ATLANTA BRAVES (57-71) vs PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (48-81) Monday, August 28, 2017 – Citizens Bank Park – 7:05 EDT – Game 130; Home 63 RHP Lucas Sims (2-3, 4.13) vs RHP Aaron Nola (9-9, 3.58) YESTERDAY’S ACTION: The Phillies defeated the reigning World Series Champion Chicago Cubs, 6- 3, at Citizens Bank Park … Starter Nick Pivetta (W, 5-9) went 5.0 innings and allowed 3 runs (2 ER) PHILLIES PHACTS with 4 walks and 5 strikeouts … Philadelphia was down 3-0 before they even came to bat, yet battled back all afternoon to secure the series-clinching victory … Nick Williams (2-4, HR, 2 RBI) and Rhys Record: 48-81 (.372) Home: 27-35 Hoskins (1-4, HR) led the Phils offensively as Edubray Ramos (2.0 IP), Hoby Milner (0.1 IP), Luis Road: 21-46 Garcia (0.2 IP) and Hector Neris (1.0 IP) shut the Cubs down in relief of Pivetta. Current Streak: Won 1 Last 5 Games: 3-2 HE COULDN’T POSSIBLY DO IT AGAIN, COULD HE?: If he connects on another home run Last 10 Games: 5-5 tonight, rookie Rhys Hoskins would become the first player in the 135-year history of the Series Record: 11-28-3 Philadelphia Phillies to hit a home run in six consecutive games … He is already one of just five players Sweeps/Swept: 5/10 in club history to homer in five straight, joining Chase Utley (2x in 2008), Bobby Abreu (2005), Mike Schmidt (1979) and Dick Allen (1969) … Furthermore, according to Elias, Hoskins has also tied the PHILLIES VS. BRAVES MLB rookie record for home runs in consecutive games, first set by Rudy York in 1937 … Hoskins was 2017 Record: 11-2 the sixth player to tie York’s mark, including two active players: Caleb Joseph (2014) and Joc Pederson 2017 at Home: 7-0 (2015) … In addition to Hoskins’ incredible power display thus far, he started a triple player in 2017 at ATL: 4-2 yesterday afternoon’s contest, becoming the first rookie outfielder to participate in a triple play since All-Time Record: 1152-1259-15 1992, when Kenny Lofton did it. All-Time at Citizens Bank Park: 65-62 All-Time at SunTrust Park: 4-2 Current Streak: Won 6 RHYS LIGHTNING STRIKES, YET AGAIN: Per Elias, Hoskins reached 11 career home runs faster th than any player in major league history … Hoskins connected on his 11 career home run yesterday in PHILLIES AT HOME his final at bat of the day, his 64th of the season … Prior to Hoskins, the record for fewest at bats required to reach 11 career home runs was 81, held by the Yankees’ Shane Spencer in 1999 and Gary Games Played: 62 Sanchez from 2015-16 … Since connecting on his first career home run on August 14, Hoskins has 11 Record: 27-35 (.435) CBP (est. 2004): 596-522 (.533) home runs over his last 14 games … Over that span, he has more home runs than three different major league teams: San Francisco Giants (7 HR), Washington Nationals (8 HR) and Kansas City AVG/OBP/SLG: .255/.322/.440 Royals (10 HR) and he is tied with the San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers and Seattle Mariners Runs/Runs Per Game: 272/4.39 over that same stretch … Excluding the Phillies, who enter tonight’s game with an active nine-game Home Runs: 82 home run streak, Hoskins’ current five-game home run streak would be the fifth longest active streak Stolen Bases: 22 of any TEAM in MLB today, trailing only the Cleveland Indians (8 straight), Tampa Bay Rays (8 straight), Colorado Rockies (7 straight) and Oakland A’s (6 straight). ERA: 4.77 Starters W-L: 17-23 Starters ERA: 4.82 th HOTTER THAN AUGUST: Batting cleanup for the 16 time this season, Hoskins, who has homered Relievers W-L: 10-12 on eight straight game days (off day 8/21, no HR in 2nd game of DH on 8/22), enters tonight’s game Relievers ERA: 4.69 averaging a home run every 5.82 at bats (11 HR, 64 AB) … Since 1913, no major league player has Saves/Opp: 10/18 completed a month of August (min. 60 AB) with an at bat per home run average below 6.00 … It should be noted, MIA’s Giancarlo Stanton currently has 17 home runs this month in 94 at bats PHILLIES AT A GLANCE and is averaging 5.53 at bats per home run … As for the Phillies, the lowest AB/HR average ever April: 11-12 Monday: 5-8 recorded in a single month was by Jim Thome in June of 2004, when he averaged 6.53 AB/HR on May: 6-22 Tuesday: 5-14 his way to slugging