PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (9-6) vs ATLANTA BRAVES (9-6) Tuesday, April 17, 2018 – SunTrust Park – 7:35 EDT – Game 16; Road 10 RHP Nick Pivetta (0-0, 2.70) vs RHP Mike Foltynewicz (1-1, 2.93) LAST NIGHT’S ACTION: The Phillies lost a pitcher’s duel in their series opener against the Braves, 2-1 at SunTrust Park … Starter Aaron Nola continued his hot start to the season, tossing PHILLIES PHACTS 6.0 innings and allowing 2 runs on 4 hits with 1 walk and 2 strikeouts … Odubel Herrera put the Record: 9-6 Phillies on the board in the first inning with a solo home run to center, his first of the year … The Home: 5-1 Phillies went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position and left 11 on base as they could not take Road: 4-5 advantage after the Braves went up 2-1 in the fourth. Current Streak: Lost 1 Last 5 Games: 4-1 Last 10 Games: 8-2 ON-BASE MACHINE: Rhys Hoskins reached base in all four plate appearances yesterday and Series Record: 3-2 three times via walk, the second time he has had such a game in his career (other: 9/9/17 at Sweeps/Swept: 2/1 WSH) … Since 2009, the only other Phillies player to have multiple games with four times on base and three walks is Cesar Hernandez, who has done so seven times in 525 games (Hoskins 2 in 65 PHILLIES VS. BRAVES games) … Those three walks also tied a career high … Hoskins has reached base safely in 8 of his 2018 Record: 1-3 last 9 plate appearances (2 H, 5 BB, HBP) over the last two games … He is leading the NL in OBP 2017 at Home: N/A (.508, 2nd in MLB to Joe Mauer’s .545), is T-3rd in MLB in walks (14), 4th in OPS (1.122), T-5th in 2017 at ATL: 1-3 times on base (31), 9th in SLG % (.614) and T-11th in AVG (.341) … Hoskins has the highest All-Time Record: 1155-1266-15 OBP by a Phillies player in his first 15 games of a season since 2002, when Jeremy All-Time at Citizens Bank Park: 66-64 All-Time at SunTrust Park: 6-7 Giambi posted a .525 OBP in his first 15 games after being acquired from Oakland in Current Streak: Lost 2 late May (courtesy Elias Sports Bureau). PHILLIES ON ROAD BULL RUSH: Odubel Herrera hit his first home run of the season last night, going 2-for-4 on Games Played: 8 the night … After beginning the season 2-for-13 (.154) in his first four games, he has batted .400 Record: 4-5 (.444) (16-40), with four doubles, a home run, four RBI and four walks in 10 games since … His six multi-hit games are T-6th in the NL and his .340 AVG (18-53) is 9th … Herrera has reached base AVG/OBP/SLG: .211/.301/.330 safely in 13 straight games, which is T-2nd longest in MLB this season behind only Marcus Semien Runs/Runs Per Game: 36/4.00 (17) … Since 6/1/17, Herrera ranks 7th in MLB in batting (.321), trailing only Jose Home Runs: 6 Stolen Bases: 7 Altuve (.355), Josh Reddick (.332), Charlie Blackmon (.331), Joey Votto (.326), Joe Mauer (.322) and DJ LeMahieu (.32128 to Herrera’s .32124). ERA: 4.12 Starters W-L: 1-3 TWO STRIKE APPROACH: Philadelphia has done an exceptional job with two strikes this Starters ERA: 3.91 season, as they rank 1st in the majors in extra-base hits (25), 2nd in hits (61) and RBI (36), 3rd in Relievers W-L: 3-2 AVG (.195) and T-3rd in home runs (8) with two strikes … With two strikes, Scott Kingery is Relievers ERA: 4.41 2nd in MLB in extra-base hits (6, trailing Kris Bryant), Maikel Franco is T-5th in in RBI Saves/Opp: 1/3 (7), J.P. Crawford is T-5th in home runs (2), and Odubel Herrera, Rhys Hoskins and Kingery are T-8th in hits (8) … Nick Williams ranks T-4th in two-strike average (.333) PHILLIES AT A GLANCE while Hoskins is T-7th (.321) among ML players with at least 15 AB in such situations. March: 1-2 Monday: 1-1 April: 8-4 Tuesday: 1-1 ARMS RACE: Over their last 12 games (since 4/3), Phillies starters have combined to post a 2.94 May: N/A Wednesday: 1-1 ERA (23 ER, 70.1 IP) with just 4 home runs allowed and a .233 opponents’ batting average (60- June: N/A Thursday: 1-1 nd July: N/A Friday: 2-0 258) … In that span, Philadelphia has the 2 -lowest starters ERA in the National League trailing Aug: N/A Saturday: 2-1 th STL (2.60), and 5 -lowest in MLB … Phillies starters in that stretch (since 4/3) have Sept: N/A Sunday: 1-1 