PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (21-39) vs ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (28-32) Sunday, June 11, 2017 – Busch Stadium – 1:15 p.m. EDT – Game 61; Road 35 RHP Aaron Nola (3-3, 4.28) vs RHP Adam Wainwright (6-4, 4.82) YESTERDAY’S ACTION: The Phillies were shut out by the St. Louis Cardinals, 7-0, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis … Starter Nick Pivetta (L, 1-3) went 5.0 innings and allowed 4 runs on 4 hits with 4 walks PHILLIES PHACTS and 2 strikeouts … Cardinals’ starter Carlos Martinez was electric all day as he tossed his first career shutout, holding the Phillies to just 5 baserunners (4 H, BB) … Tommy Joseph led the Phillies with 2 hits Record: 21-39 (.350) Home: 12-14 on the afternoon (1B, 2B). Road: 9-25 Current Streak: Lost 4 TOM TERRIFIC: First baseman Tommy Joseph has hit safely in each of his last six games and is Last 5 Games: 1-4 batting .375 with 2 2B, a HR and 4 RBI in that span … Joseph has raised his batting average from .249 Last 10 Games: 4-6 on June 6 to .255 entering play today … Having recently completed his 162nd career big league game, Series Record: 5-14-1 Joseph had clubbed 31 home runs in 503 at bats and became only the fourth Phils player since 1913 Sweeps/Swept: 2/5 with 30+ HR in his first 162 career games, joining Chuck Klein (44), Ryan Howard (43) and Don Hurst (31). PHILLIES VS. CARDINALS 2017 Record: 0-2 CENTER OF ATTENTION: Phillies centerfielder Odubel Herrera leads the majors with 12 XBH this 2017 at Home: 0-0 month, three clear of OAK’s Ryon Healy (9) … Moreover, Herrera’s 10 doubles this month are only four 2017 at STL: 0-2 shy of the club’s modern day record for June (Pinky Whitney, 14 2B in 1931) and eight shy of the club’s All-Time Record: 961-1226 record (since 1900) for doubles in a single month (Chuck Klein, 18 2B in July of 1930) … Herrera has All-Time at Citizens Bank Park: 21-21 All-Time at Busch Stadium: 22-25 now hit safely in each of his last nine games (5/31-current), raising his batting average from .217 to Current Streak: Lost 3 .249 and his OPS from .590 to .702 PHILLIES ON ROAD WEEKEND WARRIORS: The Phillies are an even 10-10 in 20 combined games on Saturday and Sunday this season … From Monday-Friday however, Philadelphia is just 11-29 (.275). Games Played: 34 Record: 9-25 (.265) QUALITY CONCERNS: Through 60 games played, the Phillies have just 20 quality starts this season AVG/OBP/SLG: .229/.287/.369 th which ranks 29 in the majors, in front of only the Miami Marlins (19 QS) … The rotation as a whole has Runs/Runs Per Game: 120/3.53 posted a 5.19 ERA which also ranks 29th and a .284 opponents average which ranks 30th. Home Runs: 29 Stolen Bases: 15 ARCH ENEMY: The Phillies have lost each of their last five series against St. Louis, with their last series win coming August 22-24, 2014 at Citizens Bank Park (2-1) … Over the last five series between the ERA: 4.97 clubs, the Phillies are 4-12 against the Redbirds (.250 win %) and have been outscored 94-45 in those Starters W-L: 7-16 Starters ERA: 4.70 16 games (-49, 3.06 RPG) … In addition, Philadelphia has not won a series at Busch Stadium since May Relievers W-L: 2-9 24-27, 2012 (3-1), having now gone 0-4-1 in their last five series in St. Louis (2013-current) … Over the Relievers ERA: 5.45 last 12 seasons (since 2006), the Cardinals and Phillies have the 1st and 3rd best winning percentages, Saves/Opp: 5/11 respectively, among all National League clubs (STL .545; PHI .510). PHILLIES AT A GLANCE GLOVE AT FIRST SIGHT: As a team, the Phillies have a .985 fielding percentage (32 E, 2,161 TC) April: 11-12 Monday: 3-3 th th which ranks 4 -best among all National League clubs and 8 -best in the majors … Individually, going May: 6-22 Tuesday: 2-6 nd by FanGraphs all-encompassing defensive metric, Odubel Herrera ranks 2 with 9.2 runs above average June: 4-5 Wednesday: 1-9 and trails only ATL’ Ender Inciarte (9.3) … Among all qualified National League outfielders, Herrera ranks July: 0-0 Thursday: 3-4 3rd with six defensive runs saved trailing only ATL’ Inciarte (7) and CHI’s Jayson Heyward (8). Aug: 0-0 Friday: 2-7 Sept: 0-0 Saturday: 5-5 ROAD WOES: The Phillies have lost 34 of their last 44 road games dating back to September 9, 2016, Oct: 0-0 Sunday: 5-5 having been outscored 248-159 in that span (-89) … After losing