TORONTO BLUE JAYS (15-17) vs. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (15-15) Tuesday, May 6, 2014 – Citizens Bank Park – 7:05 p.m. EDT – Game 31; Home 15 RHP Drew Hutchison (1-2, 3.82) vs. LHP Cole Hamels (0-2, 6.75) LAST NIGHT’S ACTION: The Phillies were shut out by the Toronto Blue Jays, 3-0, at Citizens Bank PHILLIES PHACTS Park ... Despite throwing a quality start, Kyle Kendrick (L, 0-3) lost his 8th-straight decision, dating to last season ... He threw 7.0 innings, allowing 3 ER on 7 hits while walking 3 and striking out 4 ... Jose Record: 15-15 (.500) Home: 6-8 Reyes hit a leadoff HR in the 1st inning before Juan Francisco dropped in a 2-out, bloop RBI single in nd Road: 9-7 the frame to make it 2-0 ... Josh Thole added an RBI double to the left-center field gap in the 2 Current Streak: Lost 1 inning to give the Blue Jays a 3-0 lead ... The Phillies had their chances with 7 hits and 5 walks on the Last 5 Games: 2-3 day, but went 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position and left 11 runners on base. Last 10 Games: 5-5 Series Record/# of series: 5-5-0 20,000 GAMES IN PHILLIES HISTORY: Tonight, the Philadelphia Phillies will play game Sweeps/Swept: 1/1 number 19,998 in franchise history ... Heading into today, the Phillies have 9,406 wins, 10,477 losses and 114 ties/no decisions ... When they play game #20,000 this Thursday, May 8th, in Toronto PHILLIES VS. BLUE JAYS (barring postponements), Philadelphia will become just the fourth team to reach 20,000 games in 2014 Record: 0-1 Major League history, joining the Cubs, Braves and Giants ... The Phillies played their first game on 2014 at Home: 0-1 May 1, 1883, losing to the Providence Grays, 4-3, at Recreation Park on 24th and Columbia Avenues ... 2014 at TOR: 0-0 To this day, the Phillies endure as the oldest, continuous, one-nickname, one-city franchise in all of All-Time Record: 18-22 professional sports (132nd season). All-Time at Citizens Bank Park: 5-8 All-Time at Rogers Centre: 9-9 Current Streak: Lost 5 PITCHING IN: Over their last 12 games, Phillies pitchers have posted a 2.78 ERA (33 ER, 107.0 IP), which is the 2nd-best team ERA in the majors since April 21st (WSH, 2.14) ... PHILLIES AT HOME Philadelphia’s starters have a 2.76 ERA (24 ER, 78.1 IP) over that stretch, 3rd-best in MLB, while the Phils bullpen has a 2.83 ERA (9 ER, 28.2 IP) in that time frame (12th in MLB). Games Played: 14 Record: 6-8 (.429) CBP (est. 2004): 464-363 (.561) HOME, (NOT SO) SWEET HOME: Over their first seven home games this season, the Phillies were averaging 4.43 runs per game (31 total runs) ... But in their last seven games at Citizens Bank Park, Batting Average: .244 Philadelphia has been held to one run or less five times, including two shutouts, while averaging just Runs/Runs Per Game: 44/3.14 1.86 runs per game (13 total runs) ... Overall, the Phillies offense is averaging just 3.14 runs per game Home Runs: 10 at home (13th in NL, 27th in MLB). Stolen Bases: 6 EVERYBODY’S WORKING FOR THE WEEKEND: Including last night’s loss, the Phillies are now just ERA: 3.83 Starters W-L: 2-5 7-13 (.350) on weekdays this season (Monday through Friday) ... The weekend is another story, Starters ERA: 3.06 however, as the Phillies are 8-2 (.800) on Saturday’s and Sunday’s. Relievers W-L: 4-3 Relievers ERA: 5.40 FOUR SCORE: The Phillies are 10-3 (.769) this season when scoring four or more runs in a game, as Saves/Opp: 4/7 opposed to 5-11 (.313) when scoring three runs or less ... It was a similar plot line for Philadelphia last year when the club went 54-22 (.710) when scoring four or more runs and 19-67 (.221) when scoring PHILLIES AT A GLANCE three or less. 2014 DAY-BY-DAY March: 1-0 Monday: 2-2 INTERLEAGUE HISTORY: The Phillies are just 1-3 in Interleague games this season and 13-26 April: 12-13 Tuesday: 1-3 (.333) since the beginning of the 2012 season ... Philadelphia has an all-time record of 128-161 (.443) May: 2-2 Wednesday: 0-4 in Interleague Play (68-80 at home, 60-81 on the road) ... However, since its inception in 1997, the June: 0-0 Thursday: 2-1 Phillies have hit a National League-leading 325 home runs and scored 1,325 runs (2nd-most in NL) in July: 0-0 Friday: 2-3 Interleague games ... Phils pitchers have posted a 4.78 ERA in Interleague play, which ranks 14th in Aug: 0-0 Saturday: 4-1 Sept: 0-0 Sunday: 4-1 the NL and 28th in the majors. 