Phillies Phacks n Stats 8/29/24

Yesterday's Game - 10-0 Loss vs. Houston Astros

- Yesterday was the Phillies' 473rd 10-run loss in franchise history, most among all MLB franchises
    1. Phillies - 473
    2. Orioles - 421
    3. Pirates - 411

- Yordan Alvarez went yard three times yesterday for a total of 1,190 feet or .225 miles which means he could've hit the ball from the ole BONR 4EVR building on Broad all the way down to the Lewis Katz School of Medicine and still had 100 feet to spare.

    - The Phillies have allowed multiple three-homer games this season (Lawrence Butler July 14th) for the first time since 2004 when J.T. Snow, Aramis Ramirez, and Mike Lowell each did so vs. the Fightins

Tonight's Game -  Braves 6:40 Sanchez vs. Morton

- Charlie Morton has made 11 starts at Citizens Bank Park to the tune of a 5.10 ERA. Among ballparks Morton has made 10+ starts in, his ERA at CBP is the fourth highest
    1. Turner Field - 6.70 ERA (10 Games Started)
    2. Busch Stadium - 5.77 ERA (10 GS)
    3. Wrigley Field - 5.50 ERA (10 GS)
    4. Citizens Bank Park - 5.10 ERA (11 GS)

- Cristopher Sanchez is 7-3 and spinning a 2.18 ERA at home this season, the second-best home ERA of any pitcher in baseball with at least 75.0 innings pitched at home
    1. Bryce Miller, SEA - 2.03
    2. Cristopher Sanchez, PHI - 2.18
    3. Logan Webb, SF - 2.26

Phillies Phacks n Stats

- Alec Bohm leads all of baseball with 44 doubles and ranks third in the National League with 89 RBI as he looks to become the second Phillies player since 1920 to lead MLB in doubles while also finishing in the top 3 in the NL in RBI (Chuck Klein, 1930)

- Trea Turner is 9 for 21 (.429) in his last five games, raising his season average above .300 (.305) as he tries to become the fourth Phillies player since 2000 to hit .300 in a season with 20+ doubles, 10+ home runs, and 10+ steals (Bryce Harper, Chase Utley, Bobby Abreu).

2024 Trea Turner             20 2B, 14 HR, 14 SB, .305 AVG
2021 Bryce Harper           42 2B, 35 HR, 13 SB, .309 AVG
2006 Chase Utley             40 2B, 32 HR, 15 SB, .309 AVG
2004 Bobby Abreu            47 2B, 30 HR, 40 SB, .301 AVG
2003 Bobby Abreu           35 2B, 20 HR, 22 SB, .300 AVG
2002 Bobby Abreu           50 2B, 20 HR, 31 SB, .308 AVG
2000 Bobby Abreu           42 2B, 25 HR, 28 SB, .316 AVG

Braves Bits

- The long ball has accounted for 47.7% of Atlanta's runs this year with 275 of their 576 total runs scored coming via home runs. Marcell Ozuna has hit 37 homers this year and thus scoring 37 runs on those dingers which accounts for 6.42%, or 0.0642 (finally below that .08!!!), of the Braves' runs in 2024.