PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (14-24) vs. PITTSBURGH PIRATES (18-23) Friday, May 19, 2017 – PNC Park –– 7:05 p.m. EDT – Game 39; Road 23 RHP Jeremy Hellickson (4-1, 3.71) vs RHP Trevor Williams (2-2, 6.41) YESTERDAY’S ACTION: The Phillies lost to the Texas Rangers, 8-4, at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas … Starter Nick Pivetta (ND, 0-2) went 4.2 innings and allowed 1 run on 3 hits with 4 walks and PHILLIES PHACTS 5 strikeouts … Pivetta pitched well but was pulled in the 5th inning with his pitch count at 107 … The Rangers would plate five runs in the 5th inning and 3 runs in the 6th to blow the game open … The Record: 14-24 (.368) Home: 8-8 Phillies failed to draw a walk for just the second time this season (other: 4/15 at WSH). Road: 6-16 Current Streak: Lost 4 MAYDAY: The Phillies have lost 15 of their last 18 games (4/28-current), having been outscored 109- Last 5 Games: 1-4 78 (-31) in that stretch … Philadelphia has also lost six consecutive series (0-3 at LAD, 1-3 at CHI, 1-2 Last 10 Games: 2-8 vs WSH, 0-2 vs SEA, 1-2 at WSH, 0-2 at TEX) for the first time since June 10-29, 2008 (1-2 at FLA, 1-2 Series Record: 4-9-0 at STL, 1-2 vs BOS, 0-3 vs LAA, 1-2 at OAK, 1-2 at TEX) … Before the Phillies started this stretch they Sweeps/Swept: 2/4 had won six games in a row and were two games above .500 with a +11 run differential (95-84) … Offensively, the Phillies have hit better in May, posting a .260/.336/.433 slash line as opposed to April, PHILLIES VS. PIRATES when the Phils hit .253/.316/.424 … The Phils have been doomed by poor pitching during the month 2016 Record: 3-4 of May, as Phillies hurlers have combined for a 5.87 ERA (87 ER, 133.1 IP) this month as opposed to a 2016 at Home: 2-2 4.29 ERA (97 ER, 203.1 IP) in April. 2016 at PIT: 1-2 All-Time Record: 1057-1211-8 HOMESICK: Philadelphia has lost 16 of their 22 games away from Citizens Bank Park this season, All-Time at Citizens Bank Park: 26-17 All-Time at PNC Park: 17-33 including 11 of their last 13 contests and each of their last four games … The Phillies have been Current Streak: Lost 1 outscored 107-87 on the road this season (-30 run differential) as opposed to an even run differential at Citizens Bank Park in 2017 (86-86). PHILLIES ON THE ROAD LEAKY PEN: On their current road trip (5/13-current), the Phillies have posted a 6.34 ERA (35 ER, Games Played: 22 49.2 IP) while opponents are batting .310 (61-197) against them with a .909 OPS … Offensively, Record: 6-16 (.273) Run Differential: -20 Philadelphia has totaled 21 runs in the six games (3.5 RPG) and are batting .245 (49-200) with a .693 OPS. AVG/OBP/SLG: .240/.306/.398 Runs/Runs Per Game: 87/3.95 TOM TERRIFIC: First baseman Tommy Joseph has raised his batting average 104 points over his Home Runs: 23 last 21 games played … Since April 20, Joseph is batting .329 with a .405 on-base percentage and .643 slugging percentage (79 plate appearances) … Of his 23 hits in that span, 12 have been for extra ERA: 4.81 bases (7 2B, 5 HR) … Joseph leads the majors with a 1.303 OPS during the month of May (teammate Starters W-L: 4-7 nd Starters ERA: 4.75 Aaron Altherr ranks 2 with a 1.261 OPS). Relievers W-L: 2-9 Relievers ERA: 4.92 nd AARON ALL-STARR: Outfielder Aaron Altherr ranks 2 in the majors with a 1.261 OPS during the Saves/Opp: 4/10 month of May and has reached base safely in 30 of his 63 plate appearances during the month (.476 OBP) … Overall, Altherr’s 1.087 OPS is the seventh-highest of any player in the majors with at least PHILLIES AT A GLANCE 100 PA this season, trailing only ATL’s Freeman (1.209), WSH’s Harper (1.202), LAA’s Trout (1.193), April: 11-12 Monday: 2-1 WSH’s Zimmerman (1.184), NYY’s Judge (1.141) and MIL’s Thames (1.120). May: 3-12 Tuesday: 1-4 June: 0-0 Wednesday: 1-6 MLB OPS LEADERS IN 2017 (min.100 PA) July: 0-0 Thursday: 2-3 1. Freddie Freeman 1.209 6. Eric Thames 1.120 Aug: 0-0 Friday: 1-4 2. Bryce Harper 1.202 7. AARON ALTHERR 1.087 Sept: 0-0 Saturday: 