PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES NOTES:
GAME #4 RECAP: The Phillies fell to the New York Yankees, 8-1, at Yankee Stadium in New York … Starter Taijuan Walker (L, 0-1) made his Phillies debut and allowed 4 runs over 4.1 innings on 4 hits with 3 walks and 5 strikeouts … Alec Bohm had three hits and a double for the Phils and Andrew Vasquez (2.1 IP) and Seranthony Dominguez (1.0 IP) made scoreless appearances in relief of Walker.
TRANSACTIONS: Prior to today’s game, the Phillies selected the contract of RHP McKinley Moore from Lehigh Valley (AAA) … To make room for Moore on the 26-man roster, RHP Yunior Marte was optioned to LV following last night’s game … To make room on the 40-man roster, OF Jhailyn Ortiz was designated for assignment … Moore, 24, made nine appearances for the Phillies in spring training as a non-roster invitee … He allowed one unearned run and posted a 0.00 ERA (9.1 IP) with 11 strikeouts to one walk while posting a 0.64 WHIP (5 H) and holding opponents to a .156 average … The 6-foot-6 right-hander made one appearance for Lehigh Valley this season, March 31 at Rochester, where he tossed 33 pitches over 2.0 innings and allowed one unearned run on one hit with two walks and one strikeout and was credited with the win … Originally selected by the Chicago White Sox in the 14th round of the 2019 MLB Draft, Moore was acquired by the Phillies in exchange for outfielder Adam Haseley on March 29, 2022.
HOMECOMING KING: This series, Rob Thomson returns to Yankee Stadium and will manage against the Yankees after spending 28 years (1990-2017) with New York … Thomson, the 56th manager in Phillies history, signed a two-year contract for the 2023 and 2024 seasons on 10/10/22 after being named interim manager on 6/3/22 … After he took over, Thomson guided the Phillies to a 65-46 record (.586 win %) and the franchise’s first postseason berth since 2011 … Thomson became only the fourth manager in history to take a team at least seven games under .500 and lead them to the postseason, joining Dick Howser (KC, 1981), Cito Gaston (TOR, 1989) and Jim Tracy (COL, 2009) … Thomson also became just the eight manager (9th time) to lead a team to a World Series after the club began the season with a different manager and the first since Jack McKeon in 2003 with FLA … This is Thomson’s sixth season with the Phillies after originally being hired as bench coach on 12/5/17 … Over his almost three-decade run in New York, Thomson served many roles including 10 seasons on the ML staff as bench coach (2008, 2015-17) and 3rd base coach (2009-14).
BACK IN THE GREAT NORTHEAST: After spending 47 days between Clearwater, FL and Dallas, TX, the Phillies are back in the Northeast for a three-game set against the Yankees … The Phils will return home to Philadelphia for the home opener at Citizens Bank Park on Thursday against the Cincinnati Reds … The Phillies are 0-4 to start a season for the 11th time in franchise history (1883, 1888, 1934, 1942, 1946, 1969, 1977, 1987, 2006, 2016, 2023).
EYES OF THE NATION: Tonight, the Phillies will make their fourth straight appearance on national television in a co-exist game with NBC Sports Philadelphia+ and TBS … On Saturday at TEX, the game was broadcast exclusively on FOX, Sunday was ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball and last night’s series opener at NYY was a co-exist between MLB Network and NBC Sports Philadelphia.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE: Through four games and 17 plate appearances, Nick Castellanos has seen 72 total pitches for an average of 4.24 pitches per plate appearance … On 4/2 at TEX, Castellanos saw 18 pitches in four plate appearances and walked twice … This spring, Castellanos drew 11 walks in 62 plate appearances (17.8 % BB rate) and posted a .371 OBP … In Spring Training from 2017-22, Castellanos walked 12 times in 269 plate appearances (4.5% BB rate)
FLAGS FLY FOREVER: The Phillies were National League champions in 2022 for the eighth time in franchise history (1915, 1950, 1980, 1983, 1993, 2008, 2009, 2022) … The road to the pennant began with a twogame sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals in the Wild Card Series at Busch Stadium, followed by a three-gamesto-one Division Series win over the Atlanta Braves and a victory over the San Diego Padres in the NLCS, four games to one, clinching the series with three straight wins at Citizens Bank Park … In the Fall Classic, the Phillies fell to the Houston Astros in six games; it was only the second postseason meeting between the two clubs, the first being the 1980 NLCS …On May 31, the Phillies were eight games under .500 at 21-29 with a .420 winning percentage that ranked 11th in the National League and 22nd in MLB … Starting June 1, the Phillies went 66-46, 20 games over .500 with a .589 winning percentage that ranked 4th in the NL and 7th in baseball … The Phillies clinched their first postseason berth since 2011 with a 3-0 win against the Astros on Oct. 3 … The Phillies became only the fifth team in MLB history to start 21-29 or worse through their first 50 games and then make the World Series, joining the 2019 Washington Nationals (19-31 start), 2005 Houston Astros (18-32 start), 2003 Florida Marlins (21-29) and 1914 Boston Braves (20-30).
