2 2 7 4.31 8/28 at NYM ND, W, 5-1 5.0 5 1 1 0 1 7 4.21  4/14 vs SD: CG, SHO, 9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 16 SO AUGUST 0-3 26.1 33 22 22 8 9 36 7.52  Became the 4th ML since 1893 to throw a CG SHO with 0 BB, 9/3 vs ATL ND, L, 6-4 7.0 5 3 2 2 0 8 4.19 16 or more SO and 3 H or fewer (others: Kerry Wood, 5/6/98 vs SEPTEMBER 0-0 7.0 5 3 2 2 0 8 2.57 HOU, Roger Clemens, 8/25/98 vs KC & Max Scherzer, 10/3/15 at *rehab start

NYM 2016 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS  3rd pitcher in ML history aged 23 or younger to throw a CG SHO with 9.0, 4/14 vs SD IP 9.0, 4/14/16 vs SD 0 walks and 16 or more SO (others: Doc Gooden, 9/12/84 vs PIT & 11, 8/9 at LAD H 11, 8/9/16 at LAD Kerry Wood, 5/6/98 vs HOU) 9, 8/9 at LAD R 9, 8/9/16 at LAD  Only the 8th pitcher since 1988 (first year of pitch count data) to 9, 8/9 at LAD ER 9, 8/9/16 at LAD strike out 16 or more batters on 113 pitches or less… Only the 3rd to 4, 3x, last: 7/24 at PIT BB 4, 5x, last: 7/24/16 at PIT do so in a 9.0 inning game 16, 4/14 vs SD SO 16, 4/14/16 vs SD 3, 3x, last: 8/16 vs LAD HR 3, 3x, last: 8/16/16 vs LAD  Averaged 10.44 SO/9.0 IP and became only the second Phillies starter ever 1, 4/14 vs SD CG 1, 4/14/16 vs SD to make at least 20 starts and finish the season at or above 10.00 SO/9.0 IP (other: , 1997-98) 1, 4/14 vs SD SHO 1, 4/14/16 vs SD 3 G, 2x, last: 6/27-7/8 Win Streak 3 G, 3x, last: 6/27-7/8/16  His streak of 15.0 consecutive scoreless innings to begin his PHI career 4 G, 7/29-curr. Loss Streak 4 G, 7/29/16-curr. was the longest by a Phillies SP since Marty Bystrom, 19.0-innings in 1980… The franchise record is 25.0-innings, RHP George McQuillan in 1907 2016 STAT CENTRAL CAREER

4-3, 2.88 ERA (21 ER, 65.2 IP)  His 25 strikeouts through his first 2 career starts with PHI were the most Home 5-3, 3.62 ERA (40 ER, 99.1 IP) by any PHI SP in the modern era (previous: Bunning, 20 SO, 4/15-24/64) 4-3, 5.37 ERA (39 ER, 65.1 IP) Away 4-4, 4.84 ERA (47 ER, 87.1 IP) .270 AVG/.337 OBP/.443 SLG vs Left .253 AVG/.324 OBP/.413 SLG  The 9 SO in his Phillies debut were the most by a pitcher making his PHI .255 AVG/.308 OBP/.441 SLG vs Right .259 AVG/.317 OBP/.449 SLG debut (not ML debut) since also had 9 SO in his 1st start for 2.2 fWAR 3.1 PHI, 4/5/10 at WSH – courtesy Elias Sports Bureau 3.67 xFIP 3.81 1.33 WHIP 1.31  Was on the 15-day DL, 6/10-27 with a right biceps strain… Made 1 rehab .334 BABIP .327 start for Reading (AA) on 6/22 vs Akron: W, 5.0 IP, 2 H, R, ER, BB, 3 SO 27.6% SO% 26.9% 8.2% BB% 8.4%

