PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (60-72) vs. NEW YORK METS (59-71) Wednesday, August 28, 2013 – Citi Field – 7:10 p.m. EDT – Game 133; Road 67 LHP Cole Hamels (5-13, 3.62) vs. RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka (0-1, 9.00) LAST NIGHT’S ACTION: The Phillies were shut out by the New York Mets, 5-0, at Citi Field ... PHILLIES PHACTS Starter Kyle Kendrick (10-11) allowed 5 runs (1 ER) over 6.0 innings for the loss ... Opposing starter Jonathon Niese tossed a complete game shutout ... The Phillies managed just 3 hits and 4 total Record (2013): 60-72 (.455) Home (2013): 35-31 baserunners in the game, only one of which reached 2nd base (Michael Young, leadoff double in the 8th rd Road (2013): 25-41 inning) ... The Mets scored 1 run in the 3 inning on an RBI single by Daniel Murphy ... They plated 4 Current Streak: Lost 1 th runs in the 6 inning, all of which were unearned ... A throwing error by Kevin Frandsen put runners Last 5 Games: 3-2 on 2nd and 3rd with nobody out ... Travis d’Arnaud then hit a sac fly before Niese hit a 2-out, bases- Last 10 Games: 7-3 clearing double ... Zach Miner and Justin De Fratus each threw 1.0 scoreless relief inning in a game Series Record/# of series: 16-20-6 that lasted just 2 hours and 19 minutes. Sweeps/Swept: 1/6 ELIAS SAYS: Jonathon Niese threw a three-hit shutout and drove in three runs with a bases-loaded PHILLIES VS. METS th double in the 6 inning in the Mets' win over the Phillies on Tuesday ... Niese is the first pitcher to 2013 Record: 8-6 throw a shutout and knock in three runs in the same game since Brandon Webb did it for the 2013 at Home: 3-3 Diamondbacks on May 20, 2006 ... Only one other pitcher in Mets history had a game like that – Pete 2013 at NYM: 5-3 Falcone, who did it on September 29, 1981 at Philadelphia ... Falcone threw a four-hit shutout and All-Time Record: 474-413-1 knocked in three runs with a solo homer and a two-run single. All-Time at Citizens Bank Park: 44-44 All-Time at Citi Field: 25-19 th Current Streak: Lost 1 SHUTOUT SEASON: Last night, the Phillies were shut out for the 13 time this season, their most in a single season since 1989 (16 SHO) ... Their 13 shutouts are 2nd-most in the majors, trailing only the PHILS ON THE ROAD - 2013 Miami Marlins, who have been shut out 15 times in 2013. Games Played: 66 OFF-ENSE: So far in 2013, the Phillies have a run differential of -107, which is the 2nd-worst in the NL Record: 25-41 (.379) and 3rd-worst in all of MLB (MIA, -110; HOU, -177) ... The St. Louis Cardinals currently lead the NL Batting Average: .249 with a +156 run differential, while the Tigers lead all of MLB at +168 ... Philadelphia has scored 498 Runs/Runs Per Game: 224/3.39 th total runs this season, which ranks 28 among all Major League clubs ... Only the Chicago White Sox Home Runs: 49 (496) and Miami Marlins (416) have scored fewer ... Philadelphia also ranks 20th in MLB this season in Stolen Bases: 26 hits (1,102), 21st in average (.247) and slugging % (.388), T-21st in extra-base hits (360), 27th in on- base % (.303), and 29th in runs/game (3.77). ERA: 4.32 Starters W-L: 20-28 Starters ERA: 4.42 ROAD RAGE: The Phillies are just 2-14 (.125) over their last 16 road games (since 7/20) ... Over that Relievers W-L: 5-13 stretch, the club has batted .194 (99-509) while being outscored 91-32 ... They have been held to two Relievers ERA: 4.08 runs-or-less 10 times, one run-or-less eight times and been shut out four times (averaged 2.00 Saves/Opp: 13/18 runs/game) ... Additionally, Phils pitchers have posted a 5.33 ERA (77 ER, 130.0 IP) and allowed a .294 opponents’ batting average in those 16 games … Overall, Philadelphia is 25-41 (.379) on the road PHILLIES AT A GLANCE this season, which is the 6th-worst road win % in the majors ... Their 3.39 runs/game average on the 2013 DAY-BY-DAY road ranks 29th among all ML clubs. April: 12-15 Sunday: 10-11 May: 14-14 Monday: 8-6 PHILLIES IN THE CITI: The Phillies have won eight of their last 11 games at Citi Field