PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (26-53) vs NEW YORK METS (38-42) Sunday, July 2, 2017 – Citi Field – 1:10 p.m. EDT – Game 80; Road 46 RHP Nick Pivetta (1-4, 5.40) vs RHP Rafael Montero (1-4, 5.63) LAST NIGHT’S ACTION: The Phillies lost to the New York Mets, 7-6, at Citi Field … Starter Jeremy Hellickson (ND) tossed 6.1 innings and allowed 4 runs on 7 hits with 2 walks and 4 strikeouts … PHILLIES PHACTS Philadelphia was up 2-1 after their half of the 4th and 6-3 after their half of the 7th … However, they were unable to hold both leads as New York tallied 9 extra-base hits … Hoby Milner (0.2 IP) and Joaquin Record: 26-53 (.329) Home: 14-20 Beniot (0.1 IP) made scoreless appearances in relief of Hellickson. Road: 12-33 Current Streak: Lost 2 ONE AND DONE: After falling to the Mets 7-6 yesterday, again in one-run fashion, the Phillies have a Last 5 Games: 2-3 total of 21 one-run losses this season, most of any team in the majors … In fact, the Phils are one shy Last 10 Games: 4-6 of the team record for such losses before the All-Star break, as the 1994 Phillies had 22 … Last season, Series Record: 6-19-2 the Phils went 28-23 in one-run contests (.549 win %). Sweeps/Swept: 3/8 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EICK!: Today marks the 27th birthday of Phils right-hander Jerad Eickhoff … PHILLIES VS. METS Eickhoff’s 3.36 ERA (102 ER, 273.0 IP) through his first 45 career starts was the lowest of any Phillies 2017 Record: 2-5 starters through his first 45 career starts since Bruce Ruffin posted a 3.27 ERA from 1986-87 … 2017 at Home: 0-3 Additionally, 31 of his first 50 career starts were quality starts, most by a Phillies starter in his first 50 2017 at NYM: 2-3 career starts since Curt Schilling, 1992-93 (34 in 45 starts with PHI, 35 in 50 including his 5 GS with All-Time Record: 495-462 BAL). All-Time at Citizens Bank Park: 53-70 All-Time at Citi Field: 34-42 Current Streak: Lost 2 ON THIS DATE IN PHILLIES HISTORY: July 2, 1993 – The Phillies and Padres squared off in a double header, with the second game finishing at 4:40 am, the latest ending game in Phillies history … PHILLIES ON ROAD Reliever Mitch Williams delivered the base hit that would clinch the game, lacing a single to left center field that would score Pete Incaviglia, who rumbled home from second base … Larry Andersen pitched Games Played: 45 a scoreless 8th inning before giving way to Williams who picked up the win. Record: 12-33 (.267) AVG/OBP/SLG: .234/.293/.372 DEBUT SEASON: Outfielder Nick Williams became the ninth Phillie this season to make his major Runs/Runs Per Game: 163/3.62 league debut on July 1 at NYM … He joined 1B Brock Stassi (4/3), C Andrew Knapp (4/6), RHP Home Runs: 39 Mark Leiter Jr. (4/28), RHP Nick Pivetta (4/30), RHP Ricardo Pinto (5/31), RHP Ben Lively (6/3), Stolen Bases: 23 OF Cameron Perkins (6/20) and LHP Hoby Milner (6/24) to start their big league careers this year … Per Elias, this marks only the fourth time the Phillies have had nine or more players make ERA: 4.81 their ML debut before the All-Star Break (since 1933): 1969 (10 times), 1944 (9 times) and Starters W-L: 9-20 rd Starters ERA: 4.71 1934 (10 times) … This season, the Phillies rank 3 for most ML debuts, trailing only the Cincinnati Relievers W-L: 3-13 Reds (10) and New York Yankees (10). Relievers ERA: 5.00 Saves/Opp: 6/14 ROTATION REBOUND: Phillies starters have recorded a quality start nine of their last 13 games (6/17- current), posting a 3.74 ERA (32 ER, 77.0 IP) in that span … They have allowed one earned run or none PHILLIES AT A GLANCE in five of those starts and have walked one batter or none in six of them … In addition, over their last April: 11-12 Monday: 3-5 24 games (6/6-current), the rotation has logged 144.0 innings on the mound, an average of 6.0 innings May: 6-22 Tuesday: 3-8 pitched per game while posting a 4.19 ERA (63 ER) … Prior to that span, Phils starters were averaging June: 9-18 Wednesday: 2-11 5.1 innings per game (173 ER, 293.1 IP) with a 5.31 ERA (4/3-6/5) in their first 55 games this season. July: 0-1 Thursday: 5-4 