PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (50-39) vs. NEW YORK METS (36-52) Tuesday, July 10, 2018 – Citi Field – 7:10pm EDT – Game 90 – Road 44 RHP Enyel De Los Santos (NR) vs RHP Drew Gagnon (NR) YESTERDAY’S RECAP: In Game 1, Zach Eflin went 5.0 innings and allowed 3 runs on 5 hits with 0 walks and 4 strikeouts … Wilmor Flores hit a walk-off home run in the 10th inning … In Game 2, PHILLIES PHACTS Aaron Nola (W, 12-2) tossed 7.0 scoreless innings and allowed only 1 hit with 1 walk and 10 Record: 50-39 strikeouts … Nola also plated the only runs of the game for the Phillies on a 3-run double in the 5th Home: 30-16 inning. Road: 20-23 Current Streak: Won 1 TRANSACTIONS: Prior to tonight’s game, RHP Enyel De Los Santos had his contract selected Last 5 Games: 3-2 from Lehigh Valley (AAA) … To make room on the 40-man roster, INF Pedro Florimon (right foot Last 10 Games: 7-3 fracture) was transferred to the 60-day DL … Additionally, INF Trevor Plouffe had his contract Series Record: 14-12-3 selected from Lehigh Valley … To make room, LHP Hoby Milner was designated for assignment Sweeps/Swept: 6/2 and OF Dylan Cozens was optioned to Lehigh Valley … De Los Santos will wear #51 and Plouffe PHILLIES VS. METS will wear #10. 2018 Record: 2-4 th th FORMULA 50: Last night, Philadelphia secured their 50 win of the season on July 9, in their 89 2018 at Home: 1-1 game of the 2018 campaign … That is a 44 game improvement from 2017 when the Phillies won 2018 at NYM: 1-3 #50 in their 133rd game of the season … Only two other Phillies teams in the history of the franchise All-Time Record: 502-472 have a 44 game or better improvement from one season to the next at win #50 … In 1993, the All-Time at Citizens Bank Park: 57-75 Phillies began 50-21 after going 50-68 in 1992 (+47) and in 1905, the Phillies began 50-37 after All-Time at Citi Field: 40-47 Current Streak: Won 1 inexplicably going 50-99 the year before in 1904 (+62) … The last major league team with a 44 game or better improvement at win #50 was the 2011 Pittsburgh Pirates (50-44) who went 50-98 the year prior in 2010 (+54) … July 9 marks the earliest a Phillies team won #50 since the 2011 PHILLIES ON ROAD team did so on June 28 with a record of 50-30 … Remarkably, since 2007, only one Phillies club Games Played: 43 has reached #50 faster than the 2018 team and that was the 2011 club … Each team besides 2011, Record: 20-23 (.465) during Philadelphia’s run of five straight division titles, reached #50 later than July 9 – 2007 (50- 48 on July 22), 2008 (50-43 on July 10), 2009 (50-38 on July 17), 2010 (50-46 on July 23. AVG/OBP/SLG: .231/.319/.375 th Runs/Runs Per Game: 182/4.23 50 WIN SINCE 2011 Home Runs: 43 2018 – July 9 (50-39) 2014 – August 5 (50-63) Stolen Bases: 21 2017 – August 31 (50-83) 2013 – August 3 (50-60) 2016 – August 4 (50-60) 2012 – August 7 (50-60) ERA: 4.20 2015 – August 23 (50-74) 2011 – June 28 (50-30) Starters W-L: 13-15 A STAR IS BORN: On Sunday, it was announced that Aaron Nola would represent the Phillies at Starters ERA: 3.89 this year’s All-Star game, July 17 in Washington … Nola (25 years) is the youngest Phillies pitcher Relievers W-L: 7-8 Relievers ERA: 4.70 selected to an All-Star game since