PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (32-26) vs CHICAGO CUBS (33-24) Wednesday, June 6, 2018 – Wrigley Field – 8:05 EDT – Game 59; Road 31 RHP Aaron Nola (7-2, 2.14) vs LHP Jose Quintana (6-4, 4.30) LAST NIGHT’S ACTION: The Phillies defeated the Chicago Cubs, 6-1, at venerable Wrigley Field … Starter Zach Eflin (W, 2-2), tossed 7.2 innings and allowed 1 run on 8 hits with 1 walk and 2 PHILLIES PHACTS nd strikeouts … Nick Williams hit a two-run home run in the 2 inning, every player in the starting Record: 32-26 nine had one hit and the Phillies collected six walks, their most since May 13 (7 BB). Home: 19-9 Road: 13-17 TRANSACTIONS: Prior to today’s game, SS J.P. Crawford (right forearm strain) was activated Current Streak: Won 1 from the 10-day DL … To make room for Crawford on the 25-man roster, INF Mitch Walding Last 5 Games: 2-3 was optioned to Lehigh Valley (AAA). Last 10 Games: 4-6 Series Record: 7-9-3 NOLA NIGHT AT WRIGLEY: Tonight, Aaron Nola makes his second career start at Wrigley Sweeps/Swept: 5/2 Field, his first since July 26, 2015 when he went 7.2 innings and picked up his first career win in his second career major league start … Over his first 42 career starts, from July 21, 2015-June PHILLIES VS. CUBS 16, 2017, Nola was 15-16 with a 4.39 ERA (117 ER, 239.2 IP), .261/.313/.397 slash line and 2018 Record: 1-0 23.2% strikeout rate … However, since June 22, 2017 (a 30-start span), Nola is 16-8, 2.67 ERA 2018 at Home: N/A (58 ER, 195.1 IP), with a .218/.271/.338 slash line and 27.2% strikeout rate … Since June 22, 2018 at CHI: 1-0 All-Time Record: 1109-1228 2017, Nola’s 195.1 innings pitched are the most of any starter in the National League All-Time at Citizens Bank Park: 26-18 and are the fourth-most of any starter in the majors, trailing only CLE’s Corey Kluber (230.0), All-Time at Wrigley Field: 394-484 HOU’s Justin Verlander (205.2) and NYY’s Luis Severino (198.0) … Additionally, over the last Current Streak: Won 2 calendar year (6/6/17-current), Nola’s 6.4 fWAR is second-best of any National League starter PHILLIES ON ROAD behind only WSH’s Max Scherzer (7.7 fWAR). Games Played: 30 YES SER!: Since making his major league debut on May 7, Seranthony Dominguez has tossed Record: 13-17 (.433) 14.2 scoreless innings over 12 appearances and has allowed only two singles and a hit by pitch … In other words, he has faced 46 batters this season and has retired 43 of them, 16 by strikeout AVG/OBP/SLG: .219/.296/.351 (34.8% SO rate) … The Phillies are 11-1 in games which Dominguez has pitched … His 14.2- Runs/Runs Per Game: 108/3.60 inning scoreless streak to begin his career is the longest by a Phillies reliever since Todd Home Runs: 25 Stolen Bases: 13 Frohwirth began his career with 14.2 scoreless innings (1987-88), per Elias. ENTER STRANDMAN: The Phillies bullpen has successfully stranded 59 of their last 67 inherited ERA: 4.05 runners (4/9-current) and their 88.1% strand rate is tops in the majors over that stretch (next: Starters W-L: 8-12 Starters ERA: 3.70 SD, 48-58, 82.8 %) … Overall this season, the Phils pen has stranded 66 of the 82 runners they nd Relievers W-L: 5-5 have inherited and their 80.4% strand rate ranks 2 among all major league bullpens (best: SD, Relievers ERA: 4.62 61-73, 83.6%) … Individually, Seranthony Dominguez has stranded all eight runners he has Saves/Opp: 4/8 inherited and Luis Garcia is 17-for-18 (94.4%) in stranding runners. MY KIND OF TOWN: Since 2007, the Phillies are 20-17 (.541 win %) in 37 games at Wrigley PHILLIES AT A GLANCE Field … That is the highest win percentage for any visiting Major League team with at least 10 March: 1-2 Monday: 3-3 games played on the North Side … In fact, the Phillies are one of only four visiting teams with a April: 15-10 Tuesday: 5-4 record of .500 or better at Wrigley since 2007: Dodgers (20-19, .513), Reds (51-50, .505) and May: 15-11 Wednesday: 6-3 White Sox (16-16, .500) … Philadelphia has a 5-4-2 series record in their 11 series against the June: 1-3 Thursday: 5-2 July: N/A Friday: 4-5 Cubs at Wrigley in that span as well as a +24 run differential in those 37 contests … A win today Aug: N/A Saturday: 6-3 or tomorrow would mark Philadelphia’s first series win at The Friendly Confines since July 24-26, Sept: N/A Sunday: 3-6 2105, when the Phils swept