Aug: 0-0 Friday: 3-9 NIGHTMARE ON BROADWAY: Since 2014, the Phillies have a 20-45 record against the Mets (.308 Sept: 0-0 Saturday: 5-8 win %) and have been outscored, 367-241 (-126 run differential) … In that same span, against all other Oct: 0-0 Sunday: 5-8 National League East teams, the Phillies are 88-107 (.451 win %) … From 2007-2013, the Phillies were vs East: 14-18 Day: 13-19 68-59 against the Mets (.535) with a +35 run differential (589-554). vs Cent: 5-14 Night: 13-34 vs West: 4-13 1st Half: 26-53 TIME MANAGEMENT: The Phillies are in a stretch of 20 games that begin at a different time than vs AL: 3-8 2nd Half: 0-0 the day before … Starting on June 22 with a 1:05 start at home against the Cardinals, the Phillies have 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 INSTANT REPLAY RESULTS (6/27 at SEA), 3:40 (6/28 at SEA), 7:10 (6/30 at NYM) and 4:10 (7/1 at NYM) …. After a 1:10 start *Manager’s challenges, since 2014 today in New York, the Phillies are scheduled to begin at 7:05 (7/3 vs PIT), 4:05 (7/4 vs PIT), 7:05 PHI All-Time Challenges: 132 (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 Overturned: 70 MIL), 7:10 (7/15 at MIL) and 2:10 (7/16 at MIL) … Philadelphia will not play consecutive games Success Rate: 53.0% at the same time until July 17-18 at MIA (7:10 starts). 2017 Challenges: 16 Overturned: 8 BUMP IN THE ROAD: On Wednesday, the Phillies clinched their first road series win in over two months Success Rate: 50.0% (last: 4/18-20 at NYM, 2-1) … Between those series victories, the Phillies had gone 0-9-1 in 10 series away from Citizens Bank Park with a 7-26 record in that span … Wednesday also marked Philadelphia’s Last Challenge: 6/28 at SEA st nd first sweep on the road this season, their last coming almost a year ago to the day, June 27-29, 2016 Situation: B6, 2 out, runners at 1 & 2 at ARI (3-0). Result: The Replay Official definitively determined that the fielder tagged the ON THE FARM: Right-hander Vince Velasquez (DL since 5/31 with a right flexor strain) made his first runner prior to the runner touching the rehab appearance for Lehigh Valley (AAA) last night (2.0 IP, H, R, ER, BB) … The Phillies minor league base. The call is OVERTURNED, the runner system as a whole went 7-1 in their eight contests yesterday, with the only loss coming in Game 2 of is out. Lehigh Valley’s double header against Rochester … Philadelphia’s minor league system boasts a .564 winning percentage this season which is third in baseball to only the New York Yankees (.590 win %) and Minnesota Twins (.579 win %). PHILLIES RECORD WHEN THEY… Score First: 12-18 Lead After 6: 16-8 Lead After 7: 16-4 Lead After 8: 20-3 Out-Hit Opp: 21-7 Last AB Decisions: 10-14 Opp. Score First: 14-35 Tied After 6: 5-8 Tied After 7: 6-8 Tied After 8: 4-9 Hits equal: 0-5 Walk-off Decisions: 5-8 Score 4 or more: 22-21 Trail After 6: 5-37 Trail After 7: 4-41 Trail After 8: 2-41 Out-Hit by Opp: 5-41 Starter goes > 6.0 IP 9-11 Score 3 or fewer: 4-32 Hit no HR: 5-26 Starter goes 6.0 IP 4-15 Hit at least 1 HR: 21-27 Starter goes < 6.0 IP 13-27 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE DATE TIME PROBABLE PITCHERS TV Monday, July 3 vs PIT 7:05 EDT RHP Ivan Nova (8-5, 3.08) vs RHP Aaron Nola (5-5, 4.13) CSN Tuesday, July 4 vs PIT 4:05 EDT RHP Jameson Taillon (4-2, 2.97) vs RHP Mark Leiter Jr. (1-0, 4.20) CSN/ESPN Wednesday, July 5 vs PIT 7:05 EDT RHP Gerrit Cole (6-7, 4.51) vs RHP Ben Lively (1-3, 3.72) CSN Thursday, July 6 vs PIT 6:05 EDT RHP Chad Kuhl (2-6, 5.26) vs RHP Jeremy Hellickson (5-5, 4.48) CSN 2017 PHILLIES NOTES TODAY’S STARTER PAGE 2 NICK PIVETTA RHP #43 PIVETTA – 2017 DAY-BY-DAY Height: 6-5 Weight: 220 Age: 24 (born: 2/14/93) DATE-OPP DECISION IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA *4/9 vs PAW W, 5-2 6.0 3 2 1 0 0 8 2017: 1-4, 5.40 ERA Career: 1-4, 5.40 ERA *4/15 at PAW W, 6-0 7.0 5 0 0 0 0 5 LAST START: 6/26 at ARI: L, 2.2 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 5 BB, 3 SO, 1 HR … Pivetta *4/20 vs COL W, 4-2 6.0 4 1 1 0 2 11 vs Greinke … Daniel Nava led the Phils offensively with 2 hits and an RBI ..