TORONTO BLUE JAYS (2-8-1) vs PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (6-5-2) Thursday, March 9, 2017 – Spectrum Field – Game 14; Home 7 LHP Francisco Liriano (0-0, 0.00) vs RHP Jerad Eickhoff (0-0, 5.40) YESTERDAY’S ACTION: The Phillies lost to the Atlanta Braves, 3-2, at Champion Stadium in Orlando … Starter Jeremy Hellickson (ND) turned in his longest outing of the spring, going 4.0 innings and allowing 2 runs on 5 hits with 2017 SPRING ROSTER no walks and 1 strikeout … Sean Burnett (0 R, 2.0 IP) and Mark Appel (1 R, 2.0 IP) followed Hellickson in relief … The 2 Goeddel, Tyler of Phils tied the game in the top of the 7th on an RBI single by Roman Quinn … Atlanta rallied for a run off Appel in the 3 * Coghlan, Chris of 4 Blanco, Andrés inf bottom half of the frame to seal the win. 5 Saunders, Michael of TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER vs TOR: 7 Franco, Maikel inf 8 Samuel, Juan ch RHP Jerad Eickhoff ... 26 years old (7/2/90, Evansville, IN) … How obtained: Acquired from Texas 9 McLaren, John ch Rangers with Matt Harrison, Jorge Alfaro, Alec Asher, Jake Thompson and Nick Williams for Cole Hamels, Jake 10 Bowa, Larry ch Diekman and cash considerations, 7/31/15; originally selected by TEX in 15th round of June 2011 draft ... 12 Morandini, Mickey ch Spring 2017: 0-0, 4.50 (3 ER, 5.0 IP) in 2 GS… 2016: Made his 1st career Opening Day roster in his first 13 Galvis, Freddy inf 15 * Burnett, Sean lhp season with the Phillies … Was T-3rd in the NL in starts (33), 4th in BB/9.0 IP (1.92), T-6th in quality starts th th 16 Hernández, César inf (20), T-8 in innings (197.1) and 9 in SO/BB (3.98) ... Pitched at least 6.0 innings in 23 of his 33 starts 17 Neshek, Pat rhp (69.7%) … Joined Hamels (2014), Halladay (2011) and Schilling (1997) as the only PHI pitchers to allow 3 ER 18 * Florimón, Pedro inf rd or fewer in 27 or more starts in a season since 1996 … His 5.3 bWAR through his first two seasons is the 3 - 19 Joseph, Tommy inf most of any Phillies starter since 1950, trailing only Cole Hamels (6.4) and Art Mahaffey (6.1) … Career: 14- 21 Buchholz, Clay rhp 17, 3.44 ERA (95 ER, 248.1 IP) in 41 GS. 22 McClure, Bob ch 23 Altherr, Aaron of OTHER PROBABLE PITCHERS vs TOR: RHP Alec Asher, RHP Colton Murray, RHP Edubray Ramos. 24 Quinn, Roman of 25 * Nava, Daniel of PHI IN THE WBC: The Phillies currently have seven players from their organization participating in the World Baseball 27 Nola, Aaron rhp Classic, including five on the 40-man roster – C Jorge Alfaro (Columbia), LHP Nick Fanti (Italy), OF Odubel 28 Velasquez, Vince rhp Herrera (Venezuela), RHP Kenny Koplove (Israel), RHP Hector Neris (Dominican Republic), RHP Pat Neshek 29 Rupp, Cameron c (USA) and RHP Nick Pivetta (Canada) … RHP Edubray Ramos is also in the designated pitcher pool for Venezuela. 30 * Featherston, Taylor inf 31 * Mariot, Michael rhp THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS: Philadelphia finished the 2016 season with the second-lowest average player age 33 Kranitz, Rick ch among all Major League clubs (26.9 years old) … Only the Arizona Diamondbacks were younger (26.5) … This spring, 34 * Hanigan, Ryan c 30 of the 62 players in Phillies camp are 25 or younger (48%), including 24 players on the 40-man roster (60%) … The 37 Herrera, Odúbel of average age of the 62 players currently in camp is 26.2 years old. 38 Alfaro, Jorge c 39 Morgan, Adam lhp A GOOD CROP ON THE FARM: The 2016 season was a very successful one for the Phillies player development 40 Stairs, Matt ch system … Every one of the Phillies domestic minor league affiliates finished above .500 for the first time since 1953 (9 44 Thompson, Jake rhp teams over .500 in 1953) … Considering only domestic minor league teams, the Phillies combined .595 minor league 45 Mackanin, Pete mgr winning percentage (412-280) ranked first among all organizations … Including foreign teams, their .581 winning 46 Gómez, Jeanmar rhp 47 Kendrick, Howie of percentage (482-348) ranked second in baseball only to Seattle (.590, 451-314) … Philadelphia had four minor league 48 Eickhoff, Jerad rhp affiliates qualify for the playoffs, the most in one year since MiLB’s records began tracking all teams’ postseason 49 Asher, Alec rhp appearances in 2005 … Reading OF Dylan Cozens (40 HR) and 1B Rhys Hoskins (38 HR) were the top two home run 50 Neris, Héctor rhp hitters in all of minor league baseball. 53 Benoit, Joaquín rhp 54 * Beato, Pedro rhp 2017 PHILLIES SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE 55 * Ramos, César lhp DATE TEAM TIME BROADCAST ATT. W/L SCORE WP/LP/SAVE 56 Eflin, Zach rhp #2/23 Univ. of Tampa 1:05 2,924 W 6-0 LEITER JR./Nolan 57 García, Luis rhp 2/24 @ Yankees 1:05 WIP 8,845 L 9-4 Mitchell/ASHER (0-1) 58 Hellickson, Jeremy rhp 2/25 Yankees 1:05 CSN/WIP 7,142 W 6-5 NERIS (1-0)/Mantiply 59 * Holaday, Bryan c 2/26 @ Blue Jays 1:05 WIP 3,649 W 10-3 LIVELY (1-0)/Shafer 60 * Murray, Colton rhp 2/27 Rays 1:05 TCN 4,440 L 7-2 Snell/L. GARCIA (0-1) 61 Ramos, Edubray rhp 2/28 Orioles 1:05 TCN 4,109 W 7-5 E. GARCIA (1-0)/Sedlock/C. RAMOS (1) 62 * Gómez, Héctor inf 3/1 @ Rays 1:05 2,905 T 5-5 N/A 63 Rodríguez, Joely lhp 3/2 @ Blue Jays 1:05 MLB.com 3,796 T 8-8 N/A 64 Knapp, Andrew c 3/3 Twins 1:05 TCN 5,695 L 4-3 Reed/APPEL (0-1)/Chargois 65 Williams, Nick of 3/4 Braves 1:05 CSN/WIP 6,604 W 7-4 ANDERSON (1-0)/Mader/MARIOT (1) 66 Appel, Mark rhp 3/5 Tigers 1:05 CSN/WIP 6,532 W 8-5 RODRIGUEZ (1-0)/Rondon/E. RAMOS (1) 67 * Crawford, J.P. inf @ Orioles 1:05 7,026 L 3-2 O’Day/E. GARCIA (1-1)/Bridwell 68 * Moore, Logan c 3/6 *OFF DAY* 3/7 @ Tigers 1:05 MLB.com 7,170 W 11-6 MURRAY (1-0)/Wilson 70 * Hoskins, Rhys inf 3/8 @ Braves 1:05 MLB.com 6,099 L 3-2 Rodriguez/APPEL (0-2)/Krol 71 García, Elniery lhp 3/9 Blue Jays 1:05 TCN 72 Lively, Ben rhp 3/10 Yankees 1:05 TCN 73 Pinto, Ricardo rhp 3/11 @ Blue Jays 1:05 WIP 74 Pivetta, Nick rhp 3/12 Red Sox 1:05 CSN/WIP 75 Tirado, Alberto rhp 3/13 @ Orioles 1:05 MLB.com 76 Valentín, Jesmuel inf 3/14 Braves 1:05 TCN 77 Cozens, Dylan of 3/15 @ Yankees 6:35 WIP 78 * Stassi, Brock inf 3/16 @ Orioles 7:05 WIP 79 * Arano, Víctor rhp 3/17 Blue Jays 1:05 TCN 80 * Kingery, Scott inf 3/18 Pirates 1:05 CSN/WIP 81 Tiamo, Jesús ch 3/19 @ Rays 1:05 WIP 3/20 *OFF DAY* 82 Stumpo, Bob ch 3/21 @ Twins 1:05 MLB.com 83 * Numata, Chace c 3/22 Yankees 1:05 TCN 84 * Perkins, Cameron of 3/32 Twins 1:05 TCN 85 * Pullin, Andrew of 3/24 @ Yankees 1:05 MLB.com 86 Anderson, Drew rhp 3/25 @ Red Sox 1:05 WIP 94 * Hinojosa, Dalier rhp 3/26 Pirates 1:05 CSN/WIP *Non-Roster Invitee 3/27 @ Blue Jays 6:07 WIP 3/28 Blue Jays 6:35 WIP 3/29 @ Pirates 1:05 MLB.com @ Tigers 1:05 3/30 Yankees 1:05 TCN 3/31 Rays 1:05 TCN *sellout crowd; #exhibition; Broadcast key: CSN – CSNPhilly; TCN – The Comcast Network; WPHT – WPHT 1210 AM; WIP – WIP 94.1 FM; MLB.com – website radio stream UPCOMING GAMES & PROBABLE STARTERS BROADCAST Friday, March 10 vs NYY RHP Luis Cessa vs RHP Clay Buchholz (0-0, 7.20) TCN Saturday, March 11 at TOR RHP Vince Velasquez (0-0, 0.00) vs RHP Marco Estrada (0-0, 0.00) WIP PITCHING LOGS – pitchers still in major league camp DREW ANDERSON LUIS GARCIA PAT NESHEK 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 2/27 TB ND 2.0 3 2 2 0 4 2/24 @NYY ND 1.0 4 3 3 0 1 2/26 @TOR ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/4 