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WASHINGTON NATIONALS (73-72) vs PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (74-70) Wednesday, September 12, 2018 – Citizens Bank Park – Game 145 – Home 72 RHP Stephen Strasburg (7-7, 4.04 ERA) vs RHP Aaron Nola (16-4, 2.29 ERA) YESTERDAY’S RECAP: The Phillies lost both games of a doubleheader against the Nationals at Citizens Bank Park … In game one, starter Nick Pivetta (L, 7-12) went 4.1 innings and allowed 2 PHILLIES PHACTS runs on 3 hits with 3 walks and 1 strikeout … In game two, starter Jake Arrieta (ND) went 5.0 Record: 74-70 innings and allowed 3 runs on 3 hits … The Phillies left a combined 17 men on base in the twin bill. Home: 43-28 Road: 31-42 CY NOLA: Tonight, Aaron Nola takes the ball against the Nationals for the first time since he Current Streak: Lost 4 outdueled Nationals’ ace, and fellow Cy Young-hopeful Max Scherzer, in consecutive starts … In Last 5 Games: 1-4 their back-to-back matchups (8/23-28), Nola allowed 1 ER over 15.0 innings (0.60 ERA) while Last 10 Games: 2-8 Scherzer allowed 5 ER in 12.0 innings of work (3.75 ERA) … In the first meeting between the two Series Record: 18-24-6 Sweeps/Swept: 8/2 aces on August 23 at Nationals Park, Nola picked up the win as he tossed 8.0 scoreless frames … How rare was that? Only twice before that game had an opposing starter gone in to Nationals Park, tossed at least 8.0 scoreless frames and handed Scherzer an L … Prior to Nola, the only other two PHILLIES VS. NATIONALS were Zack Greinke (W, 8.0 IP, 0 R) on July 19, 2015 and Johnny Cueto (W, 8.0 IP, 0 R) July 7, 2018 Record: 8-10 2015. 2018 at Home: 4-5 2018 at WSH: 4-5 UNREPLACEABLE: Per Baseball Reference, Nola’s pitching WAR of 9.3 is highest among any ML All-Time Record: 134-125 pitcher (Scherzer: 8.9 & deGrom: 8.3) and highest by a Phillies pitcher since 1980 (Carlton, All-Time at Citizens Bank Park: 71-57 10.2)… Only eight different Phils pitchers have ever finished a season with a bWAR of 9.3 or above, All-Time at Nationals Park: 47-56 Current Streak: Lost 2 and only two since 1918 (Steve Carlton 2x and Robin Roberts) … Only four Phillies aged 25 or younger have ever posted 9.3 bWAR or better (none in the last 110 years), none of whom did so in fewer than 40 starts and 350.0 innings … The last time any pitcher posted a bWAR of 9.3 or PHILLIES AT HOME higher was in 2009 (Zack Greinke: 10.4) … Since 1919, only three NL pitchers aged 25 or younger Games Played: 71 have done so: Dwight Gooden in 1985 (12.2), Dick Ellsworth in 1963 (10.3) and Ewell Blackwell in Record: 43-28 (.606) 1947 (9.5) CBP (est. 2004): 651-556 (.539) THE COMPANY YOU KEEP: As he enters tonight’s start with a 2.29 ERA and 196 strikeouts, Nola AVG/OBP/SLG: .239/.315/.413 Runs/Runs Per Game: 325/4.58 has a chance to become just the seventh Phillies pitcher in club history to finish a season with a Home Runs: 91 sub-2.40 ERA and greater than 200 strikeouts … The list contains three, perhaps four Hall-of- Stolen Bases: 33 Famers who combined for seven Cy Young Awards over their illustrious careers. ERA: 3.69 PHLLIES WITH A SUB 2.40 ERA and 200+ STRIKEOUTS IN A SEASON 2011 – Roy Halladay 2.35 ERA/220 SO 1967 – Jim Bunning 2.29 ERA/253 SO Starters W-L: 27-21 2011 – Cliff Lee 2.40 ERA/238 SO 1917 – Pete Alexander 1.83 ERA/200 SO Starters ERA: 3.89 1980 – Steve Carlton 2.34 ERA/286 SO 1915 – Pete Alexander 1.22 ERA/241 SO Relievers W-L: 16-7 1972 – Steve Carlton 1.97 ERA/310 SO 1914 – Pete Alexander 2.38 ERA/214 SO Relievers ERA: 3.39 1886 – Charlie Ferguson 1.98 ERA/212 SO Saves/Opp: 25/35 BACK AT THE 6: Tonight, J.P. Crawford makes his first start at shortstop since June 18 against the Cardinals … After getting off to a 1-for-23 start to the season where he was slashing PHILLIES AT A GLANCE .043/.083/.043 through his first seven games (3/29-4/8), Crawford has rebounded and since April March: 1-2 Monday: 5-10 10 is slashing .247/.375/.438 in 90 plate appearances. April: 15-10 Tuesday: 12-11 May: 15-11 Wednesday: 12-9 THE EYES HAVE IT: Yesterday, Carlos Santana (97 BB) passed Pete Rose (95 BB) and moved June: 13-14 Thursday: 12-4 into sole possession of first place on the Phillies’ single-season walk list among switch hitters … July: 15-11 Friday: 