3.38 SO/BB 3.18 CAREER:

 Acquired from HOU with Mark Appel (rhp), Brett Oberholtzer (lhp), Thomas VELASQUEZ – 2016 AND CAREER Eshelman (rhp) and Harold Arauz (rhp) for Ken Giles (rhp) and Jonathan W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO Arauz (inf), 12/12/15 2016: 8-6 4.12 24 24 131.0 129 64 60 45 152  Originally selected by HOU in 2nd round of June 2010 draft Career: 9-7 4.19 43 41 186.2 179 92 87 66 210

HIGHEST GAME SCORE by a PHI SP since 1973 VELASQUEZ vs NATIONALS

Pitcher Date Opponent Gm Score W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 1. Hamels (No-hitter) 7/25/15 at CHI 98 2016: 1-0 4.50 1 1 6.0 5 3 3 3 4 2. Halladay (Perfect game) 5/29/10 at FLA 98 Career: 1-0 4.50 1 1 6.0 5 3 3 3 4 3. VINCE VELASQUEZ 4/14/16 vs SD 97

Last Start – 4/26/16 vs WSH: W, 6.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 SO

PHILLIES SINGLE GAME STRIKEOUT LEADERS BATTER-PITCHER MATCH-UPS Pitcher Date Opponent SO 1. Chris Short 10/2/65 at NYM (15.0 inn.) 18 VELASQUEZ vs NATIONALS 2. 4/23/61 vs CHI 17 avg ab h 2b 3b hr rbi bb so 3. VINCE VELASQUEZ 4/14/16 vs SD 16 DREW .250 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4. 6/9/82 vs CHI 16 HARPER .636 11 7 0 0 2 5 1 2 5. Curt Schilling 9/1/97 vs NYY 16 MURPHY .231 13 3 1 1 1 3 0 1 6. 5/6/11 vs ATL 16 RENDON .250 12 3 0 0 1 1 1 4 TAYLOR .286 7 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 WERTH .286 14 4 0 0 2 5 0 5 ZIMMERMAN .222 9 2 0 0 0 1 0 2

SCHERZER vs PHILLIES avg ab h 2b 3b hr rbi bb so ALTHERR .000 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 BLANCO .455 11 5 1 0 1 2 1 1 FRANCO .067 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 GALVIS .200 25 5 2 0 0 1 1 3 HERNANDEZ .292 24 7 1 0 0 1 0 7 HERRERA .280 25 7 1 1 0 1 5 4 JOSEPH .000 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 KENDRICK .357 14 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 NAVA .250 12 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 RUPP .200 20 4 1 0 1 1 1 9 SAUNDERS .222 9 2 2 0 0 3 0 4

TOMORROW’S STARTER vs WASHINGTON – RHP AARON NOLA vs TBA NOLA vs NATIONALS NOLA – 2016 AND CAREER

W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2016: 0-3 5.40 4 4 21.2 21 13 13 6 22 2016: 6-9 4.78 20 20 111.0 116 68 59 29 121 Career: 0-3 5.40 6 6 31.2 36 19 19 7 35 Career: 12-11 4.29 33 33 188.2 190 99 90 48 189

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2017 TOTALS W-L ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG OPS MISC Starters 1-1 3.78 16.2 18 7 7 1 4 10 .290 .748 1 QS/3 GS Relievers 0-1 5.40 8.1 8 5 5 3 1 10 .250 .866 1 SV/1 SVO

#53  JOAQUÍN BENOIT  RHP Last App: 4/3 at CIN: 1.0 IP, 2 SO IR/Scored: 1/0 vs WSH (2016): N/A Road Trip: 0-0, 0.00 ERA (1.0 IP) in 1 G SV/Opp: -/- vs WSH (career): 0-0, 1.00 ERA (1 ER, 9.0 IP) in 9 G CBP (career): 0-0, 0.00 ERA (5.1 IP) in 3 G

 Spring 2017: 0-0, 6.43 ERA (5 ER, 7.0 IP), 5 BB, 10 SO, 2 HR  Began the season in the NL for just the 3rd time in is 16-year career (2014-15 with SD)  Began 2016 season with SEA, was traded to TOR on 7/26  Posted a 0.38 ERA (1 ER, 23.2 IP) in 25 appearances for the Blue Jays, tied for the lowest ERA by any ML reliever from 7/24-end of season (other: BAL’s Zach Britton)  Did not appear in a postseason game for TOR

