PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (14-22) vs. TEXAS RANGERS (20-20) Wednesday, May 17, 2017 – Globe Life Park –– Game 37; Road 21 RHP Zach Eflin (0-0, 2.81) vs RHP Andrew Cashner (0-3, 2.43) LAST NIGHT’S ACTION: The Phillies fell to the Texas Rangers, 5-1, at Globe Life Park in Arlington … Jerad Eickhoff (L, 0-4) made his first career start against the team who drafted him and went 6.0 innings, PHILLIES PHACTS giving up 2 ER on 7 hits with 2 walks and 8 strikeouts … Philadelphia just could not solve Rangers starter Record: 14-22 (.389) Yu Darvish as they managed only 4 hits the entire night … Freddy Galvis had an RBI single in the 7th Home: 8-8 inning to break up the shutout. Road: 6-14 Current Streak: Lost 2 LONE STAR REUNION: Several Phillies have close ties to the Rangers organization as well as the state Last 5 Games: 1-4 of Texas … Last night’s starter Jerad Eickhoff was drafted by the Rangers in the 15th round of the 2011 Last 10 Games: 2-8 draft … Outfielder Odubel Herrera was originally signed by the Rangers in July of 2008 before being Series Record: 4-8-0 drafted by the Phillies in the 2014 Rule 5 draft … Catcher Cameron Rupp was born in Dallas and went Sweeps/Swept: 2/3 to high school at Prestonwood Christian Academy, located about 30 miles north of Globe Life Park. PHILLIES VS. RANGERS AARON ALL-STARR: Outfielder Aaron Altherr leads the majors with a 1.314 OPS during the month 2017 Record: 0-1 of May and has reached base safely in 26 of his 55 plate appearances during the month (.473 OBP) … 2017 at Home: 0-0 Altherr already has more RBI (16) in the month of May than any Phillie since Ryan Howard (23) & 2017 at TEX: 0-1 Domonic Brown (17) in 2014, despite playing in just 12 games thus far … Overall, Altherr’s 1.099 OPS All-Time Record: 7-6 is the seventh-highest of any player in the majors with at least 100 PA this season, trailing only WSH’s All-Time at Citizens Bank Park: 5-1 All-Time at Globe Life Park: 2-5 Harper (1.271) & Zimmerman (1.214), ATL’s Freeman (1.211), LAA’s Trout (1.187), NYY”s Judge (1.149) Current Streak: Lost 3 and MIL’s Thames (1.128). MLB OPS LEADERS IN 2017 (min.100 PA) PHILLIES ON THE ROAD 1. Bryce Harper 1.271 6. Eric Thames 1.128 Games Played: 20 2. Ryan Zimmerman 1.214 7. AARON ALTHERR 1.099 Record: 6-14 (.300) 3. Freddie Freeman 1.211 8. Miguel Sano 1.070 Run Differential: -10 4. Mike Trout 1.187 9. Buster Posey 1.049 5. Aaron Judge 1.149 10. Aaron Hicks 1.043 AVG/OBP/SLG: .238/.308/.391 Runs/Runs Per Game: 80/4.00 Home Runs: 20 #VOTECESAR: Among all National League second basemen, Cesar Hernandez ranks 1st in runs (30) st nd & pitches per plate appearance (3.99), T-1 in hits (46) & times on base (62) and 2 in OBP (.374) and ERA: 4.38 total bases (67), trailing only WSH’s Daniel Murphy in those two categories … Additionally, his 1.3 fWAR Starters W-L: 4-6 ranks 1st among all ML second baseman, 29th among all position players. Starters ERA: 4.47 Relievers W-L: 2-8 MAYDAY: The Phillies have lost 13 of their last 16 games (4/28-current) having been outscored 92-71 Relievers ERA: 4.22 (-21) in that stretch … Philadelphia has lost 5 consecutive series in that span (0-3 at LAD, 1-3 at CHI, 1- Saves/Opp: 4/10 2 vs WSH, 0-2 vs SEA, 1-2 at WSH) … Before the Phillies started this stretch they had won six games in a row and were two games above .500 with a +11 run differential (95-84) … Offensively, the Phillies PHILLIES AT A GLANCE have hit better in May, posting a .261/.344/.428 slash line while averaging 4.62 runs per game (60 R, April: 11-12 Monday: 2-1 13 G) … In April the Phils hit .253/.316/.424 with a 4.61 run per game average (106 R, 23 G) … The May: 3-10 Tuesday: 1-4 issue in May has been the pitching, as Phillies hurlers have combined for a 5.37 ERA (70 ER, 117.1 IP) June: 0-0 Wednesday: 1-5 July: 0-0 Thursday: 2-2 this month as opposed to a 4.29 ERA (97 ER, 203.1 IP) in April. Aug: 0-0 Friday: 1-4 Sept: 0-0 Saturday: 3-3 TOM ON TRACK: First