PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (62-48) vs ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS (62-51) Monday, August 6, 2018 – 9:40 EDT – Chase Field – Game 112 – Road 56 RHP Jake Arrieta (9-6, 3.32) vs RHP Zack Godley (12-6, 4.46) YESTERDAY’S ACTION: The Phillies defeated the Marlins, 5-3 in a back-and-forth game to sweep the four-game home series … Starter Aaron Nola tossed 6.0 innings and allowed 2 runs on PHILLIES PHACTS 7 hits with 2 walks and 2 strikeouts … Philadelphia took a 3-0 lead in the sixth, only to see Miami Record: 63-48 tie the game in the top of the seventh … Asdrubal Cabrera hit his second home run in as many Home: 38-18 days to pull Philadelphia ahead for good in the 8th … Maikel Franco added two hits and an RBI in Road: 25-30 the game. Current Streak: Won 5 Last 5 Games: 5-0 30 FOR 30: The Phillies have now either had sole possession of or have been tied for first place Last 10 Games: 6-4 since the end of play on July 6, a span of 30 straight days … In those 30 days, the Phillies Series Record: 19-14-5 Sweeps/Swept: 8/2 pitchers rank first in the National League and third in baseball with a 3.34 ERA and have allowed the second fewest baserunners per 9.0 innings (10.34), trailing only the Dodgers … Philadelphia’s 16 wins in that span are second in the National League to Pittsburgh’s PHILLIES VS. D’BACKS 17 … At the dish, the Phillies’ 37 home runs since July 6 are most in the NL and trail only the Oakland Athletics (39) in all of baseball. 2018 Record: 1-2 2018 at Home: 1-2 ARMS RACE: Among all National League starters, Philadelphia has three in the top 10 in 2018 at ARI: N/A strikeouts (Nola T-5th 144, Pivetta 7th 140, Velasquez T-10th 128), two in ERA (Nola 3rd 2.37, All-Time Record: 70-69 All-Time at Citizens Bank Park: 27-20 Arrieta 10th 3.32), two in WHIP (Nola 3rd 0.99, Eflin 9th 1.11), two in HR/9.0 IP (Nola 2nd, 0.49, th nd th All-Time at Chase Field: 31-36 Arrieta 8 , 0.83), two in quality starts (Nola T-2 18, Arrieta T-9 12) and three in pickoffs (Eflin, Current Streak: Lost 1 th Nola, Velasquez all T-4 with 3) … Every member of the Phillies current rotation is accounted for among NL top 10 in one or more of those categories … As a whole, Phillies starters rank 2nd PHILLIES AT HOME in the National League in WHIP (1.20), HR/9.0 IP (1.00) and pitches per inning (16.1), 3rd in BB/9.0 IP (2.68), 4th in strikeouts (614), innings (621.2) and ERA (3.75) Games Played: 56 and 5th in OPP AVG (.241) Record: 38-18 (.679) CBP (est. 2004): 646-547 (.541) HOW SWEEP IT IS: Philadelphia’s sweep over the Marlins to end the homestand was their third four-game sweep already this season (others: 4/19-22 vs PIT, 5/7-10 vs SF), their most in a AVG/OBP/SLG: .238/.320/.417 Runs/Runs Per Game: 271/4.84 season since 2011 (3) … With two more four-game series on the docket in September, Home Runs: 77 the Phillies have a chance to sweep four of them in a season for the first time since Stolen Bases: 18 1953, per Elias … Philadelphia’s eight sweeps overall are also their most in an entire season since they swept 11 series in 2011 … The Phillies have won five straight games overall, and a win ERA: 3.45 tonight would tie their season-best six-game win streak (2x, others: 4/9-15, 6/30-7/7) … They Starters W-L: 25-14 are 11-3-2 in their last 16 series (since 6/12). Starters ERA: 3.66 Relievers W-L: 13-4 A TALE OF TWO MONTHS: Jake Arrieta will toe the rubber tonight for his first start in August Relievers ERA: 3.12 after going 4-0 with a 2.80 ERA (11 ER, 35.1 IP) over his six July starts … Per Elias, Arrieta, Saves/Opp: 21/28 who was 0-4 with a 6.66 ERA in June, is the first player in Phillies history to go 4-0 or better in a month after he went 0-4 or worse … Arrieta has allowed two earned runs or PHILLIES AT A GLANCE fewer in five of his last six starts and has held opponents to a .238 batting average. March: 1-2 Monday: 5-7 April: 15-10 Tuesday: 10-6 REMEMBER THE FIGHTINS: Since starting the season 1-4, the Phillies are 18 games over .500 May: 15-11 Wednesday: 10-6 at 62-44 (.585) and are tied with the Chicago Cubs for the best winning percentage in the June: 13-14 Thursday: 10-3 National League since April 5 … Last night’s win brought the Phillies to 22-21 vs the NL East this July: 15-11 Friday: 9-9 season, giving them a .500 record or better against every division in the majors that they have Aug: 4-0 Saturday: 10-6 