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| 901 | PHILADELPHIA | +175 | Ov 7,-115 | +160 | Ov 7,-115 | | 902 | WASHINGTON | -185 | Un 7,-105 | -170 | Un 7,-105 |
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| All Games | 3-8 | -4.4 | 5-4 | 2.4 | 0.213 | 0.269 | 0.314 | 0.583 | 4.5 | 0.243 | 0.327 | 0.411 | 0.738 | | Road Games | 0-5 | -5 | 3-1 | 2.0 | 0.212 | 0.261 | 0.352 | 0.613 | 5.2 | 0.277 | 0.358 | 0.476 | 0.834 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 2-7 | -4.8 | 5-3 | 2.3 | 0.204 | 0.253 | 0.303 | 0.556 | 4.7 | 0.239 | 0.329 | 0.405 | 0.734 | | Past 7 Games | 1-6 | -5 | 3-2 | 2.3 | 0.233 | 0.282 | 0.359 | 0.642 | 4.6 | 0.259 | 0.340 | 0.435 | 0.775 | | Grass Games | 3-8 | -4.4 | 5-4 | 2.4 | 0.213 | 0.269 | 0.314 | 0.583 | 4.5 | 0.243 | 0.327 | 0.411 | 0.738 | | Day Games | 0-3 | -3 | 1-1 | 1.0 | 0.188 | 0.248 | 0.228 | 0.475 | 4.7 | 0.235 | 0.333 | 0.461 | 0.794 | | Division | 2-6 | -3.6 | 3-3 | 2.5 | 0.235 | 0.290 | 0.357 | 0.647 | 4.1 | 0.251 | 0.326 | 0.421 | 0.746 |
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| All Games | 2.4 | 0.213 | 0.269 | 11 | 366 | 78 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 0.314 | 25 | 28 | 87 | 4 | 83 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 | | Road Games | 2.0 | 0.212 | 0.261 | 5 | 165 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0.352 | 10 | 11 | 39 | 1 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | | Righty Starters | 2.3 | 0.204 | 0.253 | 9 | 304 | 62 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0.303 | 20 | 20 | 77 | 4 | 66 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
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| All Games | 2.83 | 1.600 | 35 | 15 | 11 | 32 | 2 | 24 | 34 | 2-1 | 2 | 0 | 100% | | Road Games | 2.92 | 1.865 | 12.3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
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| All Games | 5-6 | -2.3 | 6-4 | 4.2 | 0.218 | 0.284 | 0.388 | 0.672 | 4.2 | 0.245 | 0.298 | 0.334 | 0.632 | | Home Games | 3-2 | +0.2 | 3-2 | 3.6 | 0.206 | 0.270 | 0.375 | 0.645 | 2.8 | 0.196 | 0.246 | 0.238 | 0.484 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 3-5 | -3.3 | 4-3 | 3.6 | 0.209 | 0.264 | 0.354 | 0.618 | 4.5 | 0.249 | 0.303 | 0.319 | 0.621 | | Past 7 Games | 4-3 | +1 | 5-1 | 5.6 | 0.239 | 0.312 | 0.432 | 0.744 | 4.6 | 0.259 | 0.309 | 0.378 | 0.687 | | Grass Games | 5-6 | -2.3 | 6-4 | 4.2 | 0.218 | 0.284 | 0.388 | 0.672 | 4.2 | 0.245 | 0.298 | 0.334 | 0.632 | | Day Games | 2-3 | -1.6 | 3-1 | 4.4 | 0.203 | 0.271 | 0.384 | 0.655 | 5.2 | 0.247 | 0.313 | 0.348 | 0.661 | | Division | 4-4 | -1.4 | 3-4 | 3.1 | 0.208 | 0.271 | 0.358 | 0.629 | 3.0 | 0.225 | 0.280 | 0.287 | 0.568 |
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| All Games | 4.2 | 0.218 | 0.284 | 11 | 371 | 81 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 0.388 | 44 | 34 | 96 | 2 | 70 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | | Home Games | 3.6 | 0.206 | 0.270 | 5 | 160 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0.375 | 17 | 14 | 45 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | | Righty Starters | 3.6 | 0.209 | 0.264 | 8 | 268 | 56 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 0.354 | 27 | 20 | 73 | 1 | 51 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 6 |
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| All Games | 2.30 | 1.117 | 31.3 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 1-2 | 3 | 4 | 42.9% | | Home Games | 0.79 | 0.794 | 11.3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