#46  JEANMAR GÓMEZ  RHP Last App: 4/3 at CIN: SV, 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1 SO, 1 HR (Gennett) IR/Scored: -/- vs WSH(2016): 1-1, 4 SV, 3.00 ERA (3 ER, 9.0 IP) in 8 G Road Trip: 0-0, SV, 18.00 ERA (2 ER, 1.0 IP) in 1 G SV/Opp: 1/1 vs WSH (career): 1-1, 4 SV, 2.66 ERA (7 ER, 23.2 IP) in 21 G CBP (career): 3-3, 17 SV, 4.11 ERA (32 ER, 70.0 IP) in 67 G

 Spring 2017: 0-0, 0.84 ERA (1 ER, 10.2 IP), 4 H, 1 BB, 7 SO, .111 OPP AVG in 9 games … Did not allow a run in his final 8 appearances (9.2 IP, 3/4-end of ST)  Made his 6th career and 6th consecutive Opening Day roster (CLE: 2012, PIT: 2013-14, PHI: 2015-17)  2016 NL Relief Rankings: 4th in games finished (59) … 5th in saves (37) … 9th in SV % (86.0%)  Had the 9th-most saves in a single season in Phillies history in 2016  His 24 SV before the All-Star Break tied Steve Bedrosian (1987) and Jose Mesa (2001) for the club record  Was just the 7th pitcher in Phillies history to collect 35 or more saves in a single season

#39  ADAM MORGAN  LHP Last App: 4/6 at CIN: L, 2.1 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 3 SO, 2 HR (Duvall & Lorenzen) IR/Scored: -/- vs WSH(2016): 0-3, 4.62 ERA (13 ER, 25.1 IP) in 4 G (4 GS) Road Trip: 0-1, 11.57 ERA (3 ER, 2.1 IP) in 1 G SV/Opp: -/- vs WSH (career): 0-3, 4.62 ERA (13 ER, 25.1 IP) in 4 G (4 GS) CBP (career): 3-8, 4.92 ERA (53.0 ER, 97.0 IP) in 19 G (18 GS)

 Spring 2017: 0-0, 2.45 ERA (5 ER, 18.1 IP), 4 BB, 14 SO in 7 games (1 start)  Made 1st career Opening Day roster  Split the 2016 season between Lehigh Valley (AAA) and PHI  Had his only two career ML relief appearances on 6/29/16 at ARI (0.2 IP, IBB, SO) and 7/2/16 vs KC (3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 HR, 3 SO)  Named International League and Phillies Minor League Pitcher of the Week, 8/1-7

#50  HÉCTOR NERIS  RHP Last App: 4/3 at CIN: 1.0 IP, 1 SO IR/Scored: -/- vs WSH (2016): 0-1, 5.19 ERA (5 ER, 8.2 IP) in 9 G Road Trip: 0-0, 0.00 ERA (1.0 IP) in 1 G SV/Opp: -/- vs WSH (career): 0-1, 5.40 ERA (7 ER, 11.2 IP) in 12 G CBP (career): 4-5, 2 SV, 3.34 ERA (24 ER, 64.2 IP) in 57 G

 Has recorded at least 1 SO in 37 of his last 40 appearances dating back to 6/28/16  Spring 2017: 1-0, SV, 2.57 ERA (7 ER, 7.0 IP), 1 BB, 8 SO in 7 games … Made 3 app for Dominican Republic in 2017 World Baseball Classic (2.70 ERA, 1 ER, 3.1 IP)  Made his 2nd career Opening Day Roster (2016)  2016 NL Relief Rankings: 3rd in IP (80.1), T-3rd in games (79) and 5th in SO (102)  His 102 strikeouts in 2016 season were the 2nd-most ever by a Phillies reliever (most: Dick Selma, 153 SO in 1970)  Became the 4th reliever in Phillies history to collect 100 SO in a season  His 46 appearances before the All-Star Break were the most by a PHI reliever since 2004 (Rheal Cormier) and only 1 shy of ’s club record 47 in 1987  Struck out 102 of the 328 batters he faced last season(31.1% SO rate)

