Monday, March 28, 2016 GAME: 27 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (14-9-3) vs. TORONTO BLUE JAYS (16-5-3) RHP VINCE VELASQUEZ (0-0, 3.21) vs. RHP MARCUS STROMAN (1-0, 2.79) YESTERDAY’S ACTION: Philadelphia lost to the Boston Red Sox, 5-1, at Jet Blue Park in Ft. Myers … Starter Jerad Eickhoff (L, 0-1) threw 5.0 innings and allowed 5 ER on 11 hits with no walks and 3 strikeouts … The Phillies took a 1-0 lead in the 1st inning on an RBI double by Maikel Franco … The Red Sox scored twice in the bottom half of the frame on an RBI double by Dustin Pedroia and a run-scoring groundout … Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a 2-run HR in the 4th inning and Xander Bogaerts hit a solo shot in the 5th … Odubel Herrera went 3-for-3 in the game, while Cesar Hernandez added a pair of hits … Hector Neris (2.0 IP) and Andrew Bailey (1.0) each made scoreless appearances in relief. TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER at TOR: 2016 SPRING ROSTER RHP Vince Velasquez ... 23 years old (6/7/92, Montclair, CA) ... How obtained: Acquired from HOU with 2 Goeddel, Tyler of Mark Appel, Brett Oberholtzer, Thomas Eshelman and Harold Arauz for Ken Giles and Jonathan Arauz, 3 * Lough, David of 12/12/15; originally selected by HOU in 2nd round of June 2010 draft … Spring 2016: 0-0, 3.21 (5 ER, 14.0 4 Blanco, Andres inf IP) in 4 G (3 GS) … 2015: Entered the season ranked as the 4th-best prospect in HOU’s system by Baseball 5 Henderson, Steve ch America … Began the season on the 7-day DL (strained right lat) and rehabbed in extended spring training … 6 Howard, Ryan inf Activated on 5/8 and transferred to Corpus Christi (AA) … Went 3-0, 1.37 ERA (4 ER, 26.1 IP) in 5 starts from 7 Franco, Maikel inf 5/8-6/2 … Had his contract selected on 6/10 and made his ML debut that day at CWS (5.0 IP, 3 H, 4 BB, 5 8 Samuel, Juan ch SO) … Did not record a decision in each of his first 5 starts, despite leaving all 5 with a lead … Earned his 1st 9 McLaren, John ch ML win, 7/21 vs BOS … Allowed 3 ER or fewer in 5 of his 7 starts with HOU … Made his 1st career relief 10 Bowa, Larry ch appearance, 7/26 at KC … Career (MLB): 1-1, 4.37 ERA (27 ER, 55.2 IP) in 19 G (7 GS) … Career 12 Morandini, Mickey ch (minors): 26-14, 3 SV, 3.28 ERA (108 ER, 296.2 IP) in 72 G (52 GS). 13 Galvis, Freddy inf 15 * Burriss, Emmanuel inf 16 Hernandez, Cesar inf ADDITIONAL PITCHERS at TOR: RHP Dalier Hinojosa, RHP Edward Mujica. 17 Bourjos, Peter of 18 Ruf, Darin inf TRANSACTIONS: Prior to today’s game, the Phillies made the following roster moves: Optioned LHP Adam Morgan, 19 * Arencibia, J.P. c LHP Elvis Araujo, RHP Luis Garcia and OF Darnell Sweeney to Lehigh Valley… Reassigned C Logan Moore, INF 21 * Jackson, Ryan inf Angelys Nina, RHP Reinier Roibal, RHP Chris Leroux and LHP Bobby LaFromboise to minor league camp … 22 McClure, Bob ch The Phillies now have 38 players remaining on their major league spring roster (20 P, 3 C, 8 INF, 7 OF). 23 Altherr, Aaron of 25 Asche, Cody inf RAGING BULL: CF Odubel Herrera was a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate yesterday, raising his spring average to .424 … 27 Nola, Aaron rhp Despite missing 12 days with a bruised left middle finger (3/13-24), he is 5-for-8 in his last two games … Herrera, who 28 Velasquez, Vince rhp was selected by Philadelphia in the 2014 Rule 5 draft from the Texas Rangers organization, led the Phillies last year in 29 Rupp, Cameron c average (.297), runs scored (64) and doubles (30) … He became the first Phillies rookie to record 30 doubles in a 30 Hernandez, David rhp season since Scott Rolen in 1997, and the first player in Major League Baseball to bat at least .297 with 30 doubles and 