NEW TONIGHT, AT (THE) 6: On 12/8/22, the Phillies signed SS Trea Turner to an 11-year contract, taking him through the 2033 season … Last year with LAD, Turner was selected as an All-Star for the second time in his career, was named All-MLB First Team and won his first career Louisville Silver Slugger Award after slashing .298/.343/.466 with a 121 OPS+ and 27 steals in 30 attempts … Per Statcast, his average sprint speed of 30.3 feet per second ranked 5th out of 582 qualified players … In 2021, Turner led the majors in AVG (.328) and hits (195), led the NL in stolen bases (32) and total bases (319) and posted a career-best 6.8 fWAR (FanGraphs) which ranked 3rd among all ML position players … In 2019 with WSH, he reached base safely in 15 of 17 postseason games and won his first World Series championship.
TOLLS OF BRILLIANCE: Catcher J.T. Realmuto was named All-MLB First Team last season, took home his third Silver Slugger Award and second Gold Glove Award and finished 7th in NL MVP voting … Additionally, he finished with 6.5 fWAR, 3rd in MLB history for a catcher aged 31 or older, led MLB with 1281.2 innings at catcher (regular and postseason combined) which was 240.0 innings more than HOU’s Martin Maldonado who ranked 2nd at 1041.2, and finally, became only the second catcher in MLB history with 20 HR and 20 SB, joining Hall of Famer Ivan Rodriguez (1999).
PHILLIES VS. YANKEES
2023 Record: 0-1
2023 at Home: 0-0
2023 at NYY: 0-1
All-Time Record: 19-20
All-Time at Citizens Bank Park: 6-5
All-Time at Yankee Stadium: 6-7
Current Streak: Lost 3
TONIGHT’S STARTER – MATT STRAHM • LHP #25
2023 SPRING TRAINING: 1-1, 3.60 ERA (4 ER, 10.0 IP), 7 H, 5 BB, 11 SO in 6 appearances (3 starts).
TONIGHT’S START:
• Bite of the Big Apple: Tonight is Strahm’s second career start against the Yankees, with his first coming on 5/27/19, also at Yankee Stadium … In that game, he struck out a career-high 10 batters … Strahm has also appeared in 9 games in relief against NYY, and in those games has a 1.04 ERA (1 ER, 8.2 IP), 4 H (all singles) and 9 SO … 5 of his 6 relief apps against NYY last season were scoreless
• Like Riding a Bike: Strahm is making his first start since 8/17/21 at COL, with his previous start coming back on 8/21/10 at CIN … Following that start on 8/21/19, 91 of his last 92 appearances have been in relief
• Welcome Aboard: Strahm is in his first year of a two-year contract with the Phillies after signing with the club as a free agent in December
• vs AL East: 5-7, SV, 5.05 ERA (29 ER, 51.2 IP) in 40 games (3 starts)
• vs Interleague: 2-3, 4.50 ERA (19 ER, 38.0 IP) in 24 games (2 starts)
ROAD:
• 2023: 0-0, 0.00 ERA (1.0 IP) in 1 relief appearance
• Career: 9-18, 3 SV, 3.73 ERA (66 ER, 159.1 IP) in 112 games (16 starts)
2022 SEASON:
• Spent season with BOS as a relief pitcher
• Posted a 1.88 ERA (3 ER, 14.1 IP) over his first 17 appearances and a 2.95 ERA (13 ER, 39.2 IP) over his first 45
• On COVID-related IL, 5/30-31
• On injured list with a left wrist contusion, 7/13-8/18; included rehab assignment to Worcester (AAA)
• Averaged 10.48 SO/9.0 IP (52 SO, 44.2 IP)
• Surrendered just one home run to the 57 LHH he faced
CAREER
• Signed by Phillies as a free agent, 12/9/22
• Selected by Kansas City Royals in 21st round of 2012 MLB Draft
• Attended Neosho County Community College (KS)
NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES:
AT A GLANCE: The Yankees are 3-1 on their season-opening six-game homestand after winning the first game of a three-game set vs. the Phillies (through Wed.) and going 2-1 vs. the Giants last weekend…will embark on their first road trip on Thursday, with stops in Baltimore (3G from Thurs., Sat.-Sun.) and Cleveland (4/10-12).