#17  PAT NESHEK  RHP Last App: 4/5 at CIN: 1.0 IP, 2 SO IR/Scored: -/- vs WSH (2016): N/A Road Trip: 0-0, 0.00 ERA (1.0 IP) in 1 G SV/Opp: -/- vs WSH (career): 0-0, 1.93 ERA (1 ER, 4.2 IP) in 5 G CBP (career): 0-0, 0.00 ERA (1.0 IP) in 1 G

 Spring 2017: Won 2017 World Baseball Classic with Team U.S.A., pitching 5.0 scoreless IP in 5 games, including semi-finals and finals … In MLB ST was 0-0, 6.75 ERA (3 ER, 4.0 IP in 4 games  PHI marks the 7th different team Neshek has played for (others: MIN: 2006-11, SD: 2011, BAL: 2012, OAK: 2013; STL: 2014, HOU: 2015-16)  Held opposing hitters to a .194 AVG (33-170) and held opponents scoreless in 50 of his 60 appearances (83.3%) in 2016  Reached 60 appearances for the 3rd consecutive season  Did not allow more than 2 ER in any of his 1st 59 appearances (3 ER in final game of the season)

#61  EDUBRAY RAMOS  RHP Last App: 4/5 at CIN: 0.2 IP, 1 H … 1 IR/0 scored IR/Scored: 1/0 vs WSH (2016): 0-0, 0.00 ERA (3.1 IP) in 4 G Road Trip: 0-0, 0.00 ERA (1.2 IP) in 2 G SV/Opp: -/- vs WSH (career): 0-0, 0.00 ERA (3.1 IP) in 4 G CBP (career): 1-1, 2.70 ERA (6 ER, 20.0 IP) in 20 G

 Is T-8th among all ML relievers in appearances (44) since making his ML debut, 6/24/16  Has stranded 83.3 % of the runners (15 of 18) he has inherited in ML career … Is 10th-best % among NL relievers since 6/24/16 (min. 15 IR)  Spring 2017: 1-0, SV, 0.87 ERA (1 ER, 10.1 IP), 6 H, 3 BB, 8 SO, .171 OPP AVG in 11 games  Made 1st career Opening Day roster  Went 2-1, 10 SV, 1.16 ERA (5 ER, 38.2 IP) in 26 games between Reading (AA) and Lehigh Valley (AAA) in 2016 before being recalled, 6/24/16  Named Phillies Minor League Pitcher of the Month for May (12 G, 0.52 ERA, 1 ER, 17.1 IP, 1 BB, 11 H, 16 SO)

#63  JOELY RODRÍGUEZ  LHP Last App: 4/5 at CIN: 0.1 IP IR/Scored: -/- vs WSH (2016): 0-0, 0.00 ERA (0.1 IP) in 1 G Road Trip: 0-0, 0.00 ERA (0.1 IP) in 1 G SV/Opp: -/- vs WSH (career): 0-0, 0.00 ERA (0.1 IP) in 1 G CBP (career): 0-0, 0.00 ERA (6.0 IP) in 8 G

 Spring 2017: 2-0, 3.00 ERA (4 ER, 12.0 IP), 13 H, 3 BB, 8 SO in 9 games (1 start)  Made 1st career Opening Day roster  Spent most of 2016 with Reading (AA); also appeared in games for Clearwater (A), Lehigh Valley (AAA) and the Phillies  Held LHH to a .195 AVG (17-87) between all three levels  Allowed just one hit to 18 batters faced (1-15, .067) over 7 scoreless appearances (5.1 IP) to begin his ML career

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#23  AARON ALTHERR  OF vs WSH (2016): .000 (0-20) in 7 games Road Trip: 333 (1-3) in 1 game vs WSH (career): .146 (6-41), 2 HR, 6 RBI in 12 games Current Streak: 1 G (.333, 1-3) At Citizens Bank Park (career): .210 (38-181), 4 HR, 25 RBI in 51 games

