PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (46-69) Vs. MILWAUKEE BREWERS (48-68) Friday, August 14, 2015 – Miller Park – 8:10 P.M
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PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (46-69) vs. MILWAUKEE BREWERS (48-68) Friday, August 14, 2015 – Miller Park – 8:10 p.m. EDT – Game 116; Road 60 LHP Adam Morgan (3-3, 4.06) vs. RHP Wily Peralta (2-7, 4.48) WEDNESDAY’S ACTION: The Phillies defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks, 7-6, at Chase Field ... PHILLIES PHACTS Starter Aaron Nola earned his 3rd consecutive win ... He threw 5.0 innings, allowing 4 ER on 9 hits while walking 1 and striking out 2 ... Arizona took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the 1st inning on 3 hits ... Record (2015): 46-69 (.400) Home (2015): 27-29 Cameron Rupp hit a sacrifice fly in the 2nd inning and Andres Blanco tied the game with a solo homer rd th Road (2015): 19-40 in the 3 ... Philadelphia took a 3-2 lead in the 4 on 2 hits a run-scoring double play ... In the bottom Current Streak: Won 1 th of the 5 , Paul Goldschmidt hit an RBI triple and Jake Lamb added an RBI single to give the D’backs a Last 5 Games: 3-2 4-3 lead ... The Phillies answered right back, plating 4 runs on 6 hits in the top of the 6th inning, Last 10 Games: 5-5 including an RBI single by Freddy Galvis and 3-run opposite field home run by Rupp ... Arizona Series Record/# of series: 10-23-4 chipped away, scoring once in the 7th and once in the 8th to cut the lead to one ... But closer Ken Giles Sweeps/Swept: 4/8 slammed the door with a 4-out save. PHILLIES VS. BREWERS MILWAUKEE’S BEST: On their last trip to Brew City (July 7-10, 2014), the Phillies completed their 2015 Record: 0-4 second-ever four-game sweep over the Brewers (other: Sept 11-14, 2008 at CBP) and their first-ever 2015 at Home: 0-4 in the city of Milwaukee ... Prior to 2014, the Phillies had played 12 four-game series in Milwaukee – 2015 at MIL: 0-0 six against the Braves and six against the Brewers – without any sweeps ... It also marked the first All-Time Record: 68-54 time that a team in last place in their division swept a four-game series from a team in 1st place in All-Time at Citizens Bank Park: 23-19 All-Time at Miller Park: 25-21 their division since Baltimore swept Texas from July 8-11, 2010 in Arlington (4-0) ... However, the Current Streak: Lost 4 Brewers returned the favor at Citizens Bank Park this season, earning their first-ever four-game sweep over the Phillies ... The Phillies and Brewers are the first pair of Major League teams to have PHILS ON THE ROAD two consecutive series against each other both result in sweeps of at least four games by the road team since the Giants and Expos did so in 1975 (courtesy: Elias Sports Bureau). Games Played: 59 Record: 19-40 (.322) SAVING GRACE: Including Wednesday’s win in Arizona, the Phillies are now 36-0 this season when th Batting Average: .253 leading after 8.0 innings ... Philadelphia’s relievers are 25-for-25 in save opportunities in the 9 inning Runs/Runs Per Game: 203/3.37 or later ... Jonathan Papelbon was a perfect 17-for-17 in save situations before being traded to the Home Runs: 38 Washington Nationals on July 28, while Ken Giles (7-for-7) and Luis Garcia (1-for-1) have also Stolen Bases: 33 remained perfect in the 9th inning or later ... All eight of Philadelphia’s blown saves this year have come before the 9th inning (Giles 3, Diekman 2, Garcia 2, De Fratus 1). ERA: 5.51 Starters W-L: 14-32 Starters ERA: 6.20 DOWN ON THE FARM: Last night, Lehigh Valley (AAA) outfielder Brian Bogusevic went 2-for-4 Relievers W-L: 5-8 against the Syracuse Chiefs, extending his hitting streak to 10 games ... It is the fourth hitting streak Relievers ERA: 4.28 of 10 or more games for Bogusevic this season, making him the first player in IronPigs franchise Saves/Opp: 10/12 history to accomplish the feat. PHILLIES AT A GLANCE A TALE OF TWO HALVES: Despite losing five of their last 10 games, the Phillies still have the best 2015 DAY-BY-DAY record in the National League since the All-Star break (17-7, .708) ... Only the white-hot Toronto Blue April: 8-15 Monday: 5-9 Jays have a better mark (19-6, .760) ... Philadelphia finished the first half of the season with a Major May: 11-18 Tuesday: 5-11 League worst 62 losses, their most before the AS Break in franchise history ... Below is a comparison June: 8-19 Wednesday: 6-12 of the first and second halves of the Phillies’ 2015 season: July: 13-12 Thursday: 3-9 Aug: 6-5 Friday: 8-10 1ST HALF (MLB ranking) 2ND HALF (MLB ranking) Sept: 0-0 Saturday: 8-9 th nd RECORD 29-62 (.319, 30 ) 17-7 (.708, 2 ) Oct: 0-0 Sunday: 10-9 rd rd BATTING AVERAGE .246 (23 ) .277 (3 ) DOUBLES 151 (T14th) 51 (T3rd) 2015 2015 RUNS PER GAME 3.38 (30th) 5.04 (4th) vs East: 18-26 Day: 18-23 SLUGGING % .363 (28th) .438 (9th) vs Cent: 9-18 Night: 28-46 vs West: 12-17 1st Half: 29-62 OPS .660 (28th) .759 (10th) vs AL: 7-8 2nd Half: 17-7 ROAD WOES: The Phillies have lost 17 of their last 22 road series (3-17-2 since 9/15/14) and are 21 INSTANT REPLAY RESULTS games under .500 away from home this year (19-40, .322), the 2nd-worst road winning percentage in the majors (MIA – 18-38, .321) ... Earlier this week, the Phillies became the fastest MLB team to 40 *Manager’s challenges, since 2014 road losses since the 2014 Colorado Rockies went 17-40 over their first 57 road games ... The last PHI All-Time Challenges: 57 time the Phillies were at least this far under .500 through their first 59 road games was 1997 (16-43). Overturned: 27 Success Rate: 47.4% ON THIS DATE IN PHILLIES HISTORY: August 14, 1982 – With his 12,365th trip to the plate, 2015 Challenges: 25 Phillies first baseman Pete Rose passed Hank Aaron to become the all-time leader in career at-bats ... Overturned: 13 MLB’s all-time hit king ended his 24-year tenure in the majors with an amazing total of 14,053 AB’s. Last Challenge: 8/12 at ARI Situation: B5, 2 outs, runner on 1B PISTOL PETE: Pete Mackanin was named interim manager of the Phillies following the resignation Result: OVERTURNED; after viewing all of Ryne Sandberg on June 26 (20-21 record since) … Mackanin was in the midst of his second season relevant angles, the Replay Official as Phillies third base coach and sixth season, overall, as a coach with the club … He previously served definitively determined that the fielder as bench coach for the team from 2009-12 under manager Charlie Manuel … Mackanin is the 53rd tagged the runner on the left hand prior to manager in Phillies history and the eighth to have also played and coached for the team … This marks the runner’s hand touching the base. his third stint as a Major League manager having filled that role in an interim capacity in 2005 with the Pittsburgh Pirates (12-14) and 2007 with the Cincinnati Reds (41-39) … His overall major league managerial record stands at 73-74. PHILLIES RECORD WHEN THEY… Score First: 25-18 Lead After 6: 32-3 Lead After 7: 36-1 Lead After 8: 36-0 Out-Hit Opp: 26-9 Last AB Decisions: 11-7 Opp. Score First: 22-50 Tied After 6: 7-7 Tied After 7: 6-5 Tied After 8: 7-6 Hits equal: 4-5 Walk-off Decisions: 6-4 Score more than 3: 39-19 Trail After 6: 7-59 Trail After 7: 4-63 Trail After 8: 3-63 Out-Hit by Opp: 16-55 Starter goes > 6.0 IP 18-6 Score 3 or less: 7-50 Hit no HR: 17-40 Starter goes 6.0 IP 12-19 Hit at least 1 HR: 29-29 Starter goes < 6.0 IP 16-44 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE DATE TIME PROBABLE PITCHERS TV Saturday, August 15 at MIL 7:10 EDT RHP Jerome Williams (4-8, 5.73) vs. RHP Jimmy Nelson (9-9, 3.65) NBC10 Sunday, August 16 at MIL 2:10 EDT RHP Aaron Harang (5-13, 4.52) vs. RHP Taylor Jungmann (6-4, 2.42) CSN Monday, August 17 *OFF DAY* 2015 PHILLIES NOTES TONIGHT’S STARTER PAGE 2 MMww ADAM MORGAN LHP #39 MORGAN – 2015 DAY-BY-DAY Height: 6-1 Weight: 195 Age: 25 (born: 2/27/90) DATE-OPP DECISION IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA *4/12 vs PAW ND, W, 7-6 4.0 6 2 2 0 3 4 4.50 2015: 3-3, 4.06 ERA Career: 3-3, 4.06 ERA *4/17 at BUF L, 5-1 5.0 6 5 3 0 1 2 5.00 *4/22 at SWB L, 3-2 7.0 7 3 3 0 0 3 4.50 LAST START – 8/8 at SD: W, 6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, ER, BB, 4 SO … Morgan vs Ross *4/27 vs DUR L, 7-4 5.2 9 5 1 0 1 2 3.74 … The Phils got things started early, scoring 2 runs in the 1st inning on a double APRIL 0-3 21.2 28 15 9 0 5 11 3.74 by Chase Utley and an RBI single by Odubel Herrera … Herrera then stole 2nd *5/2 at IND ND, L, 6-5 6.0 10 3 3 0 1 0 3.90 base, went to 3rd on a grounder to short and scored on a wild pitch … Herrera *5/9 vs GWN L, 5-1 7.1 3 3 2 1 3 2 3.60 was in the middle of the action again in the 3rd inning with another RBI single … *5/14 at ROC ND, W, 6-5 4.1 8 5 5 2 1 3 4.35 The Phillies added an insurance run in the 8th inning when Utley again doubled *5/19 at SYR ND, W, 5-4 3.2 5 4 4 0 3 1 4.81 and Cesar Hernandez knocked him in with a triple … The Phillies’ 1-2-3 hitters *5/24 vs CHA ND, L, 7-5 6.0 3 3 3 1 3 5 4.78 combined to go 6-for-12 with two doubles, a triple, 3 RBI, 3 stolen bases and all *5/29 at CHA L, 7-5 5.0 10 6 6 2 3 5 5.33 4 runs scored … The bullpen added 3.0 scoreless innings for good measure with MAY 0-2 32.1 39 24 23 6 14 16 6.40 Jeamar Gomez, Luis Garcia and Ken Giles each pitching one inning.