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NEW YORK METS (53-69) vs PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (68-55) Sunday, August 19, 2018 – BB&T Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field – Game 124 – Home 63 RHP Jason Vargas (2-8, 8.10) vs RHP Nick Pivetta (7-9, 4.37) YESTERDAY’S ACTION: The Phillies dropped the fourth game of a five-game set with the Mets, 3-1, at Citizens Bank Park … Starter Jake Arrieta tossed a gem, allowing 1 run on 4 hits in 6.0 PHILLIES PHACTS innings with no walks and 6 strikeouts … Rhys Hoskins and Maikel Franco each had multi-hit Record: 68-55 games for Philadelphia, but the offense could not get rolling off Mets ace Jacob deGrom, who Home: 41-21 threw a complete game. Road: 27-34 Current Streak: Lost 1 PUT IT IN NEUTRAL: Per Retrosheet, today the Phillies will play their 62nd game in franchise Last 5 Games: 3-2 history at a neutral site, and their first since Sept. 3, 1957 at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, Last 10 Games: 4-6 where they were the visiting team against the Brooklyn Dodgers … They have played 36 neutral Series Record: 18-16-6 site games as the home team, the last being on May 28, 1927 vs Boston Braves at Shibe Park Sweeps/Swept: 8/2 (then home of the A’s, PHI played at Baker Bowl) … The Phillies’ first game at a neutral location was back on June 13, 1889 at the St. George Cricket Grounds in St. George, NY, when they also PHILLIES VS. METS played against New York’s National League club (Giants), who used the grounds as a part-time 2018 Record: 5-7 home that season … Counting today, only 13 of the Phillies’ 62 neutral games have been 2018 at Home: 3-3 at sites that were not primarily used for major league baseball games … They played 2018 at NYM: 2-4 two games at the St. George Cricket Grounds, six games at the University of All-Time Record: 505-475 Pennsylvania Athletic Field in August 1894 due to Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds All-Time at Citizens Bank Park: 59-78 All-Time at Citi Field: 41-48 burning down a week prior, one game at Rocky Point Park in Warwick, RI on Sept. 6, Current Streak: Lost 1 1903 against Boston due to Sunday Blue Laws (this was the only official ML game at this venue) and three games at the aforementioned Roosevelt Stadium in New Jersey PHILLIES AT HOME from 1956-57, which the Dodgers used as a negotiating tactic to get a stadium to replace Ebbets Field before ultimately moving to Los Angeles … The Phillies’ other neutral Games Played: 62 site games were played at venues used for ML games: Exposition Park in Pittsburgh (2), Record: 41-21 (.661) CBP (est. 2004): 649-550 (.541) Columbia Park in Philadelphia (16), Hilltop Park in New York (3), Fenway Park in Boston (14), Braves Field in Boston (2, both 1915 World Series) and Shibe Park in Philadelphia (12). AVG/OBP/SLG: .241/.318/.419 Runs/Runs Per Game: 297/4.79 AN INSTANT CLASSIC: Today, the Phillies and Mets come together at BB&T Ballpark at Historic Home Runs: 84 Bowman Field for the second Little League Classic game in Williamsport, PA … Earlier today, Stolen Bases: 29 players from both teams attended various Little League games and also made stops throughout the Little League International Complex … Scott Kingery (2006, Ahwatukee, Ariz.) is the lone ERA: 3.57 Phillie to have played in the Little League World Series, while seven active Phillies players Starters W-L: 27-16 (Kingery, Pat Neshek, Vince Velasquez, Jake Arrieta, Odúbel Herrera, César Starters ERA: 3.69 Hernández, Nick Williams) and one coach (José David Flores) are Little League alumni … Relievers W-L: 14-5 Relievers ERA: 3.38 The national anthem tonight will be performed by 15-year-old Lila Thome, the daughter of 2018 Saves/Opp: 24/31 Hall of Fame inductee and Phillies Wall of Famer, Jim Thome. STAFF NOTES: Since July 30, the Phillies starting rotation has posted a 2.82 ERA (34 ER, 108.1 PHILLIES AT A GLANCE IP), 1.07 WHIP (26 BB, 90 H), allowed only eight home runs (0.66 HR/9.0 IP) and held March: 1-2 Monday: 5-8 opponents to a .227 average with 13 quality starts in 18 starts overall … In that span, they April: 15-10 Tuesday: 11-7 have the second best starter ERA in the National League (best: LAD, 2.78) and fourth- May: 15-11 Wednesday: 11-7 best in baseball (best: OAK, 1.79) … Phillies starters have allowed 2 ER or fewer in 12 of June: 13-14 