SEATTLE MARINERS (67-57) Vs. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (55-70) Tuesday, August 19, 2014 – Citizens Bank Park – 7:05 P.M
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SEATTLE MARINERS (67-57) vs. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (55-70) Tuesday, August 19, 2014 – Citizens Bank Park – 7:05 p.m. EDT – Game 126; Home 64 RHP Hisashi Iwakuma (11-6, 2.72) vs. RHP A.J. Burnett (6-13, 4.35) LAST NIGHT’S ACTION: The Phillies defeated the Seattle Mariners, 4-1, at Citizens Bank Park ... PHILLIES PHACTS Starter Jerome Williams threw a gem for his 1st win in a Phillies uniform ... He threw 7.0 innings, allowing just 1 ER on 3 hits while walking 3 and striking out 4 ... Marlon Byrd broke a scoreless tie in Record: 55-70 (.440) rd th Home: 27-36 the 3 inning with an RBI double ... In the 5 , Andres Blanco took reliever Dominic Leone deep to Road: 28-34 right for a 3-run homer ... Dustin Ackley provided the only run of the day for the Mariners with an RBI Current Streak: Won 1 th th th double off Ken Giles in the 8 inning ... Jonathan Papelbon pitched a scoreless 9 inning for his 29 Last 5 Games: 2-3 save of the season. Last 10 Games: 3-7 Series Record/# of series: 13-24-3 ELIAS SAYS: Jerome Williams notched his 1st win for the Phillies by pitching 7.0 strong innings Sweeps/Swept: 5/8 against the Mariners on Monday night ... Williams has also pitched for the Astros and the Rangers this season, recording one win for each team ... He's the 5th pitcher in the last 60 years to register at least PHILLIES VS. MARINERS one win for three different Major League teams in the same season ... The others are Ray Sadecki 2014 Record: 1-0 (1975), Dock Ellis (1977), Steve Carlton (1986) and David Weathers (2004). 2014 at Home: 1-0 2014 at SEA: 0-0 MORE FROM ELIAS: Yesterday, Andres Blanco, playing shortstop for the Phillies with Jimmy All-Time Record: 3-7 Rollins getting the night off, hit a 3-run home run in the 5th inning of Philadelphia's 4-1 win over the All-Time at Citizens Bank Park: 1-0 All-Time at Safeco Field: 2-4 Mariners ... It was Blanco's 1st home run as a Phillie and only the 4th HR of his Major League career ... Current Streak: Won 1 Rollins has hit 214 home runs in his career and 212 of them have come while he was playing shortstop ... Since 2001, when Rollins hit his 1st career home run, only six other shortstops have homered for the PHILLIES AT HOME Phillies: Tomas Perez (5), Wilson Valdez (3), Freddy Galvis (3), Eric Bruntlett (2), Nick Punto (1) and Blanco (1). Games Played: 63 Record: 27-36 (.429) CBP (est. 2004): 485-391 (.554) HOME IMPROVEMENT: After beginning the season 19-32 (.373) over their first 51 home games, the Phillies have won eight of their last 12 games at Citizens Bank Park (.667 win % since 7/24) ... In Batting Average: .238 those 12 games, Philadelphia’s offense has collected 40 extra-base hits (26 2B, 2 3B, 12 HR) while Runs/Runs Per Game: 236/3.75 averaging 4.83 runs per game (58 R), more than a full run higher than their season average (3.75). Home Runs: 52 Stolen Bases: 32 ON THIS DATE IN PHILLIES HISTORY: On August 19, 1903, Philadelphia suffered the last of nine consecutive postponements ... A steady stretch of rain did not allow the Phillies to get a game in from ERA: 3.56 Starters W-L: 16-25 from August 10-19, spanning several series. Starters ERA: 3.60 Relievers W-L: 11-11 THE LEFTOVERS: In their last three games, Philadelphia has left 32 runners on base (11, 10, 11), Relievers ERA: 3.49 four more than any other team in the majors since Saturday (8/16) ... Overall, the Phillies have left the Saves/Opp: 12/17 3rd-most runners on base this season (920 in 125 G; 7.36 per game), behind only the Tampa Bay Rays and Pittsburgh Pirates (both 933) ... Marlon Byrd (214) and Ryan Howard (210) rank 2nd and 4th, PHILLIES AT A GLANCE respectively, in MLB this season in players left on base ... As a team, the Phillies are batting .246 with th th 2014 DAY-BY-DAY runners on base, 13 in the NL and 28 in the majors. March: 1-0 Monday: 6-7 April: 12-13 Tuesday: 8-10 REVERE’S RIDE: Since June 26, Revere leads all ML players with 72 hits and a .377 batting average May: 11-16 Wednesday: 5-13 (72-191), raising his season average from .270 to .315 ... He has multiple hits in 24 of his 46 June: 12-17 Thursday: 10-5 games during that period and now ranks 2nd in the National League batting title race July: 12-15 Friday: 10-10 (1st: Justin Morneau, COL, .323) ... Revere is also T-2nd in MLB in stolen bases (16) over that span, Aug: 7-9 Saturday: 9-11 Sept: 0-0 Sunday: 7-13 trailing only HOU’s Jose Altuve (18). 