Marks just the third time since 2004 the Yankees have won at least three of their first four games of a season (3-1 in 2020 and 2011)…with a win today, would mark just the second time since 2004 the Yankees have won four of their first five games (went 4-1 in 2020).
YESTERDAY’S NEWS: The Yankees defeated the Phillies, 8-1, in their series opener on Monday at Yankee Stadium…LHP Nestor Cortes (5.0IP, 7H, 1R/ER, 0BB, 3K, 0HR) made his season debut and earned the win, allowing just 1R over 5.0IP…2B Gleyber Torres (2-for-2, 2R, 1HR, 2RBI, 3BB, 1SB) reached base a career-high five times and hit his 100th career home run with a solo shot in the third inning…1B Anthony Rizzo (1-for-4, 1R, 1HR, 2RBI, 1BB) hit his first home run of the season with a two-run shot in the fifth inning…RF Franchy Cordero (1-for5, 1R, 1 double, 2RBI) made his Yankees debut and hit a tworun double in the fifth inning…3B DJ LeMahieu (2-for-5, 2R, 1 triple) and C Jose Trevino (2-for-4, 1RBI) each picked up multihit games…CF Aaron Judge (1-for-4, 1R, 1BB) extended his career-high on-base streak to 37 games…RHP Ian Hamilton made his Yankees debut and tossed 1.2 scoreless innings of relief (3H, 2K)…RHP Jonathan Loáisiga (1.1IP) and RHP Clay Holmes (1.0IP, 1H, 2K) were also scoreless in relief.
GLEYBER DAY: INF Gleyber Torres hit his 100th career home run on Monday with a solo shot in the third inning…his 100th HR came in his 580th career game, becoming the seventh-fastest Yankee to reach the milestone (in terms of games played)…trails only Gary Sánchez (355G), Aaron Judge (371G), Joe DiMaggio (395G), Lou Gehrig (514G), Joe Gordon (528G) and Mickey Mantle (576G).
At 26 years, 111 days, was the seventh-youngest Yankee to reach 100HR, trailing Mickey Mantle (23y, 242d), Joe DiMaggio (23y, 273d), Lou Gehrig (24y, 364d), Joe Pepitone (25y, 278d), Don Mattingly (26y, 68d) and Bobby Murcer (26y, 103d). – credit: Elias.
Reached base a career-high five times and recorded a career-high-tying 3BB (also on 5/4/21 vs. Houston, 6/24/19 vs. Toronto and 6/16/19 at Chicago-AL).
Stole his third base of the season in the first inning on Monday…did not record his third stolen base in 2022 until his 65th game played on 6/24 vs. Houston.
Has reached base in 9-of-17 plate appearances this season, batting .333/.529/.833 (4-for-12) with 5R, 2HR, 4RBI, 5BB and 3SB.
FAST AND FURIOUS: Yankees baserunners have recorded 6SB in their first four games…marks their most stolen bases within their first four games of a season in the last 34 years (since 1990)…marks just the fifth time in the last 107 years (since 1917) that the Yankees have recorded at least 6SB in their first four games (10SB in 1969, 9SB in 1989 and 6SB in 1974, ’76 and 2023).
