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MLB : ATS Matchup
Saturday 5/23/2015Line$ LineOU LineScore
PHILADELPHIA  HAMELS )
 
WASHINGTON  STRASBURG )
+1.5  -170

-1.5  +150
+125

-135

6.5un
 
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Final
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PHILADELPHIA (18 - 26) at WASHINGTON (25 - 17)
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Saturday, 5/23/2015 4:05 PM
COLE HAMELS (L) vs. STEPHEN STRASBURG (R)
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
953PHILADELPHIA+140Ov 7,+105+130Ov 6.5,-105
954WASHINGTON-150Un 7,-125-140Un 6.5,-115
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
PHILADELPHIA - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games18-26-4.519-193.10.2400.2920.3530.6444.40.2650.3320.3950.727
Road Games6-16-7.911-73.00.2380.2870.3480.6345.00.2920.3640.4330.797
vs Right-handed Starters14-22-5.617-153.20.2360.2840.3510.6364.60.2670.3320.4000.732
Past 7 Games4-3+1.53-44.30.2770.3320.4420.7743.60.2590.3060.3750.681
Grass Games18-26-4.519-193.10.2400.2920.3530.6444.40.2650.3320.3950.727
Day Games5-9-2.58-42.90.2340.2890.3460.6364.90.2840.3590.4240.783
Division9-17-5.911-102.80.2290.2790.3400.6194.30.2690.3360.4020.738
PHILADELPHIA - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games3.10.2400.2924414603506912240.3531311072972331034334524
Road Games3.00.2380.28722748178368100.34864511551015819162314
Righty Starters3.20.2360.284361201283578220.351109822502024524283522
PHILADELPHIA - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games3.351.534131.762491347681224-412285.7%
Road Games3.301.65962.7282364240580-240100%

WASHINGTON - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games25-17+3.626-154.90.2600.3280.4200.7484.20.2640.3140.3730.687
Home Games13-6+4.611-84.30.2540.3240.4330.7573.40.2340.2840.3160.600
vs Left-handed Starters6-2+3.66-26.10.2790.3490.4670.8163.50.2600.3090.3530.662
Past 7 Games6-1+54-35.70.2770.3550.4550.8103.30.2190.2660.3500.616
Grass Games25-17+3.626-154.90.2600.3280.4200.7484.20.2640.3140.3730.687
Day Games9-7-0.211-44.50.2420.3140.4100.7234.70.2690.3180.3810.699
Division16-11+1.215-114.20.2530.3170.4020.7193.70.2570.3050.3410.646
WASHINGTON - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.90.2600.328421421369726480.4202011443391128133303517
Home Games4.30.2540.32419619157300270.433816415821231812148
Lefty Starters6.10.2790.349827276142110.4674729621503871
WASHINGTON - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games3.141.265123.448431129441178-415671.4%
Home Games2.341.20050131345115495-18280%
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
PHILADELPHIA - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
5/9/2015HARANG(R)NY METSNIESE(L)2-3L+1107.5 unU781991
5/10/2015BILLINGSLEY(R)NY METSCOLON(R)4-7L+1108 ovO9711470
5/11/2015WILLIAMS(R)PITTSBURGHCOLE(R)3-4L+1557.5 ovU971770
5/12/2015O'SULLIVAN(R)PITTSBURGHBURNETT(R)2-7L+1408.5 ovO860842
5/13/2015HAMELS(L)PITTSBURGHLIRIANO(L)3-2W+1156.5 evU761660
5/14/2015HARANG(R)PITTSBURGHWORLEY(R)4-2W+1157.5 unU1191752
5/15/2015BILLINGSLEY(R)ARIZONAANDERSON(R)4-3W+1057.5 unU7601081
5/16/2015WILLIAMS(R)ARIZONABRADLEY(R)7-5W+1108 unO131111052
5/17/2015O'SULLIVAN(R)ARIZONACOLLMENTER(R)6-0W+1208 unU11808101
5/18/2015HAMELS(L)@ COLORADOLYLES(R)4-3W-1109 unU10711081
5/19/2015HARANG(R)@ COLORADOBETTIS(R)5-6L1059 evO1161751
5/20/2015GONZALEZ(R)@ COLORADOBUTLER(R)4-2W12510 unU9100732
5/21/2015WILLIAMS(R)@ COLORADODE LA ROSA(L)3-7L1509.5 unO77212111
5/22/2015O'SULLIVAN(R)@ WASHINGTONSCHERZER(R)1-2L2357 ovU660640
5/23/2015HAMELS(L)@ WASHINGTONSTRASBURG(R) 
5/24/2015HARANG(R)@ WASHINGTONGONZALEZ(L) 
5/25/2015GONZALEZ(R)@ NY METSCOLON(R) 
5/26/2015WILLIAMS(R)@ NY METSDEGROM(R) 
5/27/2015O'SULLIVAN(R)@ NY METSSYNDERGAARD(R) 
5/29/2015 COLORADO  
5/30/2015 COLORADO  