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| 4/6/2015 | HAMELS(L) | BOSTON | BUCHHOLZ(R) | 0-8 | L | -105 | 7.5 un | O | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 1 | | 4/8/2015 | HARANG(R) | BOSTON | PORCELLO(R) | 4-2 | W | +125 | 7.5 un | U | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | | 4/9/2015 | BUCHANAN(R) | BOSTON | MASTERSON(R) | 2-6 | L | +115 | 7.5 un | O | 5 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 0 | | 4/10/2015 | WILLIAMS(R) | WASHINGTON | GONZALEZ(L) | 4-1 | W | +145 | 7.5 un | U | 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | | 4/11/2015 | HAMELS(L) | WASHINGTON | FISTER(R) | 3-2 | W | +100 | 6.5 un | U | 13 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 1 | | 4/12/2015 | O'SULLIVAN(R) | WASHINGTON | SCHERZER(R) | 3-4 | L | +165 | 7 un | P | 9 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | | 4/13/2015 | HARANG(R) | @ NY METS | DEGROM(R) | 0-2 | L | 155 | 7 un | U | 7 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | | 4/14/2015 | BUCHANAN(R) | @ NY METS | HARVEY(R) | 5-6 | L | 195 | 6.5 un | O | 7 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 1 | | 4/15/2015 | WILLIAMS(R) | @ NY METS | NIESE(L) | 1-6 | L | 150 | 7 un | P | 9 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 1 | | 4/16/2015 | HAMELS(L) | @ WASHINGTON | FISTER(R) | 2-5 | L | 125 | 6.5 un | O | 5 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | | 4/17/2015 | O'SULLIVAN(R) | @ WASHINGTON | SCHERZER(R) | 2-7 | L | 225 | 7 ev | O | 7 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | | 4/18/2015 | HARANG(R) | @ WASHINGTON | ZIMMERMANN(R) | | | 4/19/2015 | BUCHANAN(R) | @ WASHINGTON | STRASBURG(R) | | | 4/21/2015 | WILLIAMS(R) | MIAMI | HAREN(R) | | | 4/22/2015 | HAMELS(L) | MIAMI | COSART(R) | | | 4/23/2015 | O'SULLIVAN(R) | MIAMI | PHELPS(R) | | | 4/24/2015 | HARANG(R) | ATLANTA | WOOD(L) | | | 4/25/2015 | | ATLANTA | | |
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| 4/6/2015 | SCHERZER(R) | NY METS | COLON(R) | 1-3 | L | -165 | 7 ev | U | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | | 4/8/2015 | ZIMMERMANN(R) | NY METS | DEGROM(R) | 2-1 | W | -135 | 6 ev | U | 7 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | | 4/9/2015 | STRASBURG(R) | NY METS | HARVEY(R) | 3-6 | L | -110 | 6 ev | O | 7 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | | 4/10/2015 | GONZALEZ(L) | @ PHILADELPHIA | WILLIAMS(R) | 1-4 | L | -155 | 7.5 un | U | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | | 4/11/2015 | FISTER(R) | @ PHILADELPHIA | HAMELS(L) | 2-3 | L | -110 | 6.5 un | U | 7 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 0 | | 4/12/2015 | SCHERZER(R) | @ PHILADELPHIA | O'SULLIVAN(R) | 4-3 | W | -175 | 7 un | P | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | | 4/13/2015 | ZIMMERMANN(R) | @ BOSTON | PORCELLO(R) | 4-9 | L | 125 | 8.5 ov | O | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 2 | | 4/14/2015 | STRASBURG(R) | @ BOSTON | MASTERSON(R) | 7-8 | L | 115 | 8 ov | O | 10 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 1 | | 4/15/2015 | GONZALEZ(L) | @ BOSTON | MILEY(L) | 10-5 | W | 110 | 9 ov | O | 12 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | | 4/16/2015 | FISTER(R) | PHILADELPHIA | HAMELS(L) | 5-2 | W | -135 | 6.5 un | O | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | | 4/17/2015 | SCHERZER(R) | PHILADELPHIA | O'SULLIVAN(R) | 7-2 | W | -250 | 7 ev | O | 10 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | | 4/18/2015 | ZIMMERMANN(R) | PHILADELPHIA | HARANG(R) | | | 4/19/2015 | STRASBURG(R) | PHILADELPHIA | BUCHANAN(R) | | | 4/21/2015 | GONZALEZ(L) | ST LOUIS | LYNN(R) | | | 4/22/2015 | FISTER(R) | ST LOUIS | LACKEY(R) | | | 4/23/2015 | SCHERZER(R) | ST LOUIS | WACHA(R) | | | 4/24/2015 | ZIMMERMANN(R) | @ MIAMI | LATOS(R) | | | 4/25/2015 | | @ MIAMI | | |
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| |  | PHILADELPHIA: CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - No team is picked to win fewer games this season than the Philadelphia Phillies.
Rebuilding isn't easy.
After dominating the NL East from 2007-11, capturing five division titles, two pennants and one World Series championship, the Phillies have spiraled downward - all the way to the bottom.