INF Gleyber Torres and INF Anthony Volpe have each stolen three bases this season…marks just the third time in franchise history the Yankees have had two players steal at least three bases within the club’s first four games of a season…joins Rickey Henderson (5SB) and Roberto Kelly
(3SB) in 1989 and Fritz Maisel (4SB), Doc Cook (3SB) and Hugh High (3SB) in 1915.
NASTY NESTOR: LHP Nestor Cortes made his season debut on Monday and earned the win…allowed only 1R over 5.0IP (7H, 0BB, 3K, 0HR)…has allowed 3R-or-fewer in 39-of-43 starts since the beginning of 2021 and 2R-or-fewer in 33 of those starts…in 51 appearances (43 starts) since the beginning of 2021, has gone 15-7 with a 2.60 ERA (256.1IP, 74ER), 269K and a .203 (190-for-938) opponents’ BA…his 2.60 ERA since 2021 is the third-lowest in the Majors (min. 200.0IP), trailing only Max Scherzer (2.42) and Julio Urias (2.58).
WHAT A RELIEF: Yankees relievers combined to toss 4.0 scoreless innings on Monday (4H, 0BB, 4K)…currently own an 8.0 scoreless inning streak.
NOBODY BEATS THE RIZZ: INF Anthony Rizzo hit his first home run of the season on Monday with a two-run shot in the fifth inning…has reached base in 9-of-18 plate appearances this season, batting .333/.500/.667 (4-for-12) with 2R, 1 double, 1HR, 4RBI, 4BB, 1HP and 1SF in four games.
PITCH PERFECT: Yankees pitchers have allowed just 8R over their first four games…marks their fewest runs allowed in their first four games of a season in the last 35 years (since 1989) and matches their fewest runs allowed in their first four games of a season in the last 49 years since 1975 (also allowed 8R in their first four games in 1988)…the last time they allowed fewer runs through their first four games was 1974 when they allowed just 5R over their first four games.
Lead the Majors with a 12.00 K/9.0IP ratio (48K/36.0IP) and rank second with a 6.00 K/BB ratio (48K/8BB).
Yankees starters have tossed at least 5.0IP and allowed 1R-or-fewer in three of their four starts.
ALL RISE: OF Aaron Judge owns a career-high 37-game on-base streak (since 8/29/22), batting .389/.530/.810 (49-for-126) with 36R, 8 doubles, 15HR, 26RBI, 38BB, 1HP and 2SB in that span…is tied with DJ LeMahieu’s 37- game streak from 6/10-7/28/21 for the third-longest on-base streak by a Yankee in the last 19 seasons (since 2005), trailing only Luke Voit’s 42-game streak (9/19/18-5/3/19) and Mark Teixeira’s 42-game streak (6/6-7/26/10)…has reached base multiple times in 28 of those 37 games.
Has reached base safely in each of his last 25 games at Yankee Stadium (since 8/19/22), batting .357/.495/.667 (30-for-84) with 16R, 5 doubles, 7HR, 14RBI, 22BB, 2HP and 3SB in those games…is tied for the fourth-longest on-base streak at the current Yankee Stadium, trailing only Mark Teixeira’s 33-game streak from 6/3-8/16/10, his own 31-game streak from 9/3/17-5/4/18 and Derek Jeter’s 28-game streak from 8/5/12-8/30/13…Giancarlo Stanton also had a 25-game streak from 6/29-8/19/18 and Judge had a 25-game streak from 5/28-7/31/17.
Has hit safely in each of his first four games this season and reached base multiple times in three of those games…is batting .412/.444/.765 (7-for-17) with 4R, 2HR, 4RBI and 1BB through his first four games.
Is 3-for-5 with 2RBI and 1BB with RISP this season.
Has hit .302/.413/.618 (395-for-1,306) with 287R, 59 doubles, 1 triple, 117HR, 261RBI and 245BB in 368 career games in the Bronx.
BRONX BOMBERS: Yankees batters have hit 9HR through their first four games this season, tied for their fourth-most HR through their first four games of a season in franchise history…trails only their 12HR in 2003, 11HR in 2011 and 10HR in 1932…also hit 9HR through their first four games in 1957.
