PITTSBURGH PIRATES (37-46) vs PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (28-53) Tuesday, July 4, 2017 – Citizens Bank Park – 4:10 p.m. EDT – Game 82; Home 36 RHP Jameson Taillon (4-2, 2.97) vs RHP Mark Leiter Jr. (1-0, 4.20) LAST NIGHT’S ACTION: The Phillies defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-0, at Citizens Bank Park … Starter Aaron Nola (W, 6-5) was in top form as he tossed 7.0 scoreless innings and allowed only 4 hits PHILLIES PHACTS and 1 walk with 8 strikeouts … Freddy Galvis, mere hours after his second daughter was born, went 2- for-4 with a HR and 2 RBI … Joaquin Benoit (1.0 IP) and Hector Neris (1.0 IP) made scoreless Record: 28-53 (.346) Home: 15-20 appearances in relief of Nola. Road: 13-33 Current Streak: Won 2 BACK WHERE IT ALL BEGAN: On July 4, 1776, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Second Last 5 Games: 3-2 Continental Congress unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence, announcing the colonies’ Last 10 Games: 5-5 separation from Great Britain … The Phillies have played 97 games in Philadelphia on Independence Series Record: 6-19-2 Day and enter into today’s contest with a 50-47 record on July 4 at home … Having been founded in Sweeps/Swept: 3/8 1883, the Phillies for years would play a double-header on July 4, and as a result, have a 104-102 record in 206 games on our Nation’s birthday (today is the 134th Independence Day since the Phillies PHILLIES VS. PIRATES were founded) … The last time the Phillies played two games on July 4 was 1982 and the last time 2017 Record: 2-2 they played doubleheaders in consecutive years on Independence Day was from 1968-69 … Over the 2017 at Home: 1-0 last 26 seasons (1991-2016), the Phillies are 19-7 on Independence Day … Their 206 games on July 4 2017 at PIT: 1-2 are the 3rd-most of any team in MLB (Cubs, 220; Pirates, 207). All-Time Record: 1059-1213-8 All-Time at Citizens Bank Park: 27-17 ELIAS SAYS: Last night, second-place batter Freddy Galvis followed a Daniel Nava single with a All-Time at PNC Park: 18-35 Current Streak: Won 1 first-inning home run and the Phillies never trailed in their 4–0 home win over the Pirates … It was the sixth time over the last two seasons that Philadelphia scored two runs after just two batters had come to the plate (5 in 2016, 1 in 2017.) … That ties the Mets for the most such fast starts in the majors PHILLIES AT HOME over that span. Games Played: 35 Record: 15-20 (.429) ROTATION REBOUND: Phillies starters have recorded a quality start 11 of their last 15 games (6/17- CBP (est. 2004): 584-507(.535) current), posting a 3.26 ERA (33 ER, 91.0 IP) in that span … Their 3.26 ERA since June 17 ranks AVG/OBP/SLG: .252/.318/.420 third among all rotations in baseball (best: LAD, 2.78) … They have allowed one earned run or Runs/Runs Per Game: 146/4.17 none in seven of those starts and have walked one batter or none in seven of them … In addition, Home Runs: 41 over their last 26 games (6/6-current), the rotation has logged 158.0 innings on the mound, an Stolen Bases: 10 average of just over of 6.0 innings pitched per game while posting a 3.87 ERA (68 ER) … Prior to that span, Phils starters were averaging 5.1 innings per game (173 ER, 293.1 IP) with a 5.31 ERA (4/3-6/5) ERA: 4.76 in their first 55 games this season. Starters W-L: 7-13 Starters ERA: 5.05 DEBUT SEASON: Outfielder Nick Williams became the ninth Phillie this season to make his major Relievers W-L: 8-7 Relievers ERA: 4.31 league debut on July 1 at NYM … He joined 1B Brock Stassi (4/3), C Andrew Knapp (4/6), RHP Saves/Opp: 5/11 Mark Leiter Jr. (4/28), RHP Nick Pivetta (4/30), RHP Ricardo Pinto (5/31), RHP Ben Lively (6/3), OF Cameron Perkins (6/20) and LHP Hoby Milner (6/24) to start their big league careers PHILLIES AT A GLANCE this year … Per Elias, this marks only the fourth time the Phillies have had