LOS ANGELES DODGERS (56-45) Vs. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
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LOS ANGELES DODGERS (56-45) vs. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (56-44) Wednesday, July 25, 2018 – Citizens Bank Park – Game 101 – Home 52 RHP Walker Buehler (4-2, 3.45) vs RHP Jake Arrieta (7-6, 3.47) LAST NIGHT’S ACTION: The Phillies defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers, 7-4, in the bottom of the 16th inning at Citizens Bank Park … Starter Aaron Nola (ND) went 5.0 innings and allowed 3 PHILLIES PHACTS runs on 5 hits with 2 walks and 5 strikeouts … The Phillies used nine different pitchers on the Record: 56-44 th night, finally going home after a Trever Plouffe walk-off home run in the 16 . Home: 33-18 Road: 23-26 SLEEPLESS IN SOUTH PHILLY: Last night, Trevor Plouffe hit a walk-off home run off Current Streak: Won 1 Dodgers infielder/outfielder/pitcher, Kike Hernandez, in the bottom of the 16th inning … It Last 5 Games: 3-2 marked the latest (in terms of innings) that a Phillies player hit a walk-off home run in over 50 Last 10 Games: 5-5 years when Wes Covington walked the Phils off on September 23, 1961 at Connie Mack Stadium Series Record: 16-13-4 … Per Elias, no position player before Hernandez had ever allowed a walk-off home run … Last Sweeps/Swept: 6/2 night (16.0 innings, 5:55) was Philadelphia’s longest game in both innings and time since August PHILLIES VS. DODGERS 24, 2013 vs Arizona (18.0 inn., 7:06) … Last night was their longest game against the Dodgers since July 7, 1993 in Philadelphia (20.0 innings). 2018 Record: 3-3 2018 at Home: 1-1 RHYS BEING RHYS: On May 29 at Dodger Stadium, facing LA closer Kenley Jansen, Rhys 2018 at LAD: 2-2 Hoskins fouled a ball off his face resulting in a fractured jaw … Hoskins returned on June 9 and All-Time Record: 917-1169-14 in 179 plate appearances since being activated off the DL, he is slashing .279/.369/.552 with 26 All-Time at Citizens Bank Park: 23-24 All-Time at Dodger Stadium: 140-172 runs, 9 2B, 11 HR, 36 RBI and 21 walks. Current Streak: Won 1 ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT: Yesterday, the Phillies announced that LHP Ranger Suarez will be recalled and make his major league debut tomorrow in Cincinnati, breaking a stretch of PHILLIES AT HOME 267 straight games in which the Phillies have thrown a right-handed starter (last: Adam Morgan, 9/28/16 at ATL) … It will mark the longest such stretch in franchise history, breaking a 172-game Games Played: 51 Record: 33-18 (.647) right-handed starter streak from 5/26/1907-6/24/1908 … It doesn’t sniff the longest major league CBP (est. 2004): 641-547 (.540) streak however, as the Dodgers once went 681 games without a left-handed starter during parts of six seasons from 1992-97. AVG/OBP/SLG: .237/.319/.413 THANK YOU, CHASE: Today will mark Chase Utley’s final regular season appearance at Runs/Runs Per Game: 241/4.73 Home Runs: 68 Citizens Bank Park in uniform, as a player … Dubbed “The Man” by Harry Kalas, Utley, who Stolen Bases: 17 announced that he will retire following the completion of this season, will go down as one of the greatest players in franchise history … He played in 1,551 games in his career for the Phillies and ERA: 3.57 combined to slash .282/.366/.481 with 233 HR, 916 RBI, 625 BB and 142 SB … Utley played in 46 Starters W-L: 22-14 postseason games for the Phils from 2007-11 and posted a .902 OPS with 10 HR in 204 plate Starters ERA: 3.79 appearances as the Phillies went 27-19 (.587 win %) in those games … Per Baseball Reference, Relievers W-L: 10-4 Utley (61.8 bWAR) ranks 4th all-time in Phillies history behind Mike Schmidt (106.8), Robin Relievers ERA: 3.24 Saves/Opp: 18/24 Roberts (71.8) and Steve Carlton (69.6), all of whom are enshrined in Cooperstown. REMEMBER THE FIGHTINS: The Phillies have won 15 of 23 games (6/27-current, .652 win %) PHILLIES AT A GLANCE and have posted a 24-14 record since June 10 (.632 win %) … At 56-44 with a .560 winning March: 1-2 Monday: 5-6 percentage this season, the Phils currently sport a one-game lead over the Atlanta Braves (54-44, rd April: 15-10 Tuesday: 9-6 .551) in National League East and their .560 winning percentage ranks 3 in the NL, trailing only May: 15-11 Wednesday: 9-6 the Cubs (.580) and Brewers (.563). June: 13-14 Thursday: 8-3 CITIZENS BANK SPARK: The Phillies have won seven of their last nine games at home, nine of July: 12-7 Friday: 8-8 Aug: N/A Saturday: 9-5 their last 12 