SEATTLE MARINERS (15-17) vs. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (13-17) Tuesday, May 9, 2017 – Citizens Bank Park – 7:05 p.m. EDT – Game 31; Home 15 LHP Ariel Miranda (3-2, 3.55) vs RHP Jerad Eickhoff (0-3, 4.00) SUNDAY’S ACTION: The Phillies defeated the Washington Nationals, 6-5, in 10 innings at Citizens Bank Park … Starter Jeremy Hellickson (ND) went 4.2 innings and allowed 3 runs on 5 hits with 3 walks PHILLIES PHACTS and 4 strikeouts … Aaron Altherr stole the show with a huge 3-run pinch-hit home run in the bottom of the 8th inning that tied the game … Hector Neris tossed 2.0 perfect innings of relief to keep the game Record: 13-17 (.433) Home: 8-6 tied before Freddy Galvis hit a walk-off sacrifice fly that plated Odubel Herrera … It was Philadelphia’s Road: 5-11 third walk-off win in 2017. Current Streak: Won 1 Last 5 Games: 1-4 TRANSACTIONS: Prior to tonight’s game, RHP Jeanmar Gomez was placed on the 10-day DL (right Last 10 Games: 2-8 elbow impingement, retroactive to 5/6) … To take his spot on the 25-man roster, INF/OF Ty Kelly was Series Record: 4-6-0 recalled from Lehigh Valley (AAA) … Also, RHP Aaron Nola start tomorrow night’s game for Lehigh Valley Sweeps/Swept: 2/2 as part of a rehab assignment … Lastly, today the Phillies acquired RHP Casey Fien from the Seattle Mariners for cash considerations; Fien will be assigned to Lehigh Valley. PHILLIES VS. MARINERS 2014 Record: 2-1 WELCOME BACK, CHOOCH: Tonight marks the return of 2008 World Series Champion, Carlos Ruiz, 2014 at Home: 2-1 to Citizens Bank Park … Ruiz, signed by the Phillies as a 16-year-old amateur out of Panama in 1998, 2014 at SEA: 0-0 spent 18 years in the Phillies organization before being traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers last August All-Time Record: 4-8 … He made eight Opening Day starts for the Phillies (2008-12, 2014-16) and one All-Star team (2012) All-Time at Citizens Bank Park: 2-1 … In total, Ruiz played in 1,069 games during his Phillies career and batted .266 with a .352 on-base All-Time at Safeco Field: 2-4 percentage … He caught four no-hitters during his time with the Phils, a feat only accomplished by one Current Streak: Won 1 other catcher in Major League history (Jason Varitek). PHILLIES AT HOME 30 FOR 30: The Phillies have scored 137 runs through 30 games, the club’s most through the first 30 Games Played: 14 games of a season since 2011 (139 R) … Philadelphia is averaging 4.57 runs per game this season, Record: 8-6 (.571) almost a run and a half higher than this point last year (3.13 RPG) … Also, the Phils have walked five or CBP (est. 2004): 577-493 (.539) more times in nine games this season, their highest amount of games with five walks or more through the first 30 games since 2010 (also 9) … Lastly, Philadelphia has outscored the opposition 137-135 in AVG/OBP/SLG: .275/.342/.443 Runs/Runs Per Game: 71/5.07 2017 which marks their first positive run differential (+2) through 30 games since 2011 (+36). Home Runs: 15 Stolen Bases: 6 #VOTECESAR: Among all NL second basemen, Cesar Hernandez ranks 1st in runs (26), T-1st in hits (43), AVG (.333) & triples (2), 2nd in OBP (.377), SLG (.496), OPS (.873), times on base (52) & total ERA: 4.43 bases (64), T-2nd in HR (4) and 3rd in extra-base hits (11) … Additionally, his 1.5 fWAR ranks 1st among Starters W-L: 4-5 all ML second baseman, 14th among all position players … Hernandez had both a hit and a run scored in Starters ERA: 4.66 17 of the Phils’ first 30 games this season, the most by a Phillie since 2009 (Victorino, 17 G). Relievers W-L: 4-1 Relievers ERA: 4.09 ALTHERR-ING IT UP: Outfielder Aaron Altherr has reached base safely in 15 of his 27 plate Saves/Opp: 2/4 appearances (.556 OBP) during the month of May … This season, Altherr has posted a 1.057 OPS which ranks fifth among all National League players with at least 75 plate appearances, trailing only WSH’s PHILLIES AT A GLANCE Zimmerman (1.334) & Harper (1.261), ATL’s Freeman (1.224) and MIL’s Thames (1.170) … Altherr has April: 11-12 Monday: 2-1 increased his average exit velocity on balls in play to 90.6 MPH this season (34th among all ML players), May: 2-5 Tuesday: 1-2 up from 88.3 last year (178th among all ML players) … He missed nearly four months last season while June: 0-0 Wednesday: 1-4 July: 0-0 Thursday: 2-2 recovering from a torn tendon in his left wrist suffered on a diving catch in spring training. Aug: 0-0 Friday: 1-4 Sept: 0-0 Saturday: 3-2 AMERICAN DREAM: The