PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (30-60) vs MIAMI MARLINS (41-49) Monday, July 17, 2017 – Marlins Park – 7:10 p.m. EDT – Game 91; Road 50 RHP Jerad Eickhoff (1-7, 4.63) vs RHP Tom Koehler (1-4, 8.00) YESTERDAY’S ACTION: The Phillies defeated the Milwaukee Brewers, 5-2, at Miller Park in Milwaukee … Starter Jeremy Hellickson (W, 6-5) went 5.0 innings and allowed 2 runs while scattering 4 hits with 1 PHILLIES PHACTS walk and 6 punchouts … The Brewers were in front 2-1 in the top half of the 6th inning when Nick Williams stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and clobbered his first career grand slam … Ricardo Record: 30-60 (.333) Home: 16-25 Pinto (1.0 IP), Pat Neshek (1.0 IP), Luis Garcia (1.0 IP) and Hector Neris (1.0 IP) all shined in relief of Road: 14-35 Hellickson, helping the Phils hang on for the win. Current Streak: Won 1 Last 5 Games: 2-3 TRANSACTIONS: Prior to today’s game, 2B Cesar Hernandez was reinstated from the 10-day Last 10 Games: 3-7 disabled list … To make room for him on the 25-man roster, OF Aaron Altherr was placed on the 10- Series Record: 6-22-2 day DL with a strained right hamstring (retroactive to 7/15) … Hernandez, who had been on the DL Sweeps/Swept: 3/8 since June 11 with a left oblique strain, appeared in four rehab games for Clearwater (A) and tallied nine walks, including SIX in last night’s contest at Daytona. PHILLIES VS. MARLINS 2017 Record: 2-3 TRENDING UPWARD: Over their last 20 games (6/22-current), the Phillies have outscored their 2017 at Home: 2-0 opponents 75-70 (+5), despite posting an 8-12 record (.400 win %) in that span … Their +5 run 2017 at MIA: 0-3 differential since June 22 ranks 12th in the majors and seventh among all National League clubs … The All-Time Record: 218-181 Phils had a similar stretch earlier this season from April 3 to May 1, when they outscored the opposition All-Time at Citizens Bank Park: 71-50 116-102 (+14), despite playing to an even .500 record (12-12) in that stretch … However, between All-Time at Marlins Park: 22-27 Current Streak: Lost 3 these two aforementioned stretches of good play (5/2-6/21), Philadelphia had been outscored 266-154 (-112) with a 10-36 record (.217 win %). PHILLIES ON ROAD ROTATION RESURGENCE: Phillies starters have recorded a quality start in 15 of their last 24 games Games Played: 49 (6/17-current), posting a 3.67 ERA (58 ER, 142.1 IP) … Since June 6 (35 G), the rotation has logged Record: 14-35 (.286) 209.1 innings, which ranks third among all major league clubs in that span, trailing only Boston (223.1 AVG/OBP/SLG: .236/.296/.373 IP, 37 G) and Washington (214.1 IP, 35 G) … In those 35 games, starters have failed to complete at Runs/Runs Per Game: 183/3.73 least 5.0 innings only two times and have recorded 20 quality starts … In that same stretch (since Home Runs: 42 6/6), Phillies starters have posted eight starts of at least 7.0 IP and two earned runs or Stolen Bases: 23 fewer, something they did only seven times in their first 55 starts of the season. ERA: 4.74 BULLISH ON THE PEN: Since June 26, the Phillies bullpen has posted a 2.14 ERA (11 ER, 46.1 IP), Starters W-L: 11-21 has struck out 52 of the 185 batters faced (28.1 % K rate), has allowed only 11 walks (5.9 % BB rate) Starters ERA: 4.77 Relievers W-L: 3-14 and held opponents to a .529 OPS … The relievers have stranded all eight of their inherited runners in Relievers ERA: 4.70 that span … Since June 26, only Kansas City (1.86 ERA), Seattle (1.93 ERA) and San Francisco Saves/Opp: 7/15 (2.05 ERA) have a lower combined bullpen ERA than the Phillies … Additionally, both their 28.1 % strikeout rate and 5.9 % walk rate rank 3rd in MLB in that span. PHILLIES AT A GLANCE April: 11-12 Monday: 4-5 RAGING BULL: Dating back to July 9, each of Odubel Herrera’s last six hits have been for extra May: 6-22 Tuesday: 3-9 bases (3 2B & 3 HR) and with 37 this season, he is only five shy of his career-best mark of 42 extra- June: 9-18 Wednesday: 2-12 base hits last season … Herrera currently ranks T-3rd in the National League with 28 doubles, trailing July: 4-8 Thursday: 5-5 only COL’s Nolan Arenado (30) and WSH’s Daniel Murphy (30) … Herrera’s 28 doubles are the most by Aug: 0-0 Friday: 3-11 a Phillie through the team’s first 90 games of a season since Jayson Werth also had 28 in 2010 … The Sept: 0-0 Saturday: 5-10 last Phillie with more than 28 doubles through the club’s