Cole Hamels (23 years) in 2007 and he is the first Phillies pitcher Saves/Opp: 9/15 to be honored with an invite to the mid-summer classic since Cliff Lee in 2013 … Nola, 12-2 with a 2.27 ERA, has one more start remaining before the break ... As it stands now, only one other PHILLIES AT A GLANCE pitcher in Phillies history has as many wins and as low an ERA as Nola before the break: Hall-of- Famer Steve Carlton in 1980 (14-4, 2.14 ERA) … In what is shaping up to be a three-horse race March: 1-2 Monday: 5-5 for the NL Cy Young Award, Nola’s 12 wins are the most of any NL starter, his ERA is lower than April: 15-10 Tuesday: 7-6 Max Scherzer (2.33), his 123.0 IP are more than Jacob deGrom (115.1), his 0.98 WHIP is lower May: 15-11 Wednesday: 9-5 June: 13-14 Thursday: 7-3 than deGrom’s 0.99 mark and Nola’s 5.8 bWAR (baseball reference) is second of any player in the July: 6-2 Friday: 6-8 majors to only Mike Trout (6.9 bWAR), ahead of both deGrom (5.4) and Scherzer (5.1). Aug: N/A Saturday: 9-4 DEBUT SEASON: Tonight, RHP Enyel De Los Santos will make his major league debut at Citi Sept: N/A Sunday: 7-8 Field opposite of Mets’ starter, RHP Drew Gagnon, also making his major league debut … vs East: 16-18 Day: 20-13 According to the Elias Sports Bureau, this marks the first time a Phillies starter has made his major vs Cent: 17-9 Night: 30-26 league debut against another starting pitcher making his ML debut since September 25, 1944 when vs West: 9-8 1st Half: 49-38 Charlie Ripple faced CHI’s Charlie Gassaway in Game 1 of a doubleheader at Shibe Park. vs AL: 7-4 2nd Half: N/A SLAMTANA: With four more walks yesterday, Carlos Santana is up to 72 this season, which is INSTANT REPLAY RESULTS the most ever by a Phillies switch-hitter before the All-Star break and tied for fifth-most by any *Manager’s challenges, since 2014 switch-hitter in ML history with Mickey Tettleton … Santana currently trails Mickey Mantle (91 BB, 1957), Tony Phillips (81 BB, 1993), Lance Berkman (75 BB, 2004) and Tony Phillips (74 BB, 1992) PHI All-Time Challenges: 172 Overturned: 98 … Santana ranks third in the majors in walks this season, trailing Mike Trout (79 BB) and Bryce Success Rate: 57.0% Harper (76 BB) … However, it should be noted, Santana leads the majors in unintentional walks with 68, followed by Joy Votto (66), Harper (64), Trout (63) and Aaron Judge (61). 2018 Challenges: 25 Overturned: 18 REMEMBER THE FIGHTINS: The Phillies have won nine of 12 games and have posted an 18-9 Success Rate: 72.0% record since June 10 … Their .667 winning percentage in that span ranks 2nd in the NL to only CIN (.692) and 5th in the majors … They are tied for the 3rd-best winning percentage in the NL this LONGEST TEAM XBH STREAKS season (.562) with ATL, trailing only MIL (.593) and CHI (.580). IN PHILLIES HISTORY WHAT A RELIEF: In the last nine games (since 6/30), the Phillies bullpen has allowed 5 ER in 1) 129 G 6/15/1929-5/17/1930 36.1 IP (1.24 ERA), held opponents to a .189 AVG (24-127) and stranded all 11 inherited runners 2) 101 G 4/20/2000-8/11/2000 th … The Phillies rank 4 in the NL in save percentage (71.1 %, 27-38), doing so with eight different 3) 97 G 8/30/2008-6/25/2009 pitchers (Hector Neris, Seranthony