 Spring Training 2017: Tied for the team lead in hits (20) and led the team in runs (14) and games played (26)  Made 54 starts last season: 35 in RF, 12 in LF and 7 in CF  Missed the first 103 ML games of last season due to having left wrist surgery in March 2016 after diving for a ball during a spring training game  As a pinch hitter is 0-for-4 in his career (0-1 last year)  Of his 73 career ML hits, 30 have been for extra bases (41.1%; 17 2B, 4 3B, 9 HR)

#4  ANDRES BLANCO  INF vs WSH (2016): .296 (8-27), HR, 3 RBI in 13 games Road Trip: 1.000 (1-1) in 1 game vs WSH (career): .271 (19-70), 2 HR, 6 RBI in 31 games Current Streak: 1 G (1.000, 1-1) At Citizens Bank Park (career): .259 (57-220), 6 HR, 20 RBI in 116 games

 Made his 5th career Opening Day roster (2010-11; 2015-17) and second with the Phillies  Was on the 15-day DL, 7/25-9/1 (fractured left index finger)  Hit .161 (5-31), 2 2B, 2 HBP, 3 RBI as a pinch hitter last season … Career: .217 (18-83), 8 2B, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 5 BB, 2 HBP, SAC  Made 36 starts last season: 15 at 3rd base, 13 at 2nd base, 7 at SS and 1 at 1st base

#7  MAIKEL FRANCO  3B vs WSH (2016): .164 (9-55), HR, 2 RBI in 16 games Road Trip: .167 (2-12) in 3 games vs WSH (career): .182 (16-88), 2 HR, 8 RBI in 24 games Current Streak: 0-for-7 At Citizens Bank Park (career): .260 (124-477), 17 HR, 76 RBI in 125 games

 Spring Training 2017: Tied for the team lead in HR (6; Brock Stassi)  Last year, became the first Phillies 3rd baseman to hit 25 HR in one season since Scott Rolen in 2001 (25)  Led the team in HR (25) & RBI (88) and is tied for the team lead in XBH (49; Freddy Galvis)  The Phillies went 16-8 (.667) last season when he homered … Career: 25-12 (.676)  35.9% (88 of 245) of his ML hits have gone for extra bases (47 2B, 2 3B, 39 HR)

#13  FREDDY GALVIS  SS vs WSH (2016): .246 (16-65), 3 HR, 6 RBI in 18 games Road Trip: .200 (2-10), HR, RBI in 3 games vs WSH (career): .240 (44-183), 5 HR, 20 RBI in 53 games Current Streak: 0-for-7 At Citizens Bank Park (career): .241 (189-783), 26 HR, 91 RBI in 237 games

 Spring Training 2017: In his final 9 spring training games, batted .357 (10-28), 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI  Has an active 8-game hitting streak vs WSH (.308, 8-26, 2 HR, 4 RBI)  Made his third consecutive Opening Day start (2015-17) and fourth overall (started at 2nd base in 2012 for an injured )  Had 20 HR & 20 2B last season to join as the only shortstops in Phillies history to accomplish the feat (Rollins did it 4 times)  Last year, led all NL shortstops in starts (153) & fielding % (.987) and finished 2nd in innings (1,350.0)  Was a finalist for the NL Gold Glove for shortstops  Established career highs in games (158), doubles (26), HR (20), XBH (49), total bases (233), RBI (67) and SB (17) last year

#16  CESAR HERNANDEZ  2B vs WSH (2016): .222 (14-63), 2 RBI in 18 games Road Trip: .154 (2-13), HR, RBI in 3 games vs WSH (career): .279 (34-122), 7 RBI in 41 games Current Streak: 1 G (.250, 1-4) At Citizens Bank Park (career): .265 (163-616), 6 HR, 46 RBI in 200 games