ATL W 3.0 1 1 1 1 3 2/27 TB L 1.0 2 2 2 1 1 3/2 @TOR ND 1.0 3 1 1 1 1 3/2 @TOR ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 MARK APPEL 3/5 DET ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 AARON NOLA DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 2/25 NYY ND 2.0 2 2 2 0 3 JEANMAR GOMEZ *3/2 @TOR ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 3/3 MIN L 2.2 3 1 1 0 2 DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO *3/7 @DET ND 2.0 5 2 2 1 2 3/8 @ATL L 2.0 1 1 1 2 3 2/28 BAL ND 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 3/4 ATL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 RICARDO PINTO VICTOR ARANO 3/7 @DET ND 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 2/25 NYY ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 JEREMY HELLICKSON 3/1 @TB ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 3/5 @BAL ND 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 ALEC ASHER *2/26 @TOR ND 2.0 4 2 2 1 0 DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO *3/3 MIN ND 3.0 4 1 1 1 4 NICK PIVETTA *2/24 @NYY L 2.0 2 1 1 0 2 *3/8 @ATL ND 4.0 5 2 2 0 1 DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 3/1 @TB ND 2.0 4 3 3 2 2 2/24 @NYY ND 2.0 1 0 0 1 3 3/5 @BAL BS 3.0 2 1 1 1 1 DALIER HINOJOSA 2/28 BAL BS 3.0 4 2 2 1 1 DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO *3/5 @BAL ND 3.0 2 0 0 0 3 PEDRO BEATO DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO CESAR RAMOS 2/27 TB ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 BEN LIVELY DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 3/2 @TOR BS 1.0 5 3 3 0 1 DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 2/25 NYY ND 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 3/7 @DET ND 0.2 5 4 4 0 1 2/26 @TOR W 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 2/28 BAL SV 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3/2 @TOR BS 1.0 3 3 3 1 1 3/2 MIN ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 JOAQUIN BENOIT 3/7 @DET ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 3/7 @DET ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 2/26 @TOR ND 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 MICHAEL MARIOT EDUBRAY RAMOS DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO CLAY BUCHHOLZ 2/26 @TOR ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 2/25 NYY ND 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 3/1 @TB ND 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 3/2 @TOR ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 *2/28 BAL ND 2.0 2 0 0 1 0 3/4 ATL SV 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3/5 DET SV 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 3/6 DET ND 3.0 3 4 4 1 2 3/7 @DET ND 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 JOELY RODRIGUEZ SEAN BURNETT ADAM MORGAN DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 2/25 NYY ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 3/2 @TOR ND 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 2/24 @NYY ND 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 *2/25 NYY ND 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 3/5 DET W 1.1 1 0 0 1 2 2/27 TB ND 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 3/1 @TB ND 2.0 1 1 1 0 3 3/2 MIN ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3/5 DET ND 2.2 3 1 1 1 1 3/8 @ATL ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 JAKE THOMPSON COLTON MURRAY DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO ZACH EFLIN DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 2/27 TB ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 3/2 @TB ND 1.0 1 0 0 0