first 90 contests was Chase Utley (35 2B) in Oct: 0-0 Sunday: 8-8 2007 … Since June 1, Herrera is batting .320 (47-147) with 16 2B, 3B, 5 HR, 19 RBI and a .891 OPS in vs East: 15-18 Day: 16-21 153 plate appearances. vs Cent: 7-19 Night: 14-39 vs West: 5-15 1st Half: 29-58 SAINT PATRICK: With a scoreless inning yesterday, Pat Neshek has now had 38 scoreless vs AL: 3-8 2nd Half: 1-2 appearances this year in 40 appearances overall (95.0 %) … Only Felipe Rivero (40) and Corey Knebel (39) have more, and neither has as high a percentage … Neshek represented the Phillies and the National INSTANT REPLAY RESULTS League in the 88th Midsummer Classic on Tuesday night in Miami … In his second All-Star Game (other: *Manager’s challenges, since 2014 2014 with STL), Neshek surrendered one hit in a scoreless second inning (4 BF) … He was the first PHI All-Time Challenges: 133 Phillies reliever who was not the team’s primary closer in the first half to be selected as an All-Star since Overturned: 71 Joe Hoerner in 1970. Success Rate: 53.4% LOOKING GOOD, BILLY RAY! FEELING GOOD, LUIS!: Reliever Luis Garcia has not allowed a run 2017 Challenges: 17 in his last 14.2 innings pitched (12 G, since 6/14), holding opponents to a .137 average (7-51), while Overturned: 9 Success Rate: 52.9% striking out 16 and walking only four batters … With his scoreless inning yesterday, Garcia set a new career-long scoreless streak (previous: 13.2 IP, 9/11/14-4/21/15), the second-longest scoreless streak Last Challenge: 7/2 at NYM by a Phillies relief pitcher this season (best: Pat Neshek, 18.0 IP, 5/18-6/30) … Garcia has not allowed Situation: T8, 0 out, runner at 1st a home run in his last 26.0 IP (since 5/25) and has posted a 2.08 ERA (6 ER) in that span … Additionally, excluding his appearance on June 7 at ATL (5 ER, 0.2 IP), Garcia has posted a 1.23 ERA (5 ER, 36.2 IP) Result: The Replay Official definitively determined that the batter-runner's foot in 31 of his 32 appearances this year. touched first base prior to the ball contacting the interior of the fielder's TIME MANAGEMENT: The Phillies have finally completed a stretch of 20 games that had begun at a glove. The call is OVERTURNED, the different time than the day before … Starting on June 22 with a 1:05 start at home vs the Cardinals, batter-runner is safe. the Phils started at 9:40 (6/23 at ARI), 10:10 (6/24 at ARI), 4:10 (6/25 at ARI), 3:40 (6/26 at ARI), 10:10 (6/27 at SEA), 3:40 (6/28 at SEA), 7:10 (6/30 at NYM), 4:10 (7/1 at NYM), 1:10 (7/2 at NYM), 7:05 (7/3 vs PIT), 4:10 (7/4 vs PIT), 7:05 (7/5 vs PIT), 6:05 (7/6 vs PIT), 6:35 (7/7 vs SD), 4:05 (7/8 vs SD), 1:35 (7/9 vs SD), 8:10 (7/14 at MIL), 7:10 (7/15 at MIL) and 2:10 (7/16 at MIL) … Philadelphia will play consecutive 7:10 games tonight and tomorrow to begin their series in Miami … With a 10-game homestand on the horizon, the Phillies will play seven of those 10 contests at 7:05. PHILLIES RECORD WHEN THEY… Score First: 16-23 Lead After 6: 20-9 Lead After 7: 20-4 Lead After 8: 24-3 Out-Hit Opp: 24-11 Last AB Decisions: 11-16 Opp. Score First: 14-37 Tied After 6: 5-8 Tied After 7: 6-11 Tied After 8: 4-10 Hits equal: 1-5 Walk-off Decisions: 5-8 Score 4 or more: 26-22 Trail After 6: 5-43 Trail After 7: 4-45 Trail After 8: 2-47 Out-Hit by Opp: 5-44 Starter goes > 6.0 IP 11-13 Score 3 or fewer: 4-38 Hit no HR: 6-28 Starter goes 6.0 IP 4-17 Hit at least 1 HR: 24-32 Starter goes < 6.0 IP 15-30 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE DATE TIME PROBABLE PITCHERS TV Tuesday, July 18 7:10 EDT TBA vs LHP Adam Conley (2-3, 7.53) CSN Wednesday, July 19 12:10 EDT RHP Nick Pivetta (2-5, 5.63) vs RHP Dan Straily (7-4, 3.32) CSN 2017 PHILLIES NOTES TONIGHT’S STARTER PAGE 2 JERAD EICKHOFF RHP #48 EICKHOFF – 2017 DAY-BY-DAY DATE-OPP DECISION IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA Height: 6-4 Weight: 247 Age: 27 (born: 7/2/90) 2017: 1-7, 4.63 ERA Career: 15-24, 3.74 ERA 4/5 at CIN L, 7-2 6.2 5 2 2 1 1 6 2.70 4/10 vs NYM ND, L, 4-3 7.0 3 2 2 1 4 7 1.98 LAST START: 7/9 vs SD: W, 5.0 IP, 5 H, 1 BB, 8 SO … Eickhoff vs Cahill … 4/16 at WSH ND, L, 6-4 6.0 8 3 3 1 1 5 2.75 Philadelphia slugged a season-high six home runs, including outfielder Nick 4/22 vs ATL ND, W, 4-3 5.0 2 1 1 0 2 7 2.55 Williams’ first major league homer in the second inning … Shortstop Freddy 4/28 at LAD L, 5-3 5.2 9 5 5 0 3 3 3.56 Galvis notched his second career multi-homer game.