 Spring Training 2017: Hit .290 (18-62) in his final 20 games after going 0-for-16 to start the spring  Made his second consecutive Opening Day start  Slugged his 2nd career leadoff HR, 4/3 at CIN (Scott Feldman) … Became the first Phillie to hit a leadoff HR on Opening Day since 1938 (Emmett Mueller)  Batted .326 (101-310), 8 2B, 6 3B, 4 HR, 23 RBI, 50 BB, 14 SB, .421 OBP over his final 83 games of 2016, raising his season AVG from .253 to .294  Had the 5th-best road AVG (.327) in the NL with 11 of his 14 doubles, two of his three 4-hit games and 25 of his 38 RBI; had a .424 SLG % on the road vs .361 at home

#37  ODUBEL HERRERA  CF vs WSH (2016): .254 (15-59), RBI in 19 games Road Trip: .400 (4-10) in 3 games vs WSH (career): .263 (31-118), 6 RBI in 36 games Current Streak: 3 G (.400, 4-10) At Citizens Bank Park (career): .295 (150-509), 11 HR, 39 RBI in 151 games

 Spring Training 2017: Played for Team Venezuela in the 2017 World Baseball Classic … Went 1-for-11 in 5 games  Made his second consecutive Opening Day start  Named to the National League All-Star team last year  Led the team in games (159), hits (167), runs (87) and SB (25) last season  Last year, became the first Phillie to have at least 15 HR and 25 infield hits since 2006 when Chase Utley did it (32 HR, 25 infield hits)

#19  TOMMY JOSEPH  1B vs WSH (2016): .147 (5-34), 3 HR, 5 RBI in 12 games Road Trip: .000 (0-10) in 3 games vs WSH (career): .147 (5-34), 3 HR, 5 RBI in 12 games Current Streak: 0-for-10 At Citizens Bank Park (career): .270 (41-152), 10 HR, 20 RBI in 55 games

 Spring Training 2017: In his final 10 spring games, batted .448 (13-29), 4 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB … Tied for the team lead in hits (20)  Made his 1st career Opening Day roster  His 21 HR last year were tied with Scott Rolen (1997) for the 2nd-most by a Phillies rookie over the previous 45 seasons (1972-2016) behind only (22 in 2005) … Overall, he tied for the 4th-highest HR total ever by a rookie in Phillies history: Willie Montanez (30 in 1971), (29 in 1964) and Howard  Made 74 starts last season, all at 1st base

#47  HOWIE KENDRICK  LF vs WSH (2016): .333 (6-18) in 6 games Road Trip: .375 (3-8) in 2 games vs WSH (career): .354 (23-65), 2 RBI in 18 games Current Streak: 0-for-5 At Citizens Bank Park (career) .310 (13-42), HR, 6 RBI in 10 games

 Spring Training 2017: In his final 12 spring games, batted .310 (13-42), 4 2B, 3B, HR, 4 RBI  Made his 10th career Opening Day start and first in LF … Had previously been an Opening Day 2nd baseman for 9 straight seasons (2007-15)  Was a member of the 2011 American League All-Star team  Prior to being traded to the Phillies, had spent his entire ML career in Los Angeles with the Angels (2006-14) and Dodgers (2015-16)  In his ML career, has played 1,112 games at 2nd base, 122 in LF, 89 at 1st base, 18 at 3rd base and 1 in CF

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#34  ANDREW KNAPP  C vs WSH (2016): N/A Road Trip: .000 (0-2) in 1 game vs WSH (career): N/A Current Streak: 0-for-2 At Citizens Bank Park (career) N/A

 Spring Training 2017: In his final 10 spring games, batted .379 (11-29), 2 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI  Made his first Opening Day roster  Made his ML debut yesterday at CIN in a start at catcher  Caught 18 of 48 attempted base stealers (37.5%) last season for Lehigh Valley (AAA)  Made his league’s All-Star team in each of last two minor league seasons (International and Florida State)

#25  DANIEL NAVA  OF vs WSH (2016): N/A Road Trip: .667 (2-3), 2 HR, 3 RBI in 1 game vs WSH (career): .231 (3-13), 2 RBI in 5 games Current Streak: 1 G (.667, 2-3) At Citizens Bank Park (career): .143 (3-21), HR, 3 RBI in 6 games