Marks the fourth time in Yankees history that the team has hit multiple home runs in each of the first four games of a season (also 1969, 2003, ’11)…with multiple home runs tonight, it would mark just the second time in franchise history the Yankees have hit multiple home runs in each of their first five games of a season (first 5G in 2011).
Their 9HR are tied with Baltimore and San Francisco for the second-most in the Majors, trailing only Los Angeles-NL (10HR in five games).
LEMACHINE: INF DJ LeMahieu has hit safely in each of his three games this season, batting .308/.357/.538 (4-for-13) with 3R, 1 double, 1 triple, 1RBI and 1BB.
As a Yankee (since 2019), has hit .333/.413/.506 (85-for255) with 54R, 11 doubles, 3 triples, 9HR, 28RBI, 33BB, 4SB, 3HP and 2SF in 66 Interleague games…is tied for the fourth-highest batting average in Interleague play by any Major League player over that span, trailing only
Jeff McNeil’s .356BA, Starling Marte’s .341BA and Pedro Severino’s .336BA…is the highest batting average (min. 100PA) by a Yankee in the history of Interleague play (next: Carlos Beltrán-.326BA).
STRIKING FIRST: The Yankees have scored first in each of their four games…have scored in the first inning in three of their four games.
RISPY BUSINESS: C Jose Trevino is 3-for-4 with 1RBI with RISP in 2023…as a Yankee (since 2022), has hit .371/.410/.515 (36-for-97 with 6 doubles, 1 triple, 2HR, 32RBI, 6BB and 1HP with RISP.
TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHER: RHP DOMINGO GERMÁN (2-5, 3.61 ERA in 2022)
RHP Domingo Germán will make his season debut tonight vs. the Phillies…the 30-year-old made his final spring training appearance on 3/17 at Detroit (L, 2.2IP, 9H, 7ER, 0BB, 1K, 4HR)…in 2022, went 2-5 with a 3.61 ERA (72.1IP, 65H, 31R/29ER, 19BB, 58K, 11HR) in 15 games (14 starts) with the Yankees… allowed 3R-or-fewer in a career-high 12 consecutive starts from 7/27-9/30/22…missed the first 93 games of the season with right shoulder impingement syndrome…in five seasons with the Yankees, has gone 26-21 with a 4.37 ERA (413.2IP, 201ER) and 429K in 92 games (70 starts)…was signed by the Yankees as a minor league free agent on 12/11/15…was originally acquired by the Yankees from the Miami Marlins along with RHP Nathan Eovaldi and INF Garrett Jones in exchange for RHP David Phelps and INF Martín Prado on 12/19/14.
SPRING FLING: Made four spring starts, going 1-1 with an 8.71 ERA (10.1IP, 10ER) and 11K…made his spring debut on 3/1 vs. Washington (ND, 2.1IP, 1H, 1ER, 0BB, 3K, 1HP)…earned the win in his next spring start on 3/6 vs. Pittsburgh, tossing 3.0 scoreless innings (1H, 1BB, 4K)…allowed 2ER over 2.1IP (ND, 3H, 0BB, 3K) on 3/11 vs. Philadelphia…took the loss in his final spring start on 3/17 at Detroit (2.2IP, 9H, 7ER, 0BB, 1K, 4HR).
VS. PHILADELPHIA/INTERLEAGUE: Will be making his fourth career appearance (third start) vs. Philadelphia…is 0-1 with an 8.68 ERA (9.1IP, 9ER) and 8K in three career games (two starts) against the Phillies.
Last faced the Phillies on 7/20/21 at Yankee Stadium (ND, 4.0IP, 3H, 2ER, 3BB, 5K, 1HR).
In two career starts vs. Philadelphia, has gone 0-1 with a 9.72 ERA (8.1IP, 13H, 9ER, 4BB, 7K, 1HR).
Has made one career relief appearance against the Phillies, retiring all three batters faced with 1K on 6/27/18 at Philadelphia.
Has gone 4-3 with a 4.28 ERA (69.1IP, 65H, 34R/33ER, 18BB, 67K, 11HR) in 15 career Interleague games (13 starts).