Oddsmakers set Philadelphia's win total for 2015 at 67 or 68. Things could get even uglier if ace Cole Hamels is traded - a very realistic possibility - along with other veterans still hanging around. Ryan Howard and Jonathan Papelbon are available. Chase Utley and Carlos Ruiz also could be moved. Jimmy Rollins was the first member of the nucleus to go when he was traded to the Dodgers in December.
The goal this season is figuring out which players will be part of the future. Cody Asche, Maikel Franco, Freddy Galvis, Cesar Hernandez, Darin Ruf and Odubel Herrera are among those will get opportunities. Asche and Galvis form the left side of the infield. Franco will begin the season at Triple-A. Hernandez and Herrera will start off as role players. Ruf still is hoping to get a chance to play regularly.
''I'm very pleased with the demeanor of the players in the clubhouse,'' general manager Ruben Amaro, Jr. said. ''Young players are stepping up and gaining confidence. It's all about experience and that's what these young guys are going to get and hopefully they take the ball and run with it.''
Howard, Utley and Rollins each were homegrown players who developed into the best players at their position in franchise history. Those are big shoes for guys like Asche, Galvis and others to fill.
But they're up for the challenge.
''The faces might be different, the names might be different and they might not be big names, but the mentality is the same,'' Asche said. ''We're still out there trying to earn it every day and we're going to have our bad days and good days, but I guarantee there's no one in that clubhouse not trying to earn something.''
Here are some things to know about the Phillies entering the season:
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REPLACING J-ROLL
Jimmy Rollins was a three-time All-Star shortstop and the 2007 NL MVP. Beyond the stats, he was a team leader who brought swagger to the clubhouse. Freddy Galvis takes his spot while top prospect J.P. Crawford is groomed in the minors. Galvis is an excellent defensive player whether he's playing second base, shortstop, third base or even the outfield. The switch-hitter has a .218 career average with 13 homers and 55 RBIs in 514 at-bats. Galvis has gap power - 42 extra-base hits - but needs to improve his average and stay on top of the ball at the plate.
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FINISHING OFF
If starting pitchers get through six innings with a lead, the Phillies may win more games than people think. Their bullpen is a major strength. Jonathan Papelbon converted 39 of 43 save chances last year. Setup man Ken Giles brings a 100 mph heater to the eighth inning. Lefty Jake Diekman has a power arm in the seventh or eighth and righty Justin De Fratus is solid.
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STARTING FIVE
Before Cliff Lee's elbow injury, the rotation was quite formidable with Cole Hamels, Lee and Aaron Harang. Now, Harang moves up to No. 2 and journeyman Jerome Williams takes the third spot ahead of David Buchanan. Several guys are competing for the No. 5 spot while Chad Billingsley works his way back from two elbow operations.
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POWER OUTTAGE
Marlon Byrd led the Phillies with 25 homers last year before he was traded to Cincinnati in the offseason. Howard hit 23, but the former NL MVP looked good in spring training. If he sticks around, he should supply more power. But Chase Utley only hit 11 homers last year and Domonic Brown dropped from 27 to 10. This won't be the 2009 Phillies who had four guys hit 30 homers and five hit 20. But there's a chance they'll get a few more in the 15-20 range.
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CALLING THE SHOTS
Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg is finding out it was easier for him to play the game than to win games as the manager. Sandberg is 93-111 since replacing Charlie Manuel in August 2013. | | WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON (AP) - Bryce Harper's reaction to the news that the Washington Nationals added Max Scherzer to an already-talented starting staff drew quite a lot of attention.
''I just started laughing,'' Harper famously said. ''I was like, `Where's my ring?'''
Yes, that pretty much sums up where the expectations are for the 2015 Nationals - as expressed by them and by others.
On the first day of full-squad workouts at spring training, reigning NL Manager of the Year Matt Williams posted these words of wisdom in the clubhouse: ''The road to the World Series begins today.''
''We're here to get to that ultimate goal,'' Williams said. ''We're not alone. There's 29 other teams that have the same thought. So that being said, I want to make sure that we understand that that's our goal. That is our goal: to be the last one standing at the end of it.''
The main reason many folks think the Nationals are capable of achieving that goal, even if the team has yet to win a playoff series, is the rotation.
Scherzer, the 2013 AL Cy Young Award winner with Detroit, came aboard with a $210 million contract, joining a group that led the majors in ERA last season - right-handers Stephen Strasburg, Jordan Zimmermann and Doug Fister, and lefty Gio Gonzalez.
''There's no break'' for an opposing team, new reliever Casey Janssen observed.
It's such a formidable quintet that a guy who won 15 games, had a sub-3.00 ERA and threw nearly 200 innings a year ago, Tanner Roark, is moving to the bullpen.
In 2014, the Nationals won a league-best 96 games and finished atop the underwhelming NL East by a whopping 17 games, but then bowed out in four games in a Division Series against the eventual champs, the San Francisco Giants. Washington's starting pitching wasn't the problem in the postseason; its bullpen and hitting were what led to a second quick playoff exit in three years.