Thursday: 11-4 July: 15-11 Friday: 10-10 those 18 starts and four hits or fewer in 10 of them. Aug: 9-7 Saturday: 11-7 HI-RHYS-TORY: Rhys Hoskins reached the 162-game mark in his career on Thursday night Sept: N/A Sunday: 9-12 with the following numbers: .257/.376/.542 with 35 doubles, 43 home runs, 125 RBI and 104 vs East: 24-23 Day: 22-19 walks … Through 162 games, he was one of only two players in MLB history with at least 40 vs Cent: 18-12 Night: 46-36 home runs and 100 walks, the other being NYY’s Aaron Judge (43 HR, 114 BB) … His 104 walks vs West: 15-14 1st Half: 53-42 are the most of any Phillies player through 162 (next: Don Hurst, 98 BB) and his 43 home runs vs AL: 11-6 2nd Half: 15-13 and 125 RBI are both 2nd to only Hall-of-Famer Chuck Klein (44 HR, 131 RBI) … Finally, his 43 home runs are T-6th all-time in baseball history through 162, behind only Rudy York (55), Mark INSTANT REPLAY RESULTS McGwire (51), Gary Sanchez (50), Ryan Braun (47) and Klein (44) … Hoskins is tied with the *Manager’s challenges, since 2014 following players: Ryan Howard, Cody Bellinger, Judge and Matt Olson. PHI All-Time Challenges: 180 Overturned: 103 NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE: On July 27, the Phillies announced they had acquired infielder Success Rate: 57.2% Asdrubal Cabrera from the New York Mets in exchange for right-hander Franklyn Kilome … A 2018 Challenges: 33 switch-hitter and two-time All-Star (2011-12), Cabrera, 32, has appeared in 117 games between Overturned: 23 the Phillies and Mets this season, slashing .269/.321/.472 in 480 plate appearances with 49 extra- Success Rate: 69.7% base hits (28 2B, 1 3B, 20 HR) … A veteran of 12 major league seasons, Cabrera has appeared in 1,061 games at shortstop, 333 games at second base and 48 games at third base. LONGEST TEAM XBH STREAKS IN PHILLIES HISTORY LET’S PLAY FIVE: This weekend marks the ninth time in their rivalry that the Phillies and Mets will meet for a five game series and the first time since May 29-June 2, 2014 when the Phillies 1) 129 G 6/15/1929-5/17/1930 2) 110 G 4/4/2018-8/8/18 took four of five at Citizens Bank Park. 3) 101 G 4/20/2000-8/11/2000 TH th 26 MAN: The Phillies added C Andrew Knapp as the allotted 26 man for today’s game. 4) 97 G 8/30/2008-6/25/2009 5) 84 G 9/18/2005-6/20/2006 SATELLITE COORDINATES: The following are the satellite coordinates for the pre-game and post-game press conferences today in Williamsport … Pre-Game: 1530-1715 x 15 ET, Galaxy 13 C-Band TX 1 SLOT A, DL 3706.5 V, Technical Hotline: 201-520-2848 … Post-Game: 2130-2330 x 30 ET, Galaxy 13 C-Band TX 1 SLOT A, DL 3706.5 V, Technical Hotline: 201-520-2848 … Parameters for all feeds: Bandwidth: 9 MHz, Aspect Ratio: 16x9, Format: HD/720p, Data Rate: 15.0750, Symbol Rate: 6.923, FEC: 3/4, Compression: MPEG-4 4.2.0, Modulation: DVB-S2 8 PSK, Pilots: On, Audio Mapping: Ch. 1 PGM – Stereo Left, Ch.2 PGM – Stereo Right. PHILLIES RECORD WHEN THEY… Score First: 39-16 Lead After 6: 54-6 Lead After 7: 57-6 Lead After 8: 61-3 Out-Hit Opp: 46-9 Last AB Decisions: 13-13 Opp. Score First: 29-39 Tied After 6: 11-8 Tied After 7: 9-8 Tied After 8: 6-8 Hits equal: 7-7 Walk-off Decisions: 6-8 Score 4 or more: 54-16 Trail After 6: 3-41 Trail After 7: 2-41 Trail After 8: 1-44 Out-Hit by Opp: 15-39 Starter goes > 6.0 IP 38-5 Score 3 or fewer: 14-39 Hit no HR: 14-25 Starter goes 6.0 IP 12-14 Hit at least 1 HR: 54-30 Starter goes < 6.0 IP 18-36 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE DATE TIME PROBABLE PITCHERS TV Monday, August 20 OFF DAY Tuesday, August 21 at WSH 7:05 EDT RHP Vince Velasquez (8-9, 4.13) vs RHP Tanner Roark (8-12, 4.13) NBCSP Wednesday, August 22 at WSH 7:05 EDT TBA vs RHP Stephen Strasburg (6-7, 3.90) NBCSP Thursday, August 23 at WSH 1:05 EDT RHP Aaron Nola (14-3, 2.24) vs (16-5, 2.11) 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 3/30 at ATL ND, W, 5-4 4.0 5 3 3 0 2 3 6.75 2018: 7-9, 4.37 ERA Career: 15-19, 5.22 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: 8/14 vs BOS: 6.0 IP, 3 H, R, ER, BB, 6 SO, HR … Pivetta vs 4/17 at ATL ND, W, 5-1 5.0 5 1 1 0 0 2 2.49 Porcello … Rhys Hoskins crushed a solo-shot to left in the 5th to tie the game at 4/22 vs PIT ND, W, 3-2 6.1 5 2 2 1 2 7 2.57 1-1 … Brock Holt hit a pinch-hit home run in the 8th to give the Sox a lead they 4/28 vs ATL L, 4-1 5.0 6 4 4 1 3 6 3.27 wouldn’t relinquish.