allowed 2 ER or fewer in 10 of 12 games and 4 or fewer hits in 7 of 12 … Overall this season Philadelphia’s starters have allowed the 3rd-fewest home runs in baseball (4), are T-4th in vs East: 3-6 Day: 2-3 fewest walks issued (22) and 9th in ERA (3.39) … As a pitching staff overall, the Phillies lead vs Cent: 3-0 Night: 7-3 vs West: N/A 1st Half: 9-6 MLB in fewest HR/9.0 IP (0.53) and lead the NL in FIP (fielding independent pitching) nd rd vs AL: 3-0 2Half: N/A at 3.22 (3 in MLB). INSTANT REPLAY RESULTS ‘PEN PALS: The Phillies bullpen worked 2.0 perfect innings yesterday thanks to Victor Arano … It *Manager’s challenges, since 2014 was the third time this season the Phillies bullpen did not allow a baserunner in a game, and the PHI All-Time Challenges: 149 fourth time they did not allow a hit … They have combined to post scoreless games in 7 of their Overturned: 82 last 12 gcontests, posting a 1.67 ERA (7 ER, 37.2 IP) with 40 strikeouts, a .157 OPP AVG and an Success Rate: 55.0% 84.2 % (16 of 19) inherited runners stranded percentage … In those last 12 contests (since 4/3), Phillies relievers rank 2nd in MLB in ERA (1.67, trailing ARI) and lowest OPP AVG 2018 Challenges: 2 (.157, trailing SD) and are one of only two teams (ARI) to now allow any home runs. Overturned: 2 Success Rate: 100.0% STREAKING: The Phillies’ win streak ended at six games yesterday, its longest since 4/20- PHILLY SPECIAL 27/2017 (6) … Per Elias, Philadelphia joined BOS and NYM (both this season) as the only clubs to Philadelphia Major Sports Teams Record in win six straight in April with a first-year manager since 2013 (COL). Philadelphia Since the Eagles Super Bowl Win Team W-L Winning % BRAVE NEW WORLD: Philadelphia is facing the Braves for the second time this season at PHILLIES 5-1 .833 SunTrust Park, having gone 1-2 in the season-opening series in Atlanta … This series will feature 76ers 18-2 .900 the exact three same pitching matchups as that first series … They are 14-9 against Atlanta since Flyers 9-6 .600 the start of 2017. TOTAL 32-9 .780 FIRST DIBS: With Scott Kingery and J.P. Crawford already hitting their first career home runs this season, the Phillies have now had nine different players hit their first major league homer since the beginning of the 2017 season: Crawford (4/11), Kingery (4/9), Cameron Perkins (9/14/17), Jorge Alfaro (8/15/17), Rhys Hoskins (8/14/17), Nick Williams (7/9/17), Ben Lively (6/24/17), Andrew Knapp (4/29/17) and Brock Stassi (4/10/17) … In that span, only one other team (SD) has even had seven players do so. PHILLIES RECORD WHEN THEY… Score First: 4-3 Lead After 6: 6-1 Lead After 7: 7-1 Lead After 8: 7-0 Out-Hit Opp: 5-1 Last AB Decisions: 3-1 Opp. Score First: 5-3 Tied After 6: 3-1 Tied After 7: 2-1 Tied After 8: 2-1 Hits equal: 0-2 Walk-off Decisions: 1-1 Score 4 or more: 8-1 Trail After 6: 0-4 Trail After 7: 0-4 Trail After 8: 0-5 Out-Hit by Opp: 3-3 Starter goes > 6.0 IP 4-0 Score 3 or fewer: 1-5 Hit no HR: 0-4 Starter goes 6.0 IP 1-1 Hit at least 1 HR: 8-2 Starter goes < 6.0 IP 4-5 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE DATE TIME PROBABLE PITCHERS TV Wednesday, April 18 at ATL 7:35 EDT RHP Vince Velasquez (1-1, 3.52) vs RHP Brandon McCarthy (2-0, 3.31) NBCSP Thursday, April 19 vs PIT 7:05 EDT RHP Jameson Taillon (2-0, 0.89) vs RHP Jake Arrieta (1-0, 3.38) NBCSP+ Friday, April 20 vs PIT 7:05 EDT RHP Ivan Nova (2-1, 4.88) vs RHP Ben Lively (0-1, 5.87) NBCSP Saturday, April 21 vs PIT 4:05 EDT LHP Steven Brault (2-1, 4.74) vs RHP Aaron Nola (1-1, 2.22) NBCSP+ Sunday, April 22 vs PIT 1:35 EDT RHP Trevor Williams (3-0, 1.56) vs RHP Nick Pivetta (1-0, 2.70 + tonight) NBCSP 2018 PHILLIES NOTES TONIGHT’S STARTER PAGE 2 NICK PIVETTA RHP #43 PIVETTA – 2018 DAY-BY-DAY Height: 6-5 Weight: 210 Age: 25 (born: 2/14/93) DATE-OPP DECISION IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 3/31 at ATL ND, L, 5-4 4.0 5 3 3 0 2 3 6.75 2018: 1-0, 2.70 ERA Career: 9-10, 5.65 ERA 4/5 vs MIA W, 5-0 5.2 4 0 0 0 0 9 2.79 4/11 vs CIN ND, W, 4-3 7.0 5 2 2 0 0 7 2.70 LAST START: 4/11 vs CIN: 7.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 7 SO … Pivetta vs Castillo … MAR./APRIL 1-0 16.2 14 5 5 0 2 19 2.70 J.P.