 Had his 1st career multi-HR yesterday at CIN  Prior to this season, spent his entire career in the American League with 4 teams – BOS, TB, LAA and KC  Was 0-for-10 as a pinch hitter last season … Career: .125 (7-56), 2B, 7 RBI, 5 BB  Made 33 ML starts last year: 32 in LF and 1 at 1st base … Also made 2 appearances in RF

#29  CAMERON RUPP  C vs WSH (2016): .227 (10-44), 2 HR, 6 RBI in 12 games Road Trip: .143 (1-7) in 2 games vs WSH (career): .204 (19-93), 2 HR, 10 RBI in 26 games Current Streak: 1 G (.333, 1-3) At Citizens Bank Park (career): .242 (87-360), 12 HR, 40 RBI in 104 games

 Last year, became just the 3rd Phillies catcher in the last 21 seasons (1997-2017) to hit 15 or more HR in a single season (others: (5x) and Carlos Ruiz)  Started a career-high 104 games last season after making 79 starts in 2015  Caught 13 runners in 58 SB attempts last season (22.4%) … Career: 37 of 128 (28.9%)

#5  MICHAEL SAUNDERS  RF vs WSH (2016): N/A Road Trip: .125 (1-8), RBI in 3 games vs WSH (career): N/A Current Streak: 0-for-7 At Citizens Bank Park (career): .200 (1-5), HR, RBI in 2 games

 Spring Training 2017: Batted .318 (7-22), 2B, 2 3B, RBI BB in his final 8 spring games  Made his fourth career Opening Day start and third in RF … Had previously started on Opening Day in 2013 (RF), 2014 (RF) and 2016 (LF)  Signed as a free agent in January after spending his entire career in the American League with SEA and TOR  Was a 2016 American League All-Star (0-1)  Established career highs in doubles (32), HR (24), XBH (59), total bases (234) and walks (59) last season and tied his high in RBI (57)

#41  BROCK STASSI  1B/OF vs WSH (2016): N/A Road Trip: .000 (0-2) in 2 games vs WSH (career): N/A Current Streak: 0-for-2 At Citizens Bank Park (career) N/A

 Spring Training 2017: Tied Maikel Franco for the team lead in both HR (6) and RBI (17)  Made his ML debut on Monday when he walked as a pinch hitter … Made his 1st ML start yesterday at CIN (0-2, BB)  Was the final player added to the 25-man roster after making the team as a non-roster invitee  Had a .999 fielding % last season at 1st base after commiting one error in 743 total chances  2015 Eastern League MVP (.300, 32 2B, 15 HR, 90 RBI)  Pitched in at least one game in each of the last four seasons (2013-16), going 2-1 with a 1.74 ERA in 9 relief apperances