played … Philadelphia is one of only four teams in MLB this year with better than .500 Sept: N/A Sunday: 9-11 record against each division they have played against (others: CHI, NYY, BOS). vs East: 22-21 Day: 22-16 vs Cent: 18-12 Night: 41-32 BELIEVE IT: On May 29 at Dodger Stadium, facing LA closer Kenley Jansen, Rhys Hoskins st fouled a ball off his face resulting in a fractured jaw … Hoskins returned on June 9, and in 228 vs West: 13-10 1Half: 53-42 vs AL: 10-5 2nd Half: 10-6 plate appearances since being activated off the DL, he is slashing .292/.386/.610 with 35 runs, 14 2B, 16 HR, 44 RBI and 29 walks … The only other player in the majors with as many walks and INSTANT REPLAY RESULTS home runs as Hoskins since June 9, when he came off the DL, is STL’s Matt Carpenter (22 HR, 37 *Manager’s challenges, since 2014 BB) … Hoskins ranks 7th in the NL in RBI (72), 8th in walks (63) and T-10th in homers (22) … th PHI All-Time Challenges: 177 Friday night marked the 150 game of Hoskins’ young career … His .938 career OPS (648 plate Overturned: 100 appearances) is the second-best mark among all Phillies players dating to 1900, through the first Success Rate: 56.5% 150 games of a career, trailing only Hall-of-Famer Chuck Klein (1.041 OPS) … Among all 2018 Challenges: 30 players, through their first 150 games with the Phillies, Hoskins has the fourth-best OPS since Overturned: 20 1900, trailing only Lefty O’Doul (1.080), Klein and Hall-of-Famer Jim Thome (.956) … Among Success Rate: 66.7% all major league players who have made their debut since the year 2000, Hoskins has the eighth- best OPS through 150 games to begin a career … Hoskins, 25, crushed his 40th career home run LONGEST TEAM XBH STREAKS in his 149th career game on Thursday night, becoming the 2nd-fastest Phillies player to 40 career IN PHILLIES HISTORY home runs (fastest: Klein, 148 G). 1) 129 G 6/15/1929-5/17/1930 MAIK ON A MISSION: Since he resumed a full-time role at third base on June 17, Maikel 2) 107 G 4/4/2018-current Franco has hit .324 (47-145) with eight doubles, 10 home runs, 25 RBI, a .364 OBP and .586 3) 101 G 4/20/2000-8/11/2000 4) 97 G 8/30/2008-6/25/2009 SLG % over 155 plate appearances and 41 games … Since June 17, Franco ranks T-6th in the 5) 84 G 9/18/2005-6/20/2006 National League in batting and T-9th in home runs … He has struck out only 19 times in that span, and 50 on the season … Among 55 players in the majors with 18 or more home runs this season, Franco’s 50 strikeouts are tied with Washington’s Matt Adams for the fewest. SNAKE BITTEN: Philadelphia is just 2-8 against the Diamondbacks since the start of last season, and have been outscored 52-30 in those 10 games … It is their worst record against any team in baseball since the start of 2017 (min. 10 games) … They have dropped three straight contests at Chase Field. PHILLIES RECORD WHEN THEY… Score First: 36-15 Lead After 6: 49-6 Lead After 7: 52-5 Lead After 8: 56-2 Out-Hit Opp: 43-8 Last AB Decisions: 12-12 Opp. Score First: 27-33 Tied After 6: 11-6 Tied After 7: 8-8 Tied After 8: 6-8 Hits equal: 6-6 Walk-off Decisions: 6-7 Score 4 or more: 49-15 Trail After 6: 3-36 Trail After 7: 2-36 Trail After 8: 1-38 Out-Hit by Opp: 14-34 Starter goes > 6.0 IP 36-4 Score 3 or fewer: 14-33 Hit no HR: 12-20 Starter goes 6.0 IP 10-11 Hit at least 1 HR: 51-28 Starter goes < 6.0 IP 17-33 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE DATE TIME PROBABLE PITCHERS TV Tuesday, August 7 at ARI 9:40 EDT RHP Nick Pivetta (6-9, 4.75) vs RHP Zack Greinke (12-6, 2.96) NBCSP Wednesday, August 8 at ARI 3:40 EDT RHP Vince Velasquez (8-8, 3.80) vs LHP Patrick Corbin (8-4, 3.31) NBCSP Thursday, August 9 OFF DAY 2018 PHILLIES NOTES TONIGHT’S STARTER PAGE 2 JAKE ARRIETA RHP #49 ARRIETA – 2018 DAY-BY-DAY Height: 6-4 Weight: 225 Age: 32 (born: 3/6/86) DATE-OPP DECISION IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 4/8 vs MIA ND, L, 6-3 4.0 3 3 2 1 2 5 4.50 2018: 9-6, 3.32 ERA Career: 97-62, 3.55 ERA 4/14 at TB W, 9-4 6.2 7 3 2 0 2 1 3.38 LAST START: 7/31 at BOS: 7.0 IP, 6 H, R, ER, HB, 7 SO … Arrieta vs Pomeranz 4/19 vs PIT W, 7-0 7.0 1 0 0 0 2 10 2.04 … Maikel Franco walked twice, scoring both times and Carlos Santana provided 4/25 vs ARI W, 5-3 7.0 4 3 1 0 2 2 1.82 an insurance run in the top of the 9th inning on an RBI single … The Phils 4/30 at MIA L, 8-4 3.2 8 6 6 0 2 2 3.49 needed this one and split the series in front of 37,816.