31 Mariot, Michael rhp 16 stolen bases since Ichiro Suzuki in 2001 … Among National League rookies, Herrera ranked 2nd in batting average 33 Kranitz, Rick ch and doubles, 3rd in hits (147), multi-hit games (34) and total bases (207), 4th in runs, and 7th in on-base percentage 34 Oberholtzer, Brett lhp 37 Herrera, Odubel of (.344) … He was the first Phillies player to lead all Major League rookies in doubles over a full season since Juan Samuel 38 * Bailey, Andrew rhp in 1984 (36) ... Following the season, Herrera was selected as the Phillies nominee for the 2015 Hank Aaron Award by 40 * Russell, James lhp Major League Baseball. 41 * Frieri, Ernesto rhp 43 Hollands, Mario lhp CASE OF THE HICCUPS: Following an 18-game stretch where they went 14-3-1 (.824 win % from 3/3-21), the 44 * Mujica, Edward rhp Phillies have gone 0-4-1 over their last five games … However, three of those four losses were by 2 runs or fewer … 45 Mackanin, Pete mgr Philadelphia is looking for its first 15-win spring since 2013, when they finished 16-17-1. 46 Gomez, Jeanmar rhp 47 Morton, Charlie rhp 2016 PHILLIES SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE 48 Eickhoff, Jerad rhp 50 Neris, Hector rhp DATE TEAM TIME BROADCAST ATT. W/L SCORE WP/LP/SAVE 51 Ruiz, Carlos c #2/28 Univ. of Tampa 1:05 4,923 W 8-3 HELLICKSON/Williams 2/29 OFF DAY 53 Stumpf, Daniel lhp 3/1 Blue Jays 1:05 CSN/WIP 5,333 L 5-3 Stroman/INFANTE (0-1)/LeBlanc 56 * Herrmann, Frank rhp 3/2 @ Blue Jays 1:05 MLB.com 4,643 T 4-4 58 Hellickson, Jeremy rhp 3/3 Astros (ss) 1:05 TCN 4,018 L 3-2 Fister/THOMPSON (0-1)/Gustave 64 * Hunter, Cedric of @ Yankees (ss) 1:05 7,897 W 13-4 ASHER (1-0)/Lindgren 70 * Medina, Yoervis rhp 3/4 Braves 1:05 TCN 6,152 W 12-11 RAMOS (1-0)/Hursh 81 Tiamo, Jesus ch 3/5 @ Blue Jays 1:05 WIP 5,155 L 9-6 Hutchison/NOLA (0-1) 94 Hinojosa, Dalier rhp 3/6 Yankees 1:05 CSN/WIP *9,877 W 6-5 BURKE (1-0)/Green/GOMEZ (1) * - Non Roster Invitee 3/7 @ Pirates 1:05 MLB.com 6,460 W 1-0 OBERHOLTZER (1-0)/Schugel/NERIS (1) 3/8 Pirates 1:05 TCN 6,456 W 4-2 MORGAN (1-0)/Niese/HINOJOSA (1) 3/9 Orioles (ss) 1:05 TCN 5,157 W 8-4 ASHER (2-0)/Gallardo/NERIS (2) @ Twins (ss) 1:05 *8,230 W 4-2 THOMPSON (1-1)/Fien/ROIBAL (1) 3/10 Tigers 1:05 TCN 7,787 T 6-6 3/11 @ Braves 1:05 MLB.com 6,520 W 9-2 BUCHANAN (1-0)/Kendrick 3/12 Blue Jays 1:05 CSN/WIP *8,691 W 8-5 BAILEY (1-0)/Dickey 3/13 @ Yankees 1:05 WIP *11,028 W 3-0 MORGAN (2-0)/Sabathia/ROIBAL (2) 3/14 @ Orioles 1:05 MLB.com 7,909 L 8-7 Thayer/STUMPF (0-1)/Beato 3/15 @ Rays 1:05 MLB.com 6,382 W 5-2 BAILEY (2-0)/Cedeno/MURRAY (1) 3/16 OFF DAY 3/17 Rays 1:05 TCN *11,222 L 6-1 McPherson/MUJICA (0-1) 3/18 Pirates 1:05 TCN *9,366 W 15-12 MORTON (1-0)/Boscan 3/19 @ Blue Jays 1:05 WIP *Rained Out* 3/20 Astros 1:05 CSN/WIP 8,200 W 5-4 GARCIA (1-0)/Wojciec./LaFROMBOISE (1) 3/21 @ Tigers 1:05 MLB.com 8,418 W 4-3 NOLA (1-1)/Wilson/RODRIGUEZ (1) 3/22 Twins 1:05 TCN 8,028 L 7-5 Runzler/BAILEY (0-1)/Graham 3/23 @ Astros 6:05 WIP 4,626 L 2-1 Hoyt/MORTON (1-1)/Giles 3/24 @ Braves 6:05 WIP *Rained Out* 3/25 Blue Jays 6:35 CSN/WIP *8,537 T 4-4 3/26 Tigers 1:05 CSN/WIP *8,382 L 6-5 Rodriguez/LEROUX (0-1)/Kensing 3/27 @ Red Sox 1:05 WIP/NESN *9,958 L 5-1 Wright/EICKHOFF (0-1) 3/28 @ Blue Jays 1:05 MLB.com 3/29 Yankees 1:05 TCN 3/30 Astros 1:05 TCN #3/31 Phillies Futures 6:05 TCN/WIP 4/1 Orioles 6:05 TCN/WIP #4/2 Phillies Futures 1:05 TCN/WIP * sellout crowd; # exhibition game; Broadcast key: CSN – Comcast SportsNet; TCN – The Comcast Network; WPHT – WPHT 1210 AM; WIP – WIP 94.1 FM; MLB.com UPCOMING GAMES & PROBABLE STARTERS BROADCAST Tuesday, March 29 vs NYY (1:05) RHP Masahiro Tanaka (1-1, 7.36) vs. TBD TCN Wednesday, March 30 vs HOU (1:05) LHP Dallas Keuchel (1-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Jeremy Hellickson (0-0, 2.31) TCN PITCHING LOGS – pitchers still in major league camp ANDREW BAILEY DALIER HINOJOSA AARON NOLA DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 3/4 ATL ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 3/1 TOR ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 3/5 @TOR L 2.0 4 4 4 1 0 3/8 PIT ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3/5 @TOR ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 *3/10 DET ND 2.2 4 2 2 1 4 3/12 TOR W 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/8 PIT SV 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 *3/15 @TB ND 4.2 6 2 2 0 5 3/15 @TB W 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 3/12 TOR ND 2.0 1 0 0 1 3 *3/21 @DET W 6.0 2 1 1 2 3 3/22 MIN L 1.0 4 3 3 0 0 3/18 PIT ND 1.0 2 3 2 0 0 #3/26 BUFF ND 5.1 6 2 2 3 7 3/26 DET ND 1.0 2 1 1 0 2 *3/22 ALTNA ND 2.0 2 0 0 0 3 3/27 @BOS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3/26 DET ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 BRETT OBERHOLTZER DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO JERAD EICKHOFF MARIO HOLLANDS 3/2 @TOR ND 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 3/7 @PIT W 3.0 4 0 0 0 1 #3/12 INTR ND 2.0 4 3 3 2 0 3/13 @NYY ND 3.0 4 0 0 0 1 #3/17 INTR ND 4.0 3 1 1 2 4 #3/18 DSLBJ ND 3.0 0 0 0 2 4 *3/22 MIN ND 4.0 4 3 3 2 7 MICHAEL MARIOT 3/22 MIN ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 *3/27 @BOS L 5.0 11 5 5 0 3 DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 3/23 @ATL ND 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 ERNESTO FRIERI JAMES RUSSELL DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO YOERVIS MEDINA DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 3/3 HOU ND 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 3/3 HOU ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 3/6 NYY ND 1.2 2 2 1 1 3 3/8 PIT ND 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 3/11 @ATL ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3/10 DET ND 1.0 2 2 2 0 2 3/12 TOR ND 1.0 1 1 0 0 3 3/15 @TB ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/14 @BAL ND 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 3/15 @TB ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 3/22 MIN ND 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 3/22 MIN ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 3/25 TOR ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 3/26 DET ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 *3/26 DET ND 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 CHARLIE MORTON DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO JEANMAR GOMEZ DANIEL STUMPF *3/6 NYY ND 2.1 1 1 1 1 2 DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO #3/13 INTR ND 4.0 2 0 0 1 4 DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 3/2 @TOR ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 *3/18 PIT ND 4.0 4 5 5 3 3 3/3 @NYY ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 3/6 NYY SV 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 3/23 @ATL L 5.1 4 2 0 2 5 3/6 NYY ND 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 3/10 DET ND 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 3/10 DET ND 1.1 4 1 1 0 2 3/17 TB ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 3/14 @BAL L 2.0 4 3 3 3 0 EDWARD MUJICA 3/25 TOR ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/18 PIT ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/26 DET ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 3/20 HOU ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 3/3 @NYY ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/23 @ATL ND 0.2 0 0