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GA/ GA/ Game Date Opp W-L Score WP/LP/SV Record Pos GB Attend Game Date Opp W-L Score WP/LP/SV Record Pos GB Attend 1 4/3 at CIN W 4-3 HELLICKSON (1-0)/Feldman/GOMEZ 1-0 T1 1.0 43,804 82 7/3 vs PIT 2 4/5 at CIN L 2-0 Finnegan/EICKHOFF (0-1)/Iglesias 1-1 T2 1.0 19,944 83 7/4 vs PIT 3 4/6 at CIN L 7-4 Reed/MORGAN (0-1)/Storen 1-2 T3 1.0 10,586 84 7/5 vs PIT 4 4/7 vs WSH 85 7/6 vs PIT 5 4/8 vs WSH 86 7/7 vs SD 6 4/9 vs WSH 87 7/8 vs SD 7 4/10 vs NYM 88 7/9 vs SD 8 4/11 vs NYM 9 4/12 vs NYM All-Star Break - Marlins Park - Miami, FL 10 4/14 at WSH 11 4/15 at WSH 89 7/14 at MIL 12 4/16 at WSH 90 7/15 at MIL 13 4/18 at NYM 91 7/16 at MIL 14 4/19 at NYM 92 7/17 at MIA 15 4/20 at NYM 93 7/18 at MIA 16 4/21 vs ATL 94 7/19 at MIA 17 4/22 vs ATL 95 7/21 vs MIL 18 4/23 vs ATL 96 7/22 vs MIL 19 4/25 vs MIA 97 7/23 vs MIL 20 4/26 vs MIA 98 7/24 vs HOU 21 4/27 vs MIA 99 7/25 vs HOU 22 4/28 at LAD 100 7/26 vs HOU 23 4/29 at LAD 101 7/28 vs ATL 24 4/30 at LAD 102 7/29 vs ATL 25 5/1 at CHI 103 7/30 vs ATL 26 5/2 at CHI 104 7/31 vs ATL 27 5/3 at CHI 105 8/1 at LAA 28 5/4 at CHI 106 8/2 at LAA 29 5/5 vs WSH 107 8/3 at LAA 30 5/6 vs WSH 108 8/4 at COL 31 5/7 vs WSH 109 8/5 at COL 32 5/9 vs SEA 110 8/6 at COL 33 5/10 vs SEA 111 8/8 at ATL 34 5/12 at WSH 112 8/9 at ATL 35 5/13 at WSH 113 8/10 vs NYM 36 5/14 at WSH 114 8/11 vs NYM 37 5/16 at TEX 115 8/12 vs NYM 38 5/17 at TEX 116 8/13 vs NYM 39 5/18 at TEX 117 8/14 at SD 40 5/19 at PIT 118 8/15 at SD 41 5/20 at PIT 119 8/16 at SD 42 5/21 at PIT 120 8/17 at SF 43 5/22 vs COL 121 8/18 at SF 44 5/23 vs COL 122 8/19 at SF 45 5/24 vs COL 123 8/20 at SF 46 5/25 vs COL 124 8/22 vs MIA 47 5/26 vs CIN 125 8/23 vs MIA 48 5/27 vs CIN 126 8/24 vs MIA 49 5/28 vs CIN 127 8/25 vs CHI 50 5/29 at MIA 128 8/26 vs CHI 51 5/30 at MIA 129 8/27 vs CHI 52 5/31 at MIA 130 8/28 vs ATL 53 6/2 vs SF 131 8/29 vs ATL 54 6/3 vs SF 132 8/30 vs ATL 55 6/4 vs SF 133 8/31 at MIA 56 6/5 at ATL 134 9/1 at MIA 57 6/6 at ATL 135 9/2 at MIA 58 6/7 at ATL 136 9/3 at MIA 59 6/8 at ATL 137 9/4 at NYM 60 6/9 at STL 138 9/5 at NYM 61 6/10 at STL 139 9/6 at NYM 62 6/11 at STL 140 9/7 at WSH 63 6/12 at BOS 141 9/8 at WSH 64 6/13 at BOS 142 9/9 at WSH 65 6/14 vs BOS 143 9/10 at WSH 66 6/15 vs BOS 144 9/12 vs MIA 67 6/16 vs ARI 145 9/13 vs MIA 68 6/17 vs ARI 146 9/14 vs MIA 69 6/18 vs ARI 147 9/15 vs OAK 70 6/20 vs STL 148 9/16 vs OAK 71 6/21 vs STL 149 9/17 vs OAK 72 6/22 vs STL 150 9/18 vs LAD 73 6/23 at ARI 151 9/19 vs LAD 74 6/24 at ARI 152 9/20 vs LAD 75 6/25 at ARI 153 9/21 vs LAD 76 6/26 at ARI 154 9/22 at ATL 77 6/27 at SEA 155 9/23 at ATL 78 6/28 at SEA 156 9/24 at ATL 79 6/30 at NYM 157 9/25 vs WSH 80 7/1 at NYM 158 9/26 vs WSH 81 7/2 at NYM 159 9/27 vs WSH *Sellout 160 9/29 vs NYM 161 9/30 vs NYM 162 10/1 vs NYM