2014 2013 PHILS vs JAYS: The Phillies have lost each of their last five games to the Blue Jays (since 7/3/11), vs East: 6-4 vs East: 37-39 which is their longest losing streak to Toronto since a six-game stretch from May 17, 2008 to June 26, vs Cent: 2-4 vs Cent: 12-21 2009 ... The clubs did not face each other in 2013 after playing at least one series in every season vs West: 6-4 vs West: 17-16 from 2006-12. vs AL: 1-3 vs AL: 7-13 NL BEAST: Currently, the NL East is the only division in MLB in which all five teams have a record of BY THE NUMBERS .500 or better ... The five clubs are separated by only 2.0 games, which is the closest race in the NL UPCOMING MILESTONES nd and 2 closest in MLB (AL East – 1.5 G) ... The Nationals lead the way at 18-14 (.563), followed by Cole Hamels – 1 win for 100 the Braves (17-14, .548), Marlins (17-15, .531), Mets (16-15, .516) and Phillies (15-15, .500). Jonathan Papelbon – 5 saves for 300 Jimmy Rollins – 30 hits shy of RY-NOTES: Inducted to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005 (76.2% of the vote), Ryne Phillies’ all-time record Sandberg spent 16 years in the major leagues with the Philadelphia Phillies (1981) and Chicago Cubs Rollins – 20 games for 2,000 (1982-94; 1996-97) ... He won the 1984 NL MVP Award, was a 10-time All-Star, and won nine gold gloves and seven Silver Slugger Awards ... From 1982-93, Sandberg led all NL players in hits, runs, total bases, at-bats and times on base ... He was originally selected by the Phillies in the 20th round of the 1978 draft before being traded to Chicago following the 1981 season ... In 2,164 career games, Sandberg batted .285 with 282 HR, 1,061 RBI and 344 stolen bases ... Sandberg spent six years as a manager in the minor leagues for single-A Peoria (2007-08), double-A Tennessee (2009), triple-A Iowa (2010) and triple-A Lehigh Valley (2011-12) ... “Ryno” was named 2010 Manager of the Year for the Pacific Coast League and Minor League Manager of the Year in 2011 by Baseball America. PHILLIES RECORD WHEN THEY… Score First: 11-6 Lead After 6: 11-3 Lead After 7: 8-2 Lead After 8: 12-2 Out-Hit Opp: 10-1 Last AB Decisions: 5-3 Opp. Score First: 4-8 Tied After 6: 2-1 Tied After 7: 6-2 Tied After 8: 3-1 Hits equal: 2-2 Walk-off Decisions: 1-2 Score more than 3: 10-3 Trail After 6: 2-10 Trail After 7: 1-10 Trail After 8: 0-11 Out-Hit by Opp: 3-12 Starter goes > 6.0 IP 6-5 Score 3 or less: 5-11 Hit no HR: 7-9 Starter goes 6.0 IP 3-5 Hit at least 1 HR: 8-6 Starter goes < 6.0 IP 6-5 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE DATE TIME PROBABLE PITCHERS TV Wednesday, May 7 at TOR 7:07 EDT LHP Cliff Lee (3-2, 3.00) vs. LHP Mark Buehrle (5-1, 2.25) CSN Thursday, May 8 at TOR 7:07 EDT RHP A.J. Burnett (2-1, 2.06) vs. RHP R.A. Dickey (2-3, 5.01) CSN/MLB Network Friday, May 9 at NYM 7:10 EDT RHP Roberto Hernandez (2-1, 4.50) vs. RHP Jenrry Mejia (3-0, 5.23) CSN Saturday, May 10 at NYM 7:10 EDT RHP Kyle Kendrick (0-3, 3.58) vs. RHP Dillon Gee (3-1, 2.51) CSN Sunday, May 11 at NYM 1:10 EDT LHP Cole Hamels (0-2, 6.75)* vs. LHP Jonathon Niese (2-2, 1.82) CSN 2014 PHILLIES NOTES TONIGHT’S STARTER PAGE 2 ww COLE HAMELS LHP #35 HAMELS – 2014 DAY-BY-DAY DATE-OPP DECISION IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA Height: 6-3 Weight: 195 Age: 30 (born: 12/27/83) *4/6 vs DUN L, 5-2 4.0 3 2 2 2 0 4 4.50 2014: 0-2, 6.75 ERA Career: 99-76, 3.40 ERA *4/12 at LAK ND, L, 4-2 6.0 6 1 1 0 0 6 2.70 *4/17 vs LAK ND, L, 2-1 7.0 3 1 1 1 1 2 2.12 LAST START – 4/29 vs NYM: L, 4.2 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 5 BB, 3 SO … (Hamels 4/23 at LAD L, 5-2 6.0 6 2 2 0 1 5 3.00 vs Niese) … Phillies lost 6-1 … Hamels struggled with his command on a damp, 4/29 vs NYM L, 6-1 4.2 8 6 6 0 5 3 6.75 cold night at CBP ..