COLORADO ROCKIES NOTES:
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PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES NOTES:
GAME #21 RECAP: The Phillies defeated the Colorado Rockies, 4-3, at CBP in South Philly … Starter Aaron Nola (ND) went 7.0 innings and allowed 3 runs on 4 hits with 3 walks and 3 strikeouts … Down 3-2 in the 7th, Kyle Schwarber homered to tie the game at 3-3 … In the 8th, J.T. Realmuto doubled off former Phillie Brad Hand, then stole 3rd and eventually scored on a game-winning single by Edmundo Sosa … Seranthony Dominguez and Jose Alvarado made scoreless appearances in relief of Nola.
TRANSACTIONS: Prior to today’s game, the Phillies recalled LHP Cristopher Sánchez from his rehab assignment with Lehigh Valley (AAA) and reinstated him from the 15-day IL (left triceps strain) … To make room for Sánchez on the 26-man roster, RHP Andrew Bellatti was placed on the 15-day IL (retro to 4/21) with right triceps tendinitis.
REMEMBER THE FIGHTINS: After starting the year 0-4 and being outscored 37-12 (-25) through their first four games (3/30-4/3), the Phillies have gone 9-8 with a +8 run differential in their 17 games since … Philadelphia has won two of their last three (since 4/19), four of their last six (since 4/16) and five of their last eight (since 4/14).
BEDLAM AT THE BANK: Through eight games at Citizens Bank Park, the Phillies are averaging 38,502 in attendance per game which ranks 5th among all clubs in MLB behind only the Dodgers (49,418), Padres (40,343), Cardinals (39,881) and Yankees (39,316).
PHILLY SPECIAL: Since Rob Thomson took over as manager on June 3, 2022, the Phillies have played 62 games at Citizens Bank Park – they have scored 327 runs in those 62 games (5.27 runs per game) and are slashing .272/.339/.469 with an .808 OPS … Among all major league clubs at home since June 3, 2022, the date Thomson took over, the Phillies rank 1st in runs per game (next: COL, 5.24), SLG (next: LAD, .461) & OPS (next: COL, .795), 3rd in AVG and 4th in OBP … The Phillies are 39-23 at CBP under Thomson with a +62 run differential (327-265) … Philadelphia’s .629 winning percentage at home since Thomson took over ranks 4th in the National League behind Atlanta (.738), the Dodgers (.681) & the Mets (.650) and 7th in MLB.
JUST. SCORE. FOUR.: This season, the Phillies are 8-3 in 11 games when they score at least four runs … Conversely, they are 1-9 in 10 games when they score three runs or fewer … Dating back to the start of last season, the Phillies are 79-26 (.752 win %) when they score four or more and 17-61 (.218 win %) when they score three or fewer.
SLAMMIN’ EDDY SOSA: Since joining the Phillies at last year’s trade deadline, INF Edmundo Sosa has started 23 games for the Phillies and is slashing .356/.380/.644 with a 1.024 OPS in 80 plate appearances … The Phillies are 14-9 in the 23 games Sosa has started since being acquired (.609 win %).
FEELING SLG-ISH: Through 21 games, the Phillies have six triples (T-1st in MLB), 48 doubles (2nd in MLB), 19 home runs (T-20th in MLB) and a .436 SLG (6th in MLB) … This year, the Phillies are averaging a home run every 39.1 at bats which ranks 24th in MLB (19 HR, 743 AB) after averaging a HR every 26.8 at bats last year (205 HR, 5496 AB) which ranked 6th in MLB … Philadelphia’s 48 doubles are the fourth most ever by a Phillies club through the first 21 games of a season in the modern era, behind only the 2002 (52 2B), 2007 (50 2B) and 1925 (49 2B) clubs.
MARSH MADNESS: Phillies center fielder Brandon Marsh enters today’s game slashing .355/.429/.694 with a 1.122 OPS that leads the National League and ranks 2nd in MLB, behind only TOR’s Matt Chapman (1.175) … Marsh has reached base safely in 18 of his 19 games played this season, including each of his last 17 (since 4/3 at NYY) … Since being acquired by the Phillies via trade from the Los Angeles Angels for Logan O’Hoppe at least year’s deadline, Marsh is slashing .309/.356/.531 with an .887 OPS that ranks 14th among 187 MLB players with 200+ plate appearances in that span.