WASHINGTON - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
5/9/2015FISTER(R)ATLANTATEHERAN(R)8-6W-1507.5 evO1470951
5/10/2015ZIMMERMANN(R)ATLANTAWOOD(L)5-4W-1607.5 unO114012100
5/11/2015SCHERZER(R)@ ARIZONACOLLMENTER(R)11-1W-1508 unO1570660
5/12/2015STRASBURG(R)@ ARIZONADE LA ROSA(R)6-14L-1408.5 evO12611650
5/13/2015GONZALEZ(L)@ ARIZONAHELLICKSON(R)9-6W-1259 unO86314120
5/14/2015FISTER(R)@ SAN DIEGOROSS(R)3-8L1006.5 ovO81001351
5/15/2015ZIMMERMANN(R)@ SAN DIEGODESPAIGNE(R)10-0W-1307 unO1670770
5/16/2015SCHERZER(R)@ SAN DIEGOCASHNER(R)4-1W-1356.5 unU1170572
5/17/2015STRASBURG(R)@ SAN DIEGOKENNEDY(R)10-5W-1256.5 ovO830740
5/19/2015GONZALEZ(L)NY YANKEESEOVALDI(R)8-6W-1307.5 unO1040850
5/20/2015ZIMMERMANN(R)NY YANKEESWARREN(R)3-2W-1557 ovU570671
5/22/2015SCHERZER(R)PHILADELPHIAO'SULLIVAN(R)2-1W-2707 ovU640660
5/23/2015STRASBURG(R)PHILADELPHIAHAMELS(L) 
5/24/2015GONZALEZ(L)PHILADELPHIAHARANG(R) 
5/25/2015ZIMMERMANN(R)@ CHICAGO CUBSWADA(L) 
5/26/2015COLE(R)@ CHICAGO CUBSHENDRICKS(R) 
5/27/2015SCHERZER(R)@ CHICAGO CUBSLESTER(L) 
5/29/2015 @ CINCINNATI  
5/30/2015 @ CINCINNATI  
KEY GAME INFORMATION
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.''
PREVIEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER NL PREVIEW (PHILADELPHIA-WASHINGTON) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*Phillies-Nationals Preview* ============================

By ALAN FERGUSON STATS Writer

Philadelphia (18-25) at Washington (24-17), 4:05 p.m. EDT

Since laboring in his most recent start against the Washington Nationals, Cole Hamels has often been on top of his game and perhaps made himself even more desirable to other teams.

The Philadelphia Phillies left-hander will seek to win a fourth consecutive start in Saturday's rematch with the Nationals while Bryce Harper will seek to extend his team's season-high win streak to seven games by furthering his power surge.

Hamels (4-3, 3.24 ERA) is 4-1 with a 2.45 ERA in his six starts since a 5-2 loss at Washington on April 16 and has a 1.69 ERA in his string of three consecutive victories. He gave up one run in 7 1-3 innings in a 4-3 win at Colorado on Monday and improved to 11-0 since the beginning of last season when the Phillies (18-26) give him three or more runs of support.

"He's just focused on the task at hand, the challenge on the field of getting hitters out and winning," pitching coach Bob McClure told MLB's official website. "He's so competitive. He just wants the ball every fifth day and wants to win."

Hamels, a consistent subject of trade rumors in the early season, was charged with five runs in six innings in last month's loss to the Nationals (25-17). This time, he'll face a red-hot lineup that's led the way during an 18-4 stretch.

The Nationals, batting .299 and averaging 6.3 runs in those 22 games, had six hits in Friday's series opener but got two key ones from Harper and Ian Desmond in a 2-1 victory. Harper hit his 11th home run in 14 games - and NL-best 16th overall - and Desmond had a tiebreaking double in the sixth.

"I like where he's at. I think he's taking his at-bats seriously," manager Matt Williams said of Harper, batting .522 with 24 RBIs in his last 14 contests. "He's being patient enough to get good pitches to hit and if they don't give him good pitches, he's gladly taking his walks."

Harper has three hits in his last 15 at-bats versus Hamels and no home runs. He's 0 for 3 with three walks this season against the lefty and 6 for 23 (.261) with four homers in eight games versus Philadelphia this season.

Hamels is 0-3 with a 3.35 ERA in six starts versus Washington since a 5-4 win Sept. 14, 2013, and yielded one run in seven innings in a 3-2 home victory April 11.

Hamels hasn't won four consecutive starts since a five-game run in May 2012.

If facing a red-hot Harper wasn't daunting enough, Hamels might have to outduel Stephen Strasburg (3-4, 5.98), who has often shined against the Phillies. The right-hander is 5-0 with a 1.02 ERA in his last nine matchups and yielded one run in 7 1-3 innings in a 4-1 home win April 19.

Strasburg had an improved showing in a 10-5 win in San Diego on Sunday following one of his worst performances of his career. He gave up three runs in five-plus innings against the Padres after allowing eight in 3 1-3 of a 14-6 drubbing in Arizona on May 12.

Strasburg will also try to send the Nationals to an eighth consecutive home victory. They won a franchise record-tying 10 in a row and nine straight at home in August.

Hamels has allowed one home run in 40 1-3 innings since giving up two in last month's loss to Washington.

The Phillies' Ryan Howard, batting .400 with three homers in his last nine games, is 3 for 21 with eight strikeouts lifetime against Strasburg. Chase Utley, hitting .458 in his last seven contests, is 4 for 25.


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