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PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (23-16) vs BALTIMORE ORIOLES (13-28) Tuesday, May 15, 2018 – Camden Yards – 7:05 EDT – Game 40; Road 18 RHP Nick Pivetta (2-2, 4.15) vs RHP Andrew Cashner (1-4, 4.84) SUNDAY’S ACTION: The Phillies defeated the New York Mets, 4-2, at Citizens Bank Park … Starter Aaron Nola (W, 6-1), went 6.0 inning and allowed 1 run on 9 hits with 2 walks and 4 PHILLIES PHACTS strikeouts … In front of a 34,091 on Mother’s Day, the Phils were trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the Record: 23-16 6th inning when Nick Williams came through with a huge 3-run pinch-hit home run … Carlos Home: 16-6 Santana followed with an insurance solo shot of his own and Edubray Ramos picked up his first Road: 7-10 career save as the Phils salvaged a split of the rains-shortened two-game series. Current Streak: Won 1 Last 5 Games: 4-1 Last 10 Games: 7-3 PHILLIE SPECIAL: The Phillies have won 23 of their first 39 games this season, and with a win Series Record: 5-7-1 tonight, could post their best record through 40 games since the 2011 season when they opened Sweeps/Swept: 4/1 with a 25-15 record … Additionally, a win tonight would bring them to eight games over the .500 mark for the season, a watermark they have not accomplished since the end of the 2011 season PHILLIES VS. ORIOLES … After getting off to a 1-4 start to 2018, the Phillies have gone 22-12 over their last 34 games 2015 Record: 1-3 (4/5-current) … Their .647 win percentage in that span is tops among all National League teams 2015 at Home: 1-1 and ranks 3rd in the majors, trailing only the Yankees (.706 %) and Red Sox (.657 %). 2015 at BAL: 0-2 All-Time Record: 23-29 ON THE MEND: Prior to today’s game, RHP Mark Leiter Jr. was activated off the 10-day DL All-Time at Citizens Bank Park: 3-5 All-Time at Camden Yards: 14-15 (strained right forearm) … Additionally, RHP Victor Arano (right rotator cuff strain) and RHP Current Streak: Won 1 Jerad Eickhoff (right lat strain) both made recent rehab appearances for Reading (AA). PHILLIES ON ROAD RAGING BULL: Odubel Herrera has now reached base safely in a career-best 41 straight Games Played: 17 games (since 9/27/17), posting a .361/.426/.555 slash line over 176 plate appearances during Record: 7-10 (.412) th the streak … Per Elias, he is tied for the 5 -longest on-base streak in Phillies history with Pete Rose (1982) and Don Hurst (1929) … Overall, Herrera’s 41-game on-base streak is the longest of AVG/OBP/SLG: .223/.313/.355 any major league player since 2016 when Freddie Freeman reached in 46 straight … Herrera, Runs/Runs Per Game: 65/3.82 hitting .360 (50-139) this season, owns the second-best batting average in the majors behind Home Runs: 13 Stolen Bases: 10 only Boston’s Mookie Betts (.362) … For the month of May, he is slashing .400/.500/.700 with 3 doubles, 3 home runs and 7 walks to 7 strikeouts in 48 plate appearances. ERA: 4.07 PHILLIES ALL-TIME ON BASE STREAKS Starters W-L: 3-6 1.Mike Schmidt (1981-82) 56 G T5.Pete Rose (1982) 41 G Starters ERA: 4.08 2.Chuck Klein (1930) 49 G T5.Don Hurst (1929) 41 G Relievers W-L: 4-4 3.Bobby Abreu (2000-01) 48 G 7.Willie Montanez (1974) 40 G Relievers ERA: 4.06 4.Chuck Klein (1931) 44 G T9.Jimmy Rollins (2005-06) 38 G Saves/Opp: 2/5 T5.Odubel Herrera (2017-18) 41 G T9.Scott Rolen (1998-99) 38 G PHILLIES AT A GLANCE NON-DIVISION DOMINANCE: The Phillies have gone 8-14 against the National League East March: 1-2 Monday: 2-2 this season, but are a combined 15-2 against all other teams (7-0 vs NL Central, 5-2 vs NL West, April: 15-10 Tuesday: 3-3 3-0 vs AL East) … Philadelphia’s .882 winning percentage outside of their own division May: 7-4 Wednesday: 4-2 is the best mark in the majors (next: NYY, 17-3, .850). June: N/A Thursday: 3-2 July: N/A Friday: 4-2 SUNDAY, MONDAY, HAPPY DAYS, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, HAPPY DAYS…: The Phillies Aug: N/A Saturday: 4-2 are one of only