the Cubs 3-0 … Jerome Williams started the first game of that series, Cole Hamels tossed a no-hitter in game two and Aaron Nola made his second career start in vs East: 10-15 Day: 11-9 game three. vs Cent: 10-2 Night: 21-17 vs West: 7-7 1st Half: 32-26 STAFF NOTES: Over their last 27 games (5/5-current), the Phillies starting rotation has posted a vs AL: 5-2 2nd Half: N/A 2.45 ERA (43 ER, 158.0 IP) and has struck out 170 of the 635 batters they have faced (26.8%) … Philadelphia’s 2.45 ERA in that span is best in the majors (next: WSH, 2.50 ERA) and INSTANT REPLAY RESULTS their 26.8 % strikeout rate ranks 4th (best: WSH, 29.0%) … The staff has allowed 3 ER or *Manager’s challenges, since 2014 fewer in 23 of those 27 games and 2 ER or fewer in 21 of 27. PHI All-Time Challenges: 166 Overturned: 92 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE: The Phils have seen a total of 8,771 pitches over 2,182 Success Rate: 55.4% nd plate appearances this season and their 4.02 pitches per plate appearance rank 2 in the NL (best: LAD, 4.04) and 4th in the majors (best: NYY, 4.04) … Philadelphia has the 2nd-best walk 2018 Challenges: 19 rd Overturned: 12 rate in the majors at 10.1% (best: NYY, 10.2%) and rank 3 among all ML teams this season in Success Rate: 63.1% walks (220) … Philadelphia currently boasts three different players among the top 14 in walks this season in the majors: Cesar Hernandez (39, T-4th), Carlos Santana (39, T-4th) and Rhys Hoskins (34, T-14th) … The Phillies have not had three players finish in the top 10 in walks since 1993 when Lenny Dykstra (2nd, 129 BB), Darren Daulton (5th, 117 BB) and John Kruk (8th, 111 BB) did so. EXTRA, EXTRA: The Phillies have collected at least one extra-base hit in 54 consecutive games (since 4/4) and are one of just three teams in 2018 to have a streak of 50 or more straight games with an extra-base hit: Chicago Cubs – 57 straight games (3/29-current) & Texas Rangers – 50 straight games (4/3-5/27) … This current stretch marks Philadelphia’s longest extra-base hit streak since 2015-16, when they did so in 54 straight games (9/22/15-5/20/16) … An extra-base hit tonight would give the Phils their longest extra-base hit streak since August 30, 2008-June 25, 2009 when they did so in 97 straight games. A TALE OF TWO MONTHS: Over 28 games and 81 plate appearances since May 1, Nick Williams is slashing .270/.333./531 with 6 HR, 13 RBI and 5 walks … His 6 homers in that span rank 2nd on the team trailing only Carlos Santana (7) … Williams started the year with a .532 OPS through 59 plate appearances from 3/29-4/30 but from May 1 on, has posted an .874 OPS in 81 plate appearances. PHILLIES RECORD WHEN THEY… Score First: 18-10 Lead After 6: 24-3 Lead After 7: 25-4 Lead After 8: 28-2 Out-Hit Opp: 23-3 Last AB Decisions: 7-4 Opp. Score First: 14-16 Tied After 6: 8-2 Tied After 7: 6-2 Tied After 8: 4-2 Hits equal: 4-3 Walk-off Decisions: 2-3 Score 4 or more: 25-7 Trail After 6: 0-21 Trail After 7: 1-20 Trail After 8: 0-22 Out-Hit by Opp: 5-20 Starter goes > 6.0 IP 20-2 Score 3 or fewer: 7-19 Hit no HR: 6-13 Starter goes 6.0 IP 4-6 Hit at least 1 HR: 26-13 Starter goes < 6.0 IP 8-17 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE DATE TIME PROBABLE PITCHERS TV Thursday, June 7 at CHI 2:20 EDT RHP Nick Pivetta (4-4, 3.48) vs RHP Tyler Chatwood (3-4,4.02) NBCSP Friday, June 8 vs MIL 7:05 EDT RHP Jhoulys Chacin (4-1, 3.39) vs RHP Vince Velasquez (4-6, 3.82) NBC 10 Saturday, June 9 vs MIL 1:05 EDT LHP Brent Suter (5-4, 4.55) RHP Jake Arrieta (5-3, 2.66) NBCSP Sunday, June 10 vs MIL 1:35 EDT TBA vs RHP Zach EfliN (2-2, 3.74) NBCSP 2018 PHILLIES NOTES TONIGHT’S STARTER PAGE 2 AARON NOLA RHP #27 NOLA – 2018 DAY-BY-DAY DATE-OPP DECISION IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA Height: 6-2 Weight: 200 Age: 24 (born: 6/4/93) 2018: 7-2, 2.18 ERA Career: 31-24, 3.62 ERA 3/29 at ATL ND, L, 8-5 5.1 3 1 1 0 1 3 1.69 4/4 at NYM ND, L, 4-2 5.0 4 2 2 1 4 4 2.61 LAST START: 5/31 at LAD: W, 7.0 IP, 2 H, R, ER, BB, 7 SO … Nola vs Kershaw 4/10 vs CIN W, 6-1 8.0 3 1 1 0 3 6 1.96 … Seranthony Dominguez was summoned in relief of Nola and retired all 6 4/16 at ATL L, 2-1 6.0 4 2 2 0 1 2 2.22 Dodgers he faced as he recorded a two-inning save as the Phillies split the four- 4/21 vs PIT W, 6-2 7.0 6 2 2 1 0 9 2.30 game series.