nine or more players make their ML debut before the All-Star Break (since 1933): 1969 (10 times), April: 11-12 Monday: 4-5 May: 6-22 Tuesday: 3-8 1944 (9 times) and 1934 (10 times) … This season, the Phillies rank 3rd for most ML debuts, June: 9-18 Wednesday: 2-11 trailing only the Cincinnati Reds (11) and New York Yankees (10). July: 2-1 Thursday: 5-4 Aug: 0-0 Friday: 3-9 BILLY THE KID: Outfielder Nick Williams has made the most of his brief time in the majors, Sept: 0-0 Saturday: 5-8 reaching base safely in seven of his 16 plate appearances since being called up (.438 OBP) … Small Oct: 0-0 Sunday: 6-8 sample size alert, but among all Phillies players with 10 batted balls this season, Williams’ 91.6 MPH average exit velocity ranks first (next: Knapp, 89.8 MPH on 75 balls in play) … Williams, with a four- vs East: 15-18 Day: 14-19 game hitting streak to start his career, is the first Phillie to do so since Jimmy Rollins started his career vs Cent: 6-14 Night: 14-34 vs West: 4-13 1st Half: 28-53 with a six-game hitting streak in 2000. vs AL: 3-8 2nd Half: 0-0 WALK THE PLANK: Since 2012, Philadelphia is 14-25 against the Pirates and have only won consecutive games against them twice (6/25-26/12 & 5/13-14/15) … These interstate foes have INSTANT REPLAY RESULTS *Manager’s challenges, since 2014 certainly fared better against one another in their own park, as the Phils are 27-17 all-time against the Pirates at CBP (.614 win %) and the Pirates are 35-18 against Philadelphia all-time at PNC (.660 win PHI All-Time Challenges: 133 %) … Philadelphia has played 2,280 games against Pittsburgh all-time, their third-most Overturned: 71 Success Rate: 53.4% against any single opponent trailing only the Braves and Cubs (Per Elias). 2017 Challenges: 17 TIME MANAGEMENT: The Phillies are in a stretch of 20 games that begin at a different time than Overturned: 9 the day before … Starting on June 22 with a 1:05 start at home against the Cardinals, the Phillies Success Rate: 52.9% 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), Last Challenge: 7/2 at NYM 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 Situation: T8, 0 out, runner at 1st NYM) and 7:05 (7/3 vs PIT) …. After a 4:10 start time today against Pittsburgh, they are schedule to play at 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), Result: The Replay Official definitively 8:10 (7/14 at MIL), 7:10 (7/15 at MIL) and 2:10 (7/16 at MIL) … Philadelphia will not play determined that the batter-runner's foot consecutive games at the same time until July 17-18 at MIA (7:10 starts). touched first base prior to the ball contacting the interior of the fielder's STARBOY: Right-hander Pat Neshek was selected to represent the Phillies and the National league glove. The call is OVERTURNED, the in the 88th Midsummer Classic … It is his second All-Star selection (2014 with STL) … He becomes batter-runner is safe. the first Phillies reliever who was not the team’s primary closer in the first half to be selected as an All-Star since Joe Hoerner in 1970 (Tug McGraw and Gene Garber split closer duties in 1975, but McGraw, the All-Star, had more saves opportunities before the break) … 33 of his 35 appearances this season have been scoreless, and he owns the two longest scoreless streaks by any Phillies pitcher this season (18.0 IP, 5/18-6/30 and 12.2 IP, 4/5-5/13). PHILLIES RECORD WHEN THEY… Score First: 14-18 Lead After 6: 18-8 Lead After 7: 18-4 Lead After 8: 22-3 Out-Hit Opp: 23-7 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: 24-21 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 11-11 Score 3 or fewer: 4-32 Hit no HR: 6-26 Starter goes 6.0 IP 4-15 Hit at least 1 HR: 22-27 Starter goes < 6.0 IP 13-27 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE DATE TIME PROBABLE PITCHERS TV 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 MARK LEITER JR.