three teams in the majors this season with a .500 or better record every day of Sept: N/A Sunday: 3-3 the week … The Phils have gone 2-2 on Monday, 3-3 on Tuesday, 4-2 on Wednesday, 3-2 on vs East: 8-14 Day: 7-7 Thursday, 4-2 on Friday, 4-2 on Saturday and 3-3 on Sunday … The only other teams in the vs Cent: 7-0 Night: 16-10 majors that can claim a .500 record or better each day of the week are the Boston vs West: 5-2 1st Half: 23-16 Red Sox and New York Yankees. vs AL: 3-0 2nd Half: N/A ARMS RACE: Philadelphia’s starting staff has allowed 3 ER or fewer in each of their last eight INSTANT REPLAY RESULTS *Manager’s challenges, since 2014 starts (5/5-current), posting a 1.29 ERA (7 ER, 49.0 IP) in those eight games … This season, the Phillies staff ranks 4th among all major league rotations in FIP (3.55) and 5th in ERA (3.53), walk PHI All-Time Challenges: 160 rate (7.2 %) & fWAR (4.5) … Furthermore, Philadelphia’s staff has allowed 60 extra-base hits this Overturned: 91 season, third-fewest of any staff in baseball … At 24.8 %, the starting staff is allowing the least Success Rate: 56.9% hard contact (balls in play, 95 MPH+) of any staff in the majors (next: HOU, 28.9 %) … The 2018 Challenges: 13 Phillies boast four pitchers inside the top six of least hard contact allowed in the majors: Jake Overturned: 11 Arrieta (1st, 20.5%), Aaron Nola (2nd, 22.3 %), Nick Pivetta (4th, 24.6 %) and Vince Velasquez Success Rate: 84.6 % (6th, 24.8 %). BEST WINNING % in MLB INTERLEAGUE INTRIGUE: After losing eight straight Interleague games to start 2017, SINCE 4/5 Philadelphia has gone 8-7 against AL teams since (6/15/17-current) … In their first and only Club Record Win % Interleague series to date this season, the Phillies swept the Tampa Bay Rays in a three-game set 1) NYY 24-10 .706 in Tampa … With a win today, the Phillies will have a four-game winning streak in Interleague 2) BOS 23-12 .657 play for the first time since 2010 (6/22-24 vs CLE & 6/25 vs TOR). 3) PHI 22-12 .647 4) ATL 21-13 .618 SLAMTANA: First baseman Carlos Santana has collected 10 extra-base hits (4 2B, 3B, 5 HR) 5) STL 19-13 .594 over his last nine games (5/4-current) and has posted a .324/.342/.892 slash line in those nine games … Santana ranks 2nd among all ML players in extra-base hits and slugging in that span, MLB BATTING AVG LEADERS behind only CLE’s Francisco Lindor (11 XBH, 1.027 SLG). Player Club AVG 1) Mookie Betts BOS .362 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE: The Phillies have seen a total of 6,142 pitches over 1,493 2) Odubel Herrera PHI .360 plate appearances this season … Philadelphia’s 4.11 pitches per plate appearance lead the majors 3) Manny Machado BAL .350 (next: LAD, 4.08). 4) J.D. Martinez BOS .346 5) Nick Markakis ATL .343 PHILLIES RECORD WHEN THEY… Score First: 10-7 Lead After 6: 17-2 Lead After 7: 18-3 Lead After 8: 19-2 Out-Hit Opp: 16-3 Last AB Decisions: 7-4 Opp. Score First: 13-9 Tied After 6: 6-2 Tied After 7: 5-2 Tied After 8: 4-2 Hits equal: 2-2 Walk-off Decisions: 2-3 Score 4 or more: 19-4 Trail After 6: 0-12 Trail After 7: 0-11 Trail After 8: 0-12 Out-Hit by Opp: 5-11 Starter goes > 6.0 IP 12-1 Score 3 or fewer: 4-12 Hit no HR: 4-9 Starter goes 6.0 IP 4-4 Hit at least 1 HR: 19-7 Starter goes < 6.0 IP 7-11 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE DATE TIME PROBABLE PITCHERS TV Wednesday, May 16 at BAL 12:35 RHP Vince Velasquez (3-4, 5.05) vs RHP Miguel Castro (1-1, 3.55) 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: 2-2, 4.15 ERA Career: 10-12, 5.60 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: 5/9 vs SF: W, 5.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 SO … Pivetta vs Stratton 4/17 at ATL ND, W, 5-1 5.0 5 1 1 0 0 2 2.49 … Carlos Santana went 3-for-5 at the plate with a career-high-tying 5 RBI, 4/22 vs PIT ND, W, 3-2 6.1 5 2 2 1 2 7 2.57 Maikel Franco stayed hot and blasted another home run and Odubel Herrera 4/28 vs ATL L, 4-1 5.0 6 4 4 1 3 6 3.27 extended his on-base streak with 3 walks.