STRIKE ONE, STRIKE TWO, GOOD LUCK: In last night’s 4-3 win over the Rockies, Jose Alvarado picked up his 3rd save with a scoreless 9th inning … Alvarado did not record a strikeout for the second consecutive appearance – on 4/19 at CWS, Alvarado snapped a streak of 14 consecutive appearances with 2+ strikeouts (9/13/22-4/18/23) … Alvarado, who has faced 32 batters this season, has 18 strikeouts and 0 walks … Since his last walk on Sept. 21, 2022 vs TOR, Alvarado has faced 51 batters and has struck out 30 of them (58.8% SO rate) with 0 walks.
STARTING TO FIND IT: Over their last 12 starts (since 4/10), the Phillies rotation has combined for 66.2 innings pitched and 61 strikeouts … In that span, they rank 2nd among all ML rotations in innings, trailing only PIT (71.0) and T-4th in strikeouts (with CHI & CWS), trailing only BOS (73), PIT (68) and MIN (62) … Over their first nine games of the year (3/30-4/9), the Phillies starting staff combined for 42.2 innings which ranked 24th among ML staffs and 39 strikeouts, which ranked T-23rd.
BULLISH ON THE PEN: Over the last six games (since 4/16 at CIN), the Phillies bullpen has totaled 16.1 innings pitched with only 2 ER allowed (1.10 ERA), with 20 strikeouts and three walks, while averaging 14.2 pitches per inning … Over their first 15 games of the season (3/30-4/15), the bullpen posted a 7.19 ERA (45 ER, 56.1 IP) with 60 strikeouts to 41 walks while averaging 19.7 pitches per inning.
50 SCHWARBOMBS: On 4/13 at CIN, Kyle Schwarber hit his 50th career home run as a Phillie (regular season only) and became the fastest in franchise history to reach 50, doing so in his 168th game … Schwarber eclipsed Jim Thome’s previous franchise record of 50 HR in his first 172 games with the club … Ryan Howard (50 HR in 182 G) ranks 3rd, Rhys Hoskins (50 HR in 192 G) ranks 4th and Chuck Klein (50 HR in 195 G) ranks 5th … Of Schwarber’s 51 regular season home runs with the Phillies, 48 have been hit with an exit velocity north of 100.0 MPH (94.1%) and 16 of those 51 have been hit over 110.0 MPH (31.4%).
TODAY’S STARTER – CRISTOPHER SÁNCHEZ • LHP #61
LAST START: 4/16 at DUR (AAA): 4.2 IP, 3 H, R, ER, 2 BB, 5 SO …
75 pitches, 49 strikes.
TODAY’S START:
• Heck of Start: The last time Sanchez made a start for the Phillies, on 8/24/22 vs CIN, he tossed his first career quality start, throwing a career-best 6.0 IP and career-best 7 strikeouts while walking none … In Sanchez’s 3 starts for PHI last season, he went 2-1 with a 3.38 ERA (5 ER, 13.1 IP) and 0.98 WHIP (3 BB, 10 H)
• Hard Work on the Farm: Sanchez made two rehab starts with Lehigh Valley (AAA) and in his two starts (both in Durham) has combined to allow 1 run on 3 hits with 11 strikeouts to 3 walks in 8.2 IP … In his season debut he did not allow a hit or run in 4.0 IP
• Paperwork: Reinstated today from the 15-day IL; had been on since 3/27 with a left triceps strain
• vs NL West: 0-1, 8.53 ERA (6 ER, 6.1 IP) in 4 relief appearances
HOME:
• 2022: 2-1, 4.01 ERA (11 ER, 24.2 IP) in 9 games (3 starts)
• Career: 2-1, 4.45 ERA (15 ER, 30.1 IP) in 13 games (4 starts)