Phillies kick off their 2017 Interleague schedule with a brief, two-game tilt Oct: 0-0 Sunday: 3-2 against the Seattle Mariners … Last season, the Phils went 11-9 in Interleague play, securing their first winning season against the American League since 2011 when they went 9-6 (.600) … They were 8-12 vs East: 11-9 Day: 6-6 against the AL in 2015, 7-13 in 2014, 7-13 in 2013, and 5-10 in 2012 … Philadelphia has won each of vs Cent: 2-5 Night: 7-11 their last three games against AL opponents (8/24/16-current) and are in search of their first four game vs West: 0-3 1st Half: 13-17 nd winning streak against the AL since June 22-25, 2010 ... Since Interleague play began in 1997, vs AL: 0-0 2Half: 0-0 Philadelphia is 153-192 (.443; 85-92 home, 68-100 road), which is the 4th-worst IL winning percentage among all ML teams (COL, .437; SD, .424; CIN, .420). INSTANT REPLAY RESULTS *Manager’s challenges, since 2014 SEATTLE’S BEST: Tonight marks only the 13th ever matchup between the Phillies and the Mariners … PHI All-Time Challenges: 122 Seattle has gotten the better of the Phils thus far and own an 8-4 advantage in the all-time matchup, Overturned: 66 including a 3-1 series record … However, the Phils took the most recent series from Seattle, 2-1 on Success Rate: 54.1% August 18-20, 2014 at Citizens Bank Park. 2017 Challenges: 6 Overturned: 4 BULLISH ON THE PEN: Over their last 22 games (4/12-current), the Phillies bullpen has posted a 3.10 Success Rate: 66.7% ERA (25 ER, 72.2 IP) and has held opponents to a .218 AVG (57-262) and .657 OPS … Philadelphia’s 3.10 ERA in that span is seventh-best in the majors and 2nd-best in the National League, trailing only Last Challenge: 5/4 at CHI the Cubs (3.00) … In addition, the Phillies’ bullpen has posted a 1.98 ERA (6 ER, 27.1 IP) during the Situation: B6, 2 out, bases empty Result: OVERTURNED: After viewing all month of May. relevant angles, the Replay Official definitively determined that the ball ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD: The Phillies have seen an improvement on both offense and defense contacted the interior of the fielder's glove from their outfield corps this season … Philadelphia’s .275 AVG ranks 6th among all major league outfields prior to the batter-runner's foot touching (best: WSH, .305 AVG), their .356 OBP ranks 3rd (best: WSH, .403) and their .437 SLG % ranks 10th first base. The batter-runner is out. (best: NYY, .588) … Defensively, Phillies outfielders have committed just one error in 230 total chances and lead the majors with a .996 fielding percentage … Last season, the Phillies outfield ranked 21st in fielding % (.983), 27th in AVG (.242) & OBP (.311) and 30th in SLG % (.366). PHILLIES RECORD WHEN THEY… Score First: 8-10 Lead After 6: 10-3 Lead After 7: 9-1 Lead After 8: 11-1 Out-Hit Opp: 12-3 Last AB Decisions: 5-5 Opp. Score First: 5-7 Tied After 6: 1-2 Tied After 7: 2-3 Tied After 8: 2-3 Hits equal: 0-3 Walk-off Decisions: 3-4 Score 4 or more: 12-9 Trail After 6: 2-12 Trail After 7: 2-13 Trail After 8: 0-13 Out-Hit by Opp: 1-11 Starter goes > 6.0 IP 4-5 Score 3 or fewer: 1-8 Hit no HR: 4-5 Starter goes 6.0 IP 2-2 Hit at least 1 HR: 10-11 Starter goes < 6.0 IP 7-10 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE DATE TIME PROBABLE PITCHERS TV Wednesday, May 10 vs SEA 1:05 EST RHP Yovani Gallardo (1-3, 4.46) vs RHP Zach Eflin (0-0, 2.42) CSN Thursday, May 11 4:00 EST *PHILLIES PHESTIVAL* 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: 26 (born: 7/2/90) 2017: 0-3, 4.00 ERA Career: 14-20, 3.51 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: 5/3 at CHI: L, 5.2 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 SO … Eickhoff vs 4/16 at WSH ND, L, 6-4 6.0 8 3 3 1 1 5 2.75 Arrieta … The Phils jumped out in front early again, plating two runs in the 1st 4/22 vs ATL ND, W, 4-3 5.0 2 1 1 0 2 7 2.55 inning off Jake Arrieta … The Phils led 3-1 through their half of the 6th inning 4/28 at LAD L, 5-3 5.2 9 5 5 0 3 3 3.56 before the Cubs scored 4 runs off three different Philadelphia pitchers APRIL 0-2 30.1 27 13 12 3 11 28 3.56 … Aaron Altherr started a 2-out rally in the 8th inning with a double, before 5/3 at CHI L, 5-4 5.2 5 4 4 0 2 5 4.00 MAY 0-1 5.2 5 4 4 0 2 5 6.35 Maikel Franco knocked him in to bring Philadelphia within one run … In the 9th, Philadelphia had the tying run on 2nd base in the form of Freddy Galvis, but they 2017 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS could not bring him around to score.