3-3 3. Mike Trout 1.193 8. Miguel Sano 1.050 Oct: 0-0 Sunday: 4-3 4. Ryan Zimmerman 1.184 9. Buster Posey 1.040 vs East: 12-11 Day: 7-8 5. Aaron Judge 1.141 10. Aaron Hicks 1.036 vs Cent: 2-5 Night: 7-13 vs West: 0-3 1st Half: 14-24 st #VOTECESAR: Among all National League second basemen, Cesar Hernandez ranks 1 in runs vs AL: 0-5 2nd Half: 0-0 (30) & pitches per plate appearance (3.99) and 2nd in hits (47), OBP (.368) total bases (68), and times on base (64), trailing only WSH’s Daniel Murphy in those four categories … Additionally, his 1.3 fWAR INSTANT REPLAY RESULTS ranks 3rd among all ML second baseman, trailing HOU’s Jose Altuve & WSH’s Daniel Murphy (both 1.4). *Manager’s challenges, since 2014 rd PHI All-Time Challenges: 126 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE: The Phillies lead the National League and rank 3 in the Overturned: 67 majors with an average of 3.99 pitches per plate appearance this season (5,819 pitches, 1,457 PA) … Success Rate: 52.3% Last year, the Phillies ranked 27th in baseball as they averaged 3.81 P/PA (22,830 pitches, 5,992 PA). 2017 Challenges: 10 Overturned: 5 PIRATE LOOT: Philadelphia has lost each of the last five season series against the Pirates (3-4 in Success Rate: 50.0% both 2012 & 2013, 1-6 in 2014, 2-5 in 2015, 3-4 in 2016) … During that stretch, Philadelphia is 1-6-3 in ten series versus Pittsburgh (12-23 record), with their lone series win coming at PNC Park in 2013 Last Challenge: 5/17 at TEX (2-1) … However, the Phillies have had their share of success against the Buccos on the east side of Situation: T1, 0 out, R1 state, going 31-18 (.632) in 49 games against the Pirates in Philadelphia since 2001. Result: After viewing all relevant angles, the Replay Official could not definitively DOWN ON THE FARM: According to MLBFarm.com, the Phillies minor league system has a .590 determine that the runner touched the winning percentage this season, tops of any farm system in baseball … The Lehigh Valley IronPigs base prior to the fielder applying the tag. currently sport a 26-14 record (.650) and just snapped a franchise-best 12-game win streak … The The call stands, the runner is out. Reading Fightins are 22-13 (.629) and are only a 0.5 game out of first place … The Clearwater Threshers are 1.0 game out of first with a 22-19 record (.537) and the Lakewood BlueClaws sit 2.5 games out of the top spot in their division with a 22-18 record (.550). PHILLIES RECORD WHEN THEY… Score First: 8-13 Lead After 6: 10-4 Lead After 7: 9-1 Lead After 8: 11-1 Out-Hit Opp: 13-4 Last AB Decisions: 6-8 Opp. Score First: 6-11 Tied After 6: 1-4 Tied After 7: 2-5 Tied After 8: 2-5 Hits equal: 0-3 Walk-off Decisions: 3-5 Score 4 or more: 13-14 Trail After 6: 3-16 Trail After 7: 3-18 Trail After 8: 1-18 Out-Hit by Opp: 1-17 Starter goes > 6.0 IP 4-5 Score 3 or fewer: 1-10 Hit no HR: 4-8 Starter goes 6.0 IP 2-4 Hit at least 1 HR: 10-16 Starter goes < 6.0 IP 8-15 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE DATE TIME PROBABLE PITCHERS TV Saturday, May 20 at PIT 4:05 EDT RHP Vince Velasquez (2-3, 5.63) vs RHP Ivan Nova (3-3, 2.48) CSN Sunday, May 21 at PIT 1:35 EDT RHP Aaron Nola (2-0, 5.40) vs RHP Chad Kuhl (0-1, 6.69) CSN 2017 PHILLIES NOTES TONIGHT’S STARTER PAGE 2 JEREMY HELLICKSON RHP #58 HELLICKSON – 2017 DAY-BY-DAY DATE-OPP DECISION IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA Height: 6-1 Weight: 190 Age: 30 (born: 4/8/87) 2017: 4-1, 3.71 ERA Career: 65-59, 3.89 ERA 4/3 at CIN W, 4-3 5.0 6 1 1 0 1 1 1.80 4/9 vs WSH ND, W, 4-3 5.0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.90 LAST START: 5/14 at WSH Game 1: ND, 5.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 2 4/15 at WSH W, 4-2 7.0 4 2 2 1 1 2 1.59 HR … Hellickson vs Gonzalez … The Phils scored 3 runs in the 9th inning to erase 4/21 vs ATL W, 4-3 7.0 3 2 2 1 0 5 1.88 a 3-1 deficit and hang on for the win, their first victory when trailing after eight 4/27 vs MIA W, 3-2 6.0 7 1 1 0 0 1 1.80 innings this season.