Went 1-1 with a 2.04 ERA (17.2IP, 4ER) and 15K in four Interleague games (three starts) in 2022…allowed 2ER-or-fewer in all three starts and 1ER in two starts.
In 11 career games (10 starts) against NL East teams, has gone 2-2 with a 4.80 ERA (50.2IP, 50H, 28R/27ER, 14BB, 53K, 10HR).
HOME SWEET HOME: Has gone 12-8 with a 3.84 ERA (194.1IP, 151H, 88R/83ER, 70BB, 214K, 38HR) in 44 career games (33 starts) at Yankee Stadium… has allowed 3ER-or-fewer in 30 of his 33 home starts…went 2-1 with a 3.78 ERA (33.1IP, 14ER) and 28K in seven starts at Yankees Stadium in 2022.
Has held opponents to a .209 BA (151-for-722) at Yankee Stadium in his career, compared to a .254 BA (220-for-867) on the road.
Has allowed 3R-or-fewer in nine consecutive home starts since 6/30/21, including all seven of his home starts in 2022.
His 10 wins at Yankee Stadium since 2019 are tied with Nestor Cortes for the fourth-most wins by any pitcher during that span, trailing only Gerrit Cole (16), Jameson Taillon (12) and Masahiro Tanaka (11).
2022: Went 2-5 with a 3.61 ERA (72.1IP, 65H, 31R/29ER, 19BB, 58K, 11HR) in 15 games (14 starts) with the Yankees…opponents hit .236 (65-for-275, 11HR); LH .230 (31-for-135, 5HR); RH .243 (34-for-140, 6HR).
Surrendered 3R-or-fewer in 12 of his 14 starts, including 2R-or-fewer in eight starts and 1R-orfewer in four starts.
Allowed 1BB-or-fewer in nine of his 14 starts in 2022.
Missed the first 93 games of the season with right shoulder impingement syndrome (4/8-7/21-G1).
Surrendered 3R-or-fewer in a career-high 12 straight starts from 7/27-9/30 (previous: nine straight starts from 4/22-6/6/21)…also allowed 2R-or-fewer in four straight starts from 7/27-8/12, tying the longest streak of his career (also four straight starts from 5/9-27/21).
Allowed 1R-or-fewer in back-to-back starts from 8/6-12…marked the fourth time in his career he has accomplished the feat (also from 5/15-20/21, 7/3-12/19 and 9/29/18-4/1/19).
Tossed at least 6.0 innings in four consecutive starts from 8/22-9/7-G1…matched the second-longest such stretch of his career, trailing only a five-start stretch from 4/7-5/5/19…also did so in four straight starts from 6/7-7/18/19 and 6/4-19/18.
Did not record a decision on 8/27 at Oakland despite tossing a career-high 7.2 scoreless innings (3H, 0BB, 5K, 0HR, 1HP)…did not allow a hit over his first 5.1IP and retired 16 of his first 17BF (1HP) before allowing an infield single to Nick Allen in the sixth inning.
Made his only relief appearance of the season on 9/16 at Milwaukee, tossing 1.2 scoreless innings (1H, 1BB, 2K)…marked his first relief outing since 10/1/21 vs. Tampa Bay…was his longest relief appearance since 7/11/21 at Houston (2.0IP).
Made just one postseason appearance — his first career postseason appearance — in ALCS Game 3 vs. Houston, tossing a scoreless inning of relief (2BB, 1K).
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Is 26-21 with a 4.37 ERA (413.2IP, 371H, 213R/201ER, 127BB, 429K, 74HR) in 92 career games (70 starts)…has made three career Opening Day rosters (2019, ‘21, ’23).
Won 18 games in 2019, nine times as many wins as he totaled in 28 games (14 starts) in his first two Major League seasons (2017-18).
Has a 3.31 ERA (49.0IP, 18ER) in 22 career relief appearances.
Was signed by the Yankees as a minor league free agent on 12/11/15…was originally acquired by the Yankees from the Miami Marlins along with RHP Nathan Eovaldi and INF Garrett Jones in exchange for RHP David Phelps and INF Martín Prado on 12/19/14.