and 12 of June: 13-15 Tuesday: 12-8 their last 18 ... In their last 11 games at Citi Field, the Phillies have outscored the Mets 59-33 ... July: 11-13 Wednesday: 6-14 Overall, Philadelphia is 25-19 (.568) all-time at Citi Field (since 2009). Aug: 10-15 Thursday: 8-7 Sept: 0-0 Friday: 10-10 RUF AND TUMBLE: Phillies rookie Darin Ruf leads the National League with nine home runs in the Saturday: 6-16 month of August (23 G) ... Ruf is the first Phillies rookie to hit nine-or-more home runs in a 2013 2012 single calendar month since Ryan Howard hit 10 HR in September of 2005 ... He is also the vs East: 27-25 vs East: 33-39 first rookie in MLB to have nine-or-more HR in a single calendar month since LAA’s Mike Trout hit 10 vs Cent: 11-19 vs Cent: 24-16 HR in July of 2012 ... Of Ruf’s 22 hits this month, 11 have gone for extra-bases (50%). vs West: 15-15 vs West: 19-16 vs AL: 7-13 vs AL: 5-10 NO REST IN SIGHT: The Phillies are in the midst of a grueling streak of 20 games in 20 days, which is their longest stretch of the 2013 season without a day off ... From August 16 to September 4, BY THE NUMBERS Philadelphia plays the Los Angeles Dodgers (3 G, 1-2), Colorado Rockies (3-1, 4 G), Arizona UPCOMING MILESTONES Diamondbacks (2-1, 3 G), at New York Mets (1-1, 4 G), at Chicago Cubs (3 G), and Washington Cole Hamels – 4 wins for 100 Nationals (3 G) ... The Phillies next scheduled off day is Thursday, September 5. Jimmy Rollins – 2 HR for 200 Chase Utley – 7 2B for 300 PHILADELPHIA IRONPIGS: Of the 25 players on the Phillies active roster, 10 have played for the triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs at some point this season, including seven pitchers (Justin De Fratus, Jake Diekman, Cesar Jimenez, Ethan Martin, Zach Miner, J.C. Ramirez, B.J. Rosenberg), two infielders (Cody Asche, Pete Orr) and one outfielder (Darin Ruf) ... Jonathan Papelbon is the only member of the Phillies current seven-man bullpen who has not pitched in triple-A this season. SECOND HALF SWOON: At the All-Star break, the Phillies were an even 48-48 on the season ... In the second half, however, Philadelphia has gone 12-24 (.333), which is the worst winning percentage in the NL since the break (HOU, .297, 11-26) ... Over that stretch, the Phillies rank last in MLB in team batting average (.218), hits (264), walks (90) and on-base % (.279) ... Phils pitchers rank 27th in the majors in ERA (4.70) and 28th in opponents average (.276) in the second half as well. PHILLIES RECORD WHEN THEY… Score First: 38-26 Lead After 6: 42-9 Lead After 7: 45-5 Lead After 8: 47-3 Out-Hit Opp: 43-14 Last AB Decisions: 17-16 Opp. Score First: 22-46 Tied After 6: 10-5 Tied After 7: 9-9 Tied After 8: 7-7 Hits equal: 7-3 Walk-off Decisions: 11-6 Score more than 3: 45-18 Trail After 6: 8-58 Trail After 7: 6-58 Trail After 8: 5-62 Out-Hit by Opp: 10-55 Starter goes > 6.0 IP 40-19 Score 3 or less: 15-54 Hit no HR: 17-38 Starter goes 6.0 IP 11-18 Hit at least 1 HR: 43-34 Starter goes < 6.0 IP 9-35 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE DATE TIME PROBABLE PITCHERS TV Thursday, August 29 at NYM 1:10 EDT RHP Ethan Martin (2-2, 6.33) vs. RHP Carlos Torres (2-2, 296) CSN Friday, August 30 at CHI 2:20 EDT RHP Roy Halladay (3-4, 7.81) vs. RHP Jeff Samardzija (8-11, 4.03) CSN Saturday, August 31 at CHI 4:05 EDT LHP Cliff Lee (11-6, 3.07) vs. LHP Chris Rusin (2-3, 2.64) CSN/MLBNetwork Sunday, September 1 at CHI 2:20 EDT RHP Kyle Kendrick (10-11, 4.40) vs RHP Jake Arrieta (1-1, 4.50) PHL17 2013 PHILLIES NOTES TONIGHT’S STARTER PAGE 2 COLE HAMELS LHP #35 HAMELS – 2013 DAY-BY-DAY DATE-OPP DECISION IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA Height: 6-3 Weight: 195 Age: 29 (born: 12/27/83) 4/1 at ATL L, 7-5 5.0 7 5 5 3 1 5 9.00 2013: 5-13, 3.62 ERA Career: 96-73, 3.37 ERA 4/7 vs KC L, 9-8 5.2 9 8 8 1 4 2 10.97 4/13 at MIA ND, L 2-1 6.0 3 1 1 0 3 5 7.56 LAST START – 8/23 vs ARI: ND, 7.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO (Hamels 4/18 vs STL ND, L 4-3 7.0 5 3 3 0 2 8 6.46 vs Miley) ..