baseman Tommy Joseph has raised his batting average 96 points over his last Oct: 0-0 Sunday: 4-3 19 games played … Since April 20, Joseph is batting .323 with a .408 on-base percentage and .613 slugging percentage … Of his 20 hits in that span, 10 have been for extra bases (6 2B, 4 HR) … Joseph vs East: 12-11 Day: 7-7 has a 1.310 OPS during the month of May which ranks second among all Major League players with at vs Cent: 2-5 Night: 7-12 st least 45 plate appearances this month, trailing only teammate Aaron Altherr (1.314) vs West: 0-3 1Half: 14-22 vs AL: 0-3 2nd Half: 0-0 AMERICAN DREAM: The Phillies are looking for their first win in Interleague play this season, having been swept in a two-game series by the Mariners earlier this month at Citizens Bank Park … Last season, INSTANT REPLAY RESULTS *Manager’s challenges, since 2014 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 against the AL in 2015, 7-13 in 2014, 7-13 in PHI All-Time Challenges: 125 2013, and 5-10 in 2012 ... Since Interleague play began in 1997, Philadelphia is 153-195 (.440; 85-94 Overturned: 67 th Success Rate: 53.6% home, 68-101 road), which is the 4 -worst IL winning percentage among all ML teams (COL, .439; CIN, .422; SD, .419). 2017 Challenges: 9 Overturned: 5 PIG PEN: The Phillies’ triple-A affiliate, the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs, have won a franchise record 11 Success Rate: 55.6% consecutive games … The streak is the longest by a Phils triple-A affiliate since 1989 and the inception Last Challenge: 5/14 at WSH of the Scranton Red Barons … The Pigs are 25-13 (.658) on the year and find themselves in first place Situation: T9, 0 out, bases empty by four games. Result: After viewing all relevant angles, A GOOD CROP ON THE FARM: According to MLBFarm.com, the Phillies minor league system has a the Replay Official definitively determined .597 winning percentage this season, tops of any farm system in baseball … The Lehigh Valley IronPigs that the fielder's foot was touching the currently sport a 24-13 record (.658) and have won a franchise record 11 games in a row … The Reading base when the ball contacted the interior of his glove, the batter-runner is out. Fightins are 20-13 (.606) and are only a 0.5 game out of first place … The Clearwater Threshers are in first place with a 22-17 record (.564) and the Lakewood Blue Claws are also 22-17 and only 1.5 games out of first place. PHILLIES RECORD WHEN THEY… Score First: 8-12 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: 6-10 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: 13-13 Trail After 6: 3-14 Trail After 7: 3-16 Trail After 8: 1-16 Out-Hit by Opp: 1-15 Starter goes > 6.0 IP 4-5 Score 3 or fewer: 1-9 Hit no HR: 4-8 Starter goes 6.0 IP 2-4 Hit at least 1 HR: 10-14 Starter goes < 6.0 IP 8-13 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE DATE TIME PROBABLE PITCHERS TV Thursday, May 18 at TEX 2:05 EDT RHP Nick Pivetta (0-2, 6.14) vs LHP Martin Perez (1-5, 3.89) CSN Friday, May 19 at PIT 7:05 EDT RHP Jeremy Hellickson (4-1, 3.71) vs RHP Trevor Williams (2-2, 6.41) CSN 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 RP Chad Kuhl (0-1, 6.69) CSN 2017 PHILLIES NOTES TONIGHT’S STARTER PAGE 2 ZACH EFLIN RHP #56 EFLIN – 2017 DAY-BY-DAY Height: 6-6 Weight: 215 Age: 23 (born: 4/8/94) DATE-OPP DECISION IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA #4/6 vs DUN W, 3-1 5.0 1 0 0 0 0 6 2017: 0-0, 2.81 ERA Career: 3-5, 4.63 ERA *4/11 at SWB W, 3-1 5.0 5 0 0 0 3 4 LAST START: 5/10 vs SEA: ND, 6.0 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO, 1 HR, 1 HB 4/18 at NYM ND, W, 6-2 5.0 3 2 1 0 3 4 3.60 … Eflin vs Gallardo … Seattle did their damage in the later innings, plating five 4/23 vs ATL ND, W, 5-2 7.0 3 1 1 1 0 3 1.50 runs in the 7th and 3 runs in the 8th … Aaron Altherr went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 4/29 at LAD ND, L, 6-5 7.0 4 2 2 2 0 4 1.89 Tommy Joseph was 3-for-5 with 2 runs scored.