2014 2013 SEATTLE’S BEST: With a win tonight, the Phillies will clinch their first-ever series victory over the vs East: 22-33 vs East: 37-39 Seattle Mariners ... Overall, Philadelphia is just 3-7 all-time against Seattle, losing all three of their vs Cent: 12-14 vs Cent: 12-21 previous series versus the Mariners (0-3 in 2003, 1-2 in 2005, 1-2 in 2011) ... Their only other series in vs West: 16-13 vs West: 17-16 Philadelphia came in 2003 when the Mariners swept a three-game set from the Phillies at Veterans vs AL: 5-10 vs AL: 7-13 Stadium ... Current Phillies TV broadcaster, Jamie Moyer, was the winning pitcher in the first game between the two clubs on June 3, 2003, the year he won a career-best 21 games for the Mariners. INTERLEAGUE FATIGUE: The Phillies are just 5-10 (.333) against AL clubs this season, which is the 2nd-worst Interleague winning percentage in the majors (HOU - .235, 4-13) ... They have been swept four times in six total series by AL opponents in 2014, each coming in two-game sets (vs TOR, at TOR, vs LAA, at LAA) ... Philadelphia lost eight straight games vs AL teams from April 1 through May 14, which was their 2nd-longest Interleague losing streak in franchise history (previous: 9 G, 6/14-8/29/97) ... Since the beginning of the 2012 season, Philadelphia has a .340 winning percentage (17-33) in Interleague play, 29th among all ML clubs (COL – .245, 13-40) ... The Phillies have the 2nd-highest Interleague ERA over that stretch (5.03, 252 ER, 450.2 IP) and have been outscored 281-193 ... Philadelphia has an all-time record of 132-168 (.440) in 300 Interleague games (72-83 at home, 60-85 on the road) with five IL games remaining on their schedule this season (2 vs SEA, 3 at OAK). PHILLIES RECORD WHEN THEY… Score First: 36-20 Lead After 6: 41-7 Lead After 7: 38-4 Lead After 8: 42-4 Out-Hit Opp: 37-17 Last AB Decisions: 17-16 Opp. Score First: 19-50 Tied After 6: 7-7 Tied After 7: 12-9 Tied After 8: 10-9 Hits equal: 6-7 Walk-off Decisions: 7-5 Score more than 3: 43-18 Trail After 6: 7-56 Trail After 7: 5-57 Trail After 8: 3-57 Out-Hit by Opp: 12-46 Starter goes > 6.0 IP 32-27 Score 3 or less: 12-52 Hit no HR: 11-42 Starter goes 6.0 IP 6-19 Hit at least 1 HR: 44-28 Starter goes < 6.0 IP 17-24 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE DATE TIME PROBABLE PITCHERS TV Wednesday, August 20 vs SEA 1:05 EDT LHP James Paxton (3-0, 2.20) vs. LHP Cole Hamels (6-6, 2.44) CSN Thursday, August 21 *OFF DAY* Friday, August 22 vs STL 7:05 EDT RHP Shelby Miller (8-9, 4.25) vs. RHP Kyle Kendrick (5-11, 4.90) NBC10 Saturday, August 23 vs STL 7:05 EDT RHP Adam Wainwright (15-7, 2.40) vs. RHP David Buchanan (6-7, 4.25) CSN Sunday, August 24 vs STL 1:35 EDT RHP Justin Masterson (2-1, 6.30) vs. RHP Jerome Williams (1-0, 2.19) CSN 2014 PHILLIES NOTES TONIGHT’S STARTER PAGE 2 A.J. BURNETT RHP #34 BURNETT – 2014 DAY-BY-DAY DATE-OPP DECISION IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA Height: 6-4 Weight: 227 Age: 37 (born: 1/3/77) 4/1 at TEX ND, L, 3-2 6.0 7 1 1 0 2 3 1.50 2014: 6-13, 4.35 ERA Career: 153-145, 4.01ERA 4/6 at CHI L, 8-3 5.2 5 8 4 0 6 3 3.86 4/11 vs MIA ND, W, 6-3 4.1 5 2 2 1 6 4 3.94 LAST START – 8/13 at LAA: L, 6.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 4 SO … (Burnett 4/17 vs ATL ND, W, 1-0 7.0 3 0 0 0 2 5 2.74 vs Weaver) … Phillies lost 4-3 … Trailing 1-0 in the 3rd, Marlon Byrd hit an RBI 4/22 at LAD ND, W, 3-2 6.2 6 2 2 0 1 5 2.73 single through the hole at shortstop to tie the game ... The Phillies went ahead 4/27 at ARI W, 2-0 8.0 5 0 0 0 0 8 2.15 in the 4th on Jimmy Rollins’ RBI single ..