the first two games of this three-game vs East: 14-16 Day: 11-13 set against the Cardinals, the Phillies are now 0-7-1 in their last eight series away from Citizens Bank vs Cent: 4-11 Night: 10-26 Park, with their last road series win coming on April 18-20 against the Mets in New York. vs West: 3-7 1st Half: 21-39 vs AL: 0-5 2nd Half: 0-0 WHAT A RELIEF: The Phillies bullpen triumvirate of Hector Neris (3 ER, 13.2 IP), Pat Neshek (2 ER, 14.1 IP) and Edubray Ramos (4 ER, 18.0 IP) have combined for a 1.76 ERA (9 ER, 46.0 IP) with INSTANT REPLAY RESULTS 49 strikeouts over the team’s last 37 games (4/30-current). *Manager’s challenges, since 2014 PHI All-Time Challenges: 129 DRAFT TIME: We are just one day away from the 2017 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft Overturned: 69 which begins Monday at 7:00 EDT … The Phillies hold the eighth overall pick in the draft … Last year, Success Rate: 53.4% the Phillies had the No. 1 overall pick for just the second time ever (other was 1998, Pat Burrell) and selected outfielder Mickey Moniak from La Costa Canyon High School in Carlsbad, CA … Moniak, just 19 2017 Challenges: 13 Overturned: 7 years of age, is currently ranked as the second-best prospect in the Phillies minor league system and Success Rate: 53.8% th the 14 -best prospect in baseball according to MLB.com. Last Challenge: 6/8 at ATL DOWN ON THE FARM: According to MLBFarm.com, the Phillies minor league system has a .576 Situation: B2, 2 out, R1 winning percentage this season, tops of any farm system in baseball (next: NYY, .560 win %) … The Result: The Replay Official definitively Lehigh Valley IronPigs currently sport a 41-21 record (.661), have won 27 of their last 35 games and determined that the ball contacted the are 4.5 games in front for first … The Reading Fightins are 33-25 (.569) and find themselves 5.0 games interior of the fielder's glove prior to the out of first place … The Clearwater Threshers are in first place with a 34-28 record (.548) and the batter-runner's foot touching first base. Lakewood BlueClaws are only 3.5 games out of the top spot in their division with a 33-29 record (.532). The call is OVERTURNED, the batter- runner is out. ON THIS DATE IN PHILLIES HISTORY: June 11, 1985: Perhaps Philadelphia’s greatest offensive game ever, a 26-7 win over NYM begins with a nine-run first inning, highlighted by LF Von Hayes' two home runs, a solo shot and a grand slam … No other Phillies player ever hit two homers in the 1st inning. PHILLIES RECORD WHEN THEY… Score First: 9-15 Lead After 6: 14-4 Lead After 7: 13-1 Lead After 8: 16-1 Out-Hit Opp: 18-4 Last AB Decisions: 8-8 Opp. Score First: 12-23 Tied After 6: 3-4 Tied After 7: 5-5 Tied After 8: 4-5 Hits equal: 0-3 Walk-off Decisions: 5-5 Score 4 or more: 18-15 Trail After 6: 4-30 Trail After 7: 3-32 Trail After 8: 1-32 Out-Hit by Opp: 3-31 Starter goes > 6.0 IP 6-6 Score 3 or fewer: 3-23 Hit no HR: 4-18 Starter goes 6.0 IP 3-10 Hit at least 1 HR: 17-20 Starter goes < 6.0 IP 12-21 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE DATE TIME PROBABLE PITCHERS TV Monday, June 12 at BOS 7:10 EDT RHP Jerad Eickhoff (0-7, 5.15 ERA) vs RHP Rick Porcello (3-8, 4.46) CSN Tuesday, June 13 at BOS 7:10 EDT RHP Ben Lively (1-1, 2.57) vs LHP David Price (1-1, 5.29) CSN Wednesday, June 14 vs BOS 7:05 EDT RHP Jeremy Hellickson (5-4, 4.50) vs LHP Brian Johnson (2-0, 3.44) CSN Thursday, June 15 vs BOS 7:05 EDT RHP Nick Pivetta (1-3, 5.52) vs LHP Chris Sale (7-2, 2.89)* CSN 2017 PHILLIES NOTES TODAY’S STARTER PAGE 2 AARON NOLA RHP #27 NOLA – 2017 DAY-BY-DAY DATE-OPP DECISION IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA Height: 6-2 Weight: 196 Age: 24 (born: 6/4/93) 2017: 3-3, 4.28 ERA Career: 15-14, 4.29 ERA 4/8 vs WSH W, 17-3 6.0 7 3 3 0 2 7 4.50 4/14 at WSH ND, L, 3-2 5.0 6 1 1 0 0 6 3.27 LAST START: 6/6 at ATL: W, 8.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 SO … Nola vs 4/20 at NYM W, 6-4 5.0 7 4 4 1 4 2 4.50 Garcia … Atlanta plated a run in the 1st off Nola before he settled down and APRIL 2-0 16.0 20 8 8 1 6 15 4.50 retired 17 of the final 21 batters he faced … Howie Kendrick went 3-for-4 with a #5/10 vs ROC ND, W, 2-1 4.0 4 1 1 0 0 3 HR that tied the game in the 1st inning and Odubel Herrera plated the eventual #5/15 at ROC W, 1-0 6.1 2 0 0 0 1 7 winning run on an RBI-double in the 6th.