12-11 Since 2011, his first full season in the majors, Santana ranks 2nd among all players in walks with Aug: 13-14 Saturday: 11-10 Sept: 2-8 Sunday: 10-15 786, behind only CIN’s Joey Votto with 873 (see chart bottom right). PROGRESS IN THE PROCESS: Thus far, through 144 games, the Phils are four games above vs East: 28-34 Day: 24-25 .500 at 74-70 and in regards to the .500 mark, have improved by 38 games from this point last vs Cent: 19-14 Night: 50-45 vs West: 15-14 1st Half: 53-42 year when they were 34 games under .500 at 55-89 … As for run differential, the Phillies have vs AL: 12-8 2nd Half: 21-28 improved by 104 runs from this time last year when they carried a -120 mark through 144 games … The Phils, who matched last year’s win total of 66 on August 15, didn’t notch their 66th win last MOST WALKS SINCE 2011 year until the final day of the season, October 1 against the Mets, a difference of 47 days on the 1) Joey Votto 873 BB calendar. 2) Carlos Santana 786 BB 3) Jose Bautista 704 BB ARMS RACE: Sunday, Vince Velasquez recorded four strikeouts giving him 152 this season as 4) Mike Trout 683 BB he became the third different Phillies starter to eclipse the 150 strikeout mark in 2018 (others: 5) Paul Goldschmidt 653 BB Aaron Nola – 196, Nick Pivetta – 172) …It marks only the third time in franchise history that the Phillies had three pitchers with 150 or more strikeouts in the same season (also: 2011 – Roy Halladay, Cole Hamels, Cliff Lee and 2016 – Jerad Eickhoff, Jeremy Hellickson and Velasquez) … Philadelphia’s starting staff is currently averaging 8.95 SO/9.0 IP this season and are on pace to obliterate the previous franchise record of 8.00 SO/9.0 IP set in 2012 … The rotation’s 792 strikeouts this season are the sixth-most in club history, 140 shy of a record 932 set by the 2011 rotation … With 18 starts remaining, the rotation would have to average about 7.7 strikeouts per start to reach that total. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE: Philadelphia’s 518 walks are its most in a season since 2011, when the club had 539 … Entering play tonight, the Phillies were just one of nine clubs in the majors with at least 500 walks this season … Carlos Santana (97), Cesar Hernandez (87) and Rhys Hoskins (79) are the first trio of Phillies with 75 or more walks in a season since 2009 (Ryan Howard, Chase Utley and Jayson Werth) … The Phils are the only team in MLB that has multiple players with 75 or more walks in 2018 … Among all ML teams, the club ranks 2nd in th th pitches per plate appearance (4.02, best: LAD, 4.04), 4 in walk rate (9.4%) and T-7 in walks. PHILLIES RECORD WHEN THEY… Score First: 43-22 Lead After 6: 57-10 Lead After 7: 61-10 Lead After 8: 66-6 Out-Hit Opp: 48-16 Last AB Decisions: 14-17 Opp. Score First: 31-48 Tied After 6: 14-8 Tied After 7: 11-8 Tied After 8: 7-8 Hits equal: 7-7 Walk-off Decisions: 7-9 Score 4 or more: 58-23 Trail After 6: 3-52 Trail After 7: 2-52 Trail After 8: 1-56 Out-Hit by Opp: 19-47 Starter goes at least 5.0 65-44 Score 3 or fewer: 16-47 Hit no HR: 14-30 Starter goes at least 6.0 53-22 Hit at least 1 HR: 60-40 Starter goes at least 7.0 28-4 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE DATE TIME PROBABLE PITCHERS TV Thursday, September 13 OFF DAY Friday, September 14 vs MIA 7:05 EDT LHP Wei-Yin Chen (6-10, 4.72 ERA) vs RHP Zach Eflin (9-7, 4.42 ERA) NBCSP Saturday, September 15 vs MIA 7:05 EDT TBA vs RHP Vince Velasquez (9-11, 4.30 ERA) NBCSP Sunday, September 16 vs MIA 1:35 EDT RHP Jose Urena (6-12, 4.29 ERA) vs TBA NBCSP 2018 PHILLIES NOTES TONIGHT’S STARTER PAGE 2 AARON NOLA RHP #27 NOLA – 2018 DAY-BY-DAY Height: 6-2 Weight: 200 Age: 25 (born: 6/4/93) DATE-OPP DECISION IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 3/29 at ATL ND, L, 8-5 5.1 3 1 1 0 1 3 1.69 2018: 16-4, 2.29 ERA Career: 40-26, 3.27 ERA 4/4 at NYM ND, L, 4-2 5.0 4 2 2 1 4 4 2.61 4/10 vs CIN W, 6-1 8.0 3 1 1 0 3 6 1.96 LAST START: 9/7 at NYM: W, 7.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, BB, 8 SO, 2 HR, HB … 4/16 at ATL L, 2-1 6.0 4 2 2 0 1 2 2.22 Nola vs Matz … Rhys Hoskins slugged a go-ahead home run in the eighth inning, 4/21 vs PIT W, 6-2 7.0 6 2 2 1 0 9 2.30 and Carlos Santana gave the Phils a 2-1 lead with a two-run shot in the third.