And yet general manager Mike Rizzo allowed those two areas to lose important pieces, trading away the man he called ''maybe the best eighth-inning setup man in the history of the game,'' Tyler Clippard, and letting first baseman Adam LaRoche (team highs of 26 homers, 92 RBIs) leave via free agency.
The hope, presumably, is that hitters such as Harper, Ryan Zimmerman (who replaces LaRoche at first) and Wilson Ramos, who each missed significant chunks of last season, will deliver the numbers they're capable of producing, while opponents have a really hard time scoring much against all the aces Williams will send to the mound.
''It's hilarious having to go in there and face them. It's absolutely stupid,'' Harper said. ''We have the best staff in baseball. I don't care what anybody says.''
Actually, Bryce, that's exactly what pretty much everybody IS saying.
Here are other things to know about the Nationals, who open the season on April 6 at home against the New York Mets:
HEALTH MATTERS: Half of the everyday lineup - outfielders Jayson Werth and Denard Span (both recovering from offseason surgery), third baseman Anthony Rendon and new second baseman Yunel Escobar - missed extended periods of spring training, as did fourth outfielder Nate McClouth. Rendon, Span, Werth and McClouth might all miss opening day. ''You can be as good as you want on paper, but that doesn't mean anything until the end of the year,'' Scherzer said. ''We've got to stay healthy.''
MIGHTY `PEN?: Given their aspirations, October is what really matters for the Nationals, and Drew Storen blew save chances in the 2012 and 2014 playoffs. Still, the closer's job is his entering the season, and Clippard is no longer around to shut down foes in the eighth - or provide ninth-inning backup if needed. Worth watching: Will Aaron Barrett set aside the yips that hit him in the NLDS?
LAST HURRAH: A couple of homegrown franchise cornerstones, Zimmermann and shortstop Ian Desmond, can become free agents after the season, as can Span and Fister. Rizzo could try to sign one or more to long-term deals. He could trade one or more. Or he could decide to let things play out with this group, then move on next offseason. ''With this group of guys,'' Werth said, ''this might be it.'' |
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*Phillies-Nationals Preview* ============================
By NICOLINO DIBENEDETTO STATS Writer
Philadelphia (3-7) at Washington (4-6), 1:05 p.m. EDT
The Washington Nationals are putting their sluggish start to the season behind them, and the same could be said of Ian Desmond and Bryce Harper.
Jordan Zimmermann would like to join them.
Desmond and Harper look to continue their hot hitting while Zimmermann tries to rebound from one of the worst performances of his career Saturday against the Philadelphia Phillies.
Washington (5-6) has rebounded from a rough start with three straight wins, outscoring opponents 22-9. The Nationals jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning Friday on their way to a 7-2 win over Philadelphia.
Desmond and Harper have been key to the turnaround. Desmond is 8 for 16 with three RBIs and four runs in four games after going 3 for 26 through the first seven.
The shortstop went 3 for 4 on Friday while Harper hit a three-run shot and scored twice for the third straight game. The star right fielder has gone 3 for 8 in that span.
Zimmermann (1-1, 8.64 ERA) takes the mound after being roughed up for eight runs in 2 1-3 innings of Monday's 9-4 loss at Boston. Seven runs were earned, matching the second-highest total of his career.
"It's not like me to walk a guy and hit two guys and I just didn't have a feel for the ball and really had no clue where it was going all day," Zimmermann told MLB's official website. "My mechanics were fine. ... It was just not a good day for me."
Facing the Phillies (3-8) could be just what Zimmermann needs. He's compiled a 2.23 ERA while winning four of his last five starts against them, and has won four straight home matchups with a 1.24 ERA.
Zimmermann has tossed 19 consecutive scoreless innings over his last three home starts against Philadelphia, his longest such streak against any opponent.
While the Nationals are surging, the Phillies are on a six-game losing streak in which they've scored 13 runs and batted .128 with runners in scoring position. Their 2.40 runs per game on the season ranks last in the majors.
Aaron Harang (1-1, 0.73) is familiar with Philadelphia's offensive shortcomings. The right-hander pitched well enough to win Monday, allowing one run and four hits in six innings, but the Phillies went 0 for 5 with runners in scoring position in a 2-0 loss to the New York Mets.
Harang went 2-1 with a 1.33 ERA in four starts against the Nationals last year. He yielded an unearned run and struck out nine in seven innings of a 6-2 win in his latest start at Washington on Sept. 10.
He's 1-1 with a 1.57 ERA in four career visits.
Philadelphia's Cody Asche hasn't managed a hit in eight at-bats in this series after going 9 for 14 over the previous four games. The third baseman, though, owns a .341 average in 25 career meetings with the Nationals, and is 4 for 9 against Zimmermann.
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