a club-record 15 home runs during a single month … As for major league rookies, June: 9-18 Wednesday: 6-14 July: 13-12 Thursday: 5-9 since 1913, the lowest AB/HR average recorded in any single month was by OAK’s Mark McGwire Aug: 9-17 Friday: 6-14 in May of 1987 (6.07 AB/HR). Sept: 0-0 Saturday: 8-13 MLB PLAYERS WITH A SUB 6.00 AB/HR AVERAGE IN AUGUST (min. 60 AB) Oct: 0-0 Sunday: 13-9 SINCE 1913 vs East: 25-25 Day: 23-24 1. Giancarlo Stanton 5.53 AB/HR 6. Rudy York, 1943 6.59 AB/HR vs Cent: 11-21 Night: 25-57 2. RHYS HOSKINS 5.82 AB/HR 7. Willie Mays, 1965 6.65 AB/HR vs West: 8-22 1st Half: 29-58 3. Rudy York, 1937 6.28 AB/HR 8. Barry Bonds, 2001 6.67 AB/HR vs AL: 4-14 2nd Half: 19-23 4. Barry Bonds, 2004 6.36 AB/HR 9. Jim Gentile, 1961 6.73 AB/HR 5. Sammy Sosa, 2001 6.41 AB/HR 10. Ken Caminiti, 1996 6.86 AB/HR INSTANT REPLAY RESULTS *Manager’s challenges, since 2014 TOMAHAWK CHOPPED: The Phillies enter play tonight with an 11-2 record against Braves this season, having won six straight games (7/28-current) … Philadelphia’s current six-game winning streak PHI All-Time Challenges: 139 against Atlanta is their longest since 2011 (8 G) … With three games left at CBP and three games at Overturned: 75 Success Rate: 54.0% SunTrust Park in September, the Phillies have a chance at history … Their 11 wins are their most in a season versus the Braves since 2011 (12 wins) … Philadelphia’s single-season franchise record for wins 2017 Challenges: 23 against the Braves is 17, set in 1929 … Philadelphia’s benchmark for wins against any single opponent Overturned: 13 in a single year is 18, which came against the Cincinnati Reds in 1950. Success Rate: 56.5% Last Challenge: 8/27 vs CHI EAST COAST BIAS: The Phils face off against the Atlanta Braves with a 25-25 record against the Situation: B3, 0 out, bases empty National League East this season … With 26 games remaining against the East, the Phillies could finish the year with a winning record against their own division for the first time since 2011, the final year of HOSKINS HOME RUN WATCH a .500 or above streak that ran from 2003-11 … During that streak, the Phillies were a combined 371- Phillies single-month HR record 291 (.560) against their division foes … However, since the streak ended in 2012, the Phillies have gone 189-237 (.444). 15 HR 2x, last: Jim Thome, 06/04 14 HR 3x, last: Ryan Howard, 08/06 13 HR 3x, last: Ryan Howard, 05/06 ON THIS DATE IN PHILLIES HISTORY: August 28, 1987: Hall-of-Famer Mike Schmidt hits his 12 HR 6x, last: Domonic Brown, 05/13 nd 522 career home run off the Padres’ Ed Whitson, at the time, moving him past Ted Williams and 11 HR 11x, last: Rhys Hoskins, 08/17 Willy McCovey for ninth-place on the all-time home run list. PHILLIES RECORD WHEN THEY… Score First: 26-26 Lead After 6: 34-10 Lead After 7: 34-5 Lead After 8: 39-3 Out-Hit Opp: 38-15 Last AB Decisions: 14-21 Opp. Score First: 22-55 Tied After 6: 7-11 Tied After 7: 7-14 Tied After 8: 5-13 Hits equal: 1-9 Walk-off Decisions: 7-9 Score 4 or more: 40-34 Trail After 6: 7-60 Trail After 7: 7-62 Trail After 8: 4-65 Out-Hit by Opp: 9-57 Starter goes > 6.0 IP 18-14 Score 3 or fewer: 8-47 Hit no HR: 10-38 Starter goes 6.0 IP 9-21 Hit at least 1 HR: 38-43 Starter goes < 6.0 IP 21-46 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE DATE TIME PROBABLE PITCHERS TV Tuesday, August 29 vs ATL 7:05 EDT RHP R.A. Dickey (8-8, 4.06) vs RHP Mark Leiter Jr. (2-3, 3.86) CSN Wednesday, August 30 vs ATL 1:05 EDT RHP Julio Teheran (8-11, 4.90) vs RHP Jerad Eickhoff (4-7, 4.36) NBC 10 2017 PHILLIES NOTES TONIGHT’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: 9-9, 3.58 ERA Career: 21-20, 4.00 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: 8/22 vs MIA: L, 6.1 IP, 9 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 2 BB, 7 SO, 2 HR … Nola 4/20 at NYM W, 6-4 5.0 7 4 4 1 4 2 4.50 vs Straily … In game 1 of the doubleheader, Miami used a sixth-run seventh APRIL 2-0 16.0 20 8 8 1 6 15 4.50 inning to chase Nola from the game and stave off a Phillies eight-run offensive #5/10 vs ROC ND, W, 2-1 4.0 4 1 1 0 0 3 showing to win 12-8 … Rhys Hoskins, Cesar Hernandez, Tommy Joseph, #5/15 at ROC W, 1-0 6.1 2 0 0 0 1 7 Cameron Rupp and Andres Blanco all homered for Philadelphia.