and are 33-18 (.647) at CBP this season … They have the best home winning Sept: N/A Sunday: 8-10 percentage in the NL (next: Brewers, .623), and third-best in baseball trailing only the Red Sox (.723) and Yankees (.708). vs East: 18-21 Day: 20-15 PROGRESS IN THE PROCESS: Last night marked the century mark of the 2018 season for the vs Cent: 17-9 Night: 36-29 vs West: 12-10 1st Half: 53-42 Phillies … Thus far, through 100 games, Philadelphia stands 12 games above .500 at 56-44 and vs AL: 9-4 2nd Half: 3-2 have scored 442 runs and allowed 419 (+23) … Last season, through 100 games, they were 28 games under .500 at 36-64 and had scored 408 and allowed 483 (-75) … The Phillies didn’t notch INSTANT REPLAY RESULTS their 56th win last season until September 13 … This season, in nine games (9.0 % of their games *Manager’s challenges, since 2014 played thus far) in which they have allowed 10 or more runs, the Phillies have been outscored PHI All-Time Challenges: 175 111-30 (-81) … However, in their 91 other games this year (91.0% of their season), Overturned: 99 Philadelphia has a +104 run differential, outscoring the opposition 412-308. Success Rate: 56.6% EXTRA, EXTRA: The Phillies have collected at least one extra-base hit in 96 consecutive games 2018 Challenges: 28 (since 4/4), which is the longest extra-base hit streak in the majors this season (next: DET, 67 G, Overturned: 19 Success Rate: 67.9% 4/10-6/22) … This current streak is the fourth-longest in franchise history and Philadelphia’s longest extra-base hit streak since 8/30/2008-6/25/2009, when they did so in 97 straight games LONGEST TEAM XBH STREAKS NO MORE PARTIES IN L.A.: After winning their most recent series against LAD at CBP last IN PHILLIES HISTORY September (3-1), the Phillies are looking for consecutive series wins at home against Los Angeles for the first time since the 2010-11 seasons … The Phillies are 1-0-1 in their last two series 1) 129 G 6/15/1929-5/17/1930 against L.A., having won five of their last nine games against the Dodgers (9/18/17-current). 2) 101 G 4/20/2000-8/11/2000 3) 97 G 8/30/2008-6/25/2009 ON THIS DATE IN PHILLIES HISTORY: July 25, 2015: On a beautiful, sun-splashed 4) 96 G 4/4/2018-current Saturday afternoon at Wrigley Field, Cole Hamels tossed the 13th no-hitter in Phillies history … 5) 84 G 9/18/2005-6/20/2006 Hamels (W, 6-7), went 9.0 innings and struck out 13 batters in the first no-hitter against the Cubs since Sandy Koufax, September 9, 1965, a span of 7,920 games … Hamels retired 17 Cubs in a row after walking Dexter Fowler to begin the game … Ryan Howard would provide the only offense Philadelphia would need as he connected on a wind-piercing three run HR in the 3rd inning … Odubel Herrera made a pair of spectacular catches in center field to preserve the no- hitter for Hamels. PHILLIES RECORD WHEN THEY… Score First: 31-14 Lead After 6: 43-6 Lead After 7: 47-5 Lead After 8: 50-2 Out-Hit Opp: 37-7 Last AB Decisions: 11-11 Opp. Score First: 25-30 Tied After 6: 11-5 Tied After 7: 8-6 Tied After 8: 6-7 Hits equal: 6-5 Walk-off Decisions: 5-6 Score 4 or more: 43-14 Trail After 6: 2-33 Trail After 7: 1-33 Trail After 8: 0-35 Out-Hit by Opp: 13-32 Starter goes > 6.0 IP 33-3 Score 3 or fewer: 13-30 Hit no HR: 10-18 Starter goes 6.0 IP 7-10 Hit at least 1 HR: 45-25 Starter goes < 6.0 IP 16-31 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE DATE TIME PROBABLE PITCHERS TV Thursday, July 26 at CIN 7:10 EDT LHP Ranger Suarez (ML Debut) vs RHP Tyler Mahle (7-8, 4.32) NBCSP Friday, July 27 at CIN 7:10 EDT RHP Nick Pivetta (6-8, 4.69) vs RHP Anthony DeSclafani (4-3, 5.40) NBCSP Saturday, July 28 at CIN 6:40 EDT RHP Vince Velasquez (7-8, 4.05) vs RHP Matt Harvey (5-6, 5.21) NBC 10 Sunday, July 29 at CIN 1:10 EDT RHP Zach Eflin (7-2, 3.41) vs RHP Luis Castillo (5-8, 5.30) NBCSP 2018 PHILLIES NOTES TODAY’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: 7-6, 3.47 ERA Career: 95-62, 3.56 ERA 4/14 at TB W, 9-4 6.2 7 3 2 0 2 1 3.38 LAST START: 7/20 vs SD: ND, 3.1 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 2 SO … Arrieta vs 4/19 vs PIT W, 7-0 7.0 1 0 0 0 2 10 2.04 Richard … Carlos Santana hit a huge 3-run home run in the 2nd inning and the 4/25 vs ARI W, 5-3 7.0 4 3 1 0 2 2 1.82 top four spots in the Phillies order combined to score 5 runs and knock in 9 … 4/30 at MIA L, 8-4 3.2 8 6 6 0 2 2 3.49 The bullpen combined for 5.2 scoreless innings in relief of Arrieta as Austin Davis APRIL 3-1 28.1 23 15 11 1 10 20 3.49 picked up his first career win.