Dominguez, Jake Thompson, Victor Arano, Luis Garcia, Tommy 4) 85 G 4/4/2018-current Hunter, Adam Morgan, Edubray Ramos) … It is the first time they have had eight players with a 5) 84 G 9/18/2005-6/20/2006 save in a season since 2007, when they tied a franchise record with nine players recording a save. WALK IT LIKE I TALK IT: The Phillies boast three players who rank inside the top 15 in walk rate in the majors: Carlos Santana (3rd, 18.9%), Cesar Hernandez (11th, 14.6 %) and Rhys Hoskins (15th, 14.0%) … They lead the majors in walk rate (10.4 %, next-closest: NYY: 10.0 %) and also rank 1st in pitches per plate appearance (4.04) and are 2nd in walks (352) behind only CIN (353). EXTRA, EXTRA: The Phillies have collected at least one extra-base hit in 85 consecutive games (since 4/4), which is the longest extra-base hit streak in the majors this season (next: DET, 67 G, 4/10-6/22) … This current stretch marks Philadelphia’s longest extra-base hit streak since 8/30/2008-6/25/2009, when they did so in 97 straight games (see chart to the right). PHILLIES RECORD WHEN THEY… Score First: 27-13 Lead After 6: 38-5 Lead After 7: 42-5 Lead After 8: 45-2 Out-Hit Opp: 32-5 Last AB Decisions: 10-9 Opp. Score First: 23-26 Tied After 6: 11-4 Tied After 7: 7-4 Tied After 8: 5-5 Hits equal: 5-5 Walk-off Decisions: 4-5 Score 4 or more: 38-12 Trail After 6: 1-30 Trail After 7: 1-30 Trail After 8: 0-32 Out-Hit by Opp: 13-29 Starter goes > 6.0 IP 29-3 Score 3 or fewer: 12-27 Hit no HR: 10-15 Starter goes 6.0 IP 7-8 Hit at least 1 HR: 40-24 Starter goes < 6.0 IP 14-28 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE DATE TIME PROBABLE PITCHERS TV Wednesday, July 11 at NYM 7:10 EDT RHP Vince Velasquez (5-8, 4.69) vs RHP Jacob deGrom (5-4, 1.79) NBCSP 2018 PHILLIES NOTES TONIGHT’S STARTER PAGE 2 ENYEL DE LOS SANTOS RHP #51 DE LOS SANTOS – 2018 DAY-BY-DAY Height: 6-3 Weight: 170 Age: 22 (born: 12/25/95) DATE-OPP DECISION IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA *4/10 at SWB ND, L, 5-2 5.0 7 1 1 0 0 7 2018 (MiLB): 9-3, 1.89 ERA Career (MiLB): 33-14, 3.30 ERA *4/15 vs LOU ND, L, 5-4 3.0 2 1 1 0 3 7 *4/21 at DUR W, 8-4 5.2 5 2 1 0 2 8 LAST START: 7/5 at SYR (AAA): W, IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, BB, 2 SO, HR … 77 *4/29 vs SWB W, 4-0 5.2 6 0 0 0 1 3 pitches, 57 strikes *5/4 at ROC W, 11-3 6.0 3 0 0 0 5 8 *5/9 vs PAW W, 3-0 7.0 1 0 0 0 2 6 TONIGHT’S START: *5/16 at SWB L, 3-1 6.0 5 3 3 2 1 5 Welcome to the Show: Is making his major league debut today for *5/22 vs ROC W, 4-3 7.0 5 1 1 0 1 5 *5/27 at PAW L, 1-0 6.0 1 1 1 0 5 7 Philadelphia, becoming the first Phillie to make his debut as a starting *6/1 vs TOL L, 4-2 7.0 7 3 3 2 0 6 pitcher in more than a year (last: Ben Lively, 6/30/17) … At 22 yrs., 197 *6/7 at GWN W, 7-1 8.0 5 1 1 1 0 7 days, is the youngest Phillie to debut as a starter since Jake Thompson *6/12 vs BUF W, 2-0 7.0 4 0 0 0 3 7 (22 yrs., 188 days) on 8/6/16 … In the last 10 seasons (since 2009) *6/19 at SWB ND, W, 7-5 4.0 5 2 2 1 3 4 Philadelphia has only had 3 younger pitchers debut: Aaron Nola (22.047), *6/25 vs SWB ND, W, 3-2 6.0 5 2 2 2 2 5 Zach Eflin (22.067) and Thompson *6/30 at ROC W, 6-2 6.0 7 2 2 1 2 0 The Future is Now: Last week, it was