2017 Season Summary


Date Opponent Score Record Pos, GA/GB Featured Card Game Summary Post
1 Mon. 4/3 at Reds W, 4-3 1-0 T1, 1.0 C. Hernandez Hernandez homers to open '17
2 Wed. 4/5 at Reds L, 2-0 1-1 T2, 1.0 Eickhoff Offense missing in Cincinnati
3 Thu. 4/6 at Reds L, 7-4 1-2 T3, 1.0 Giambi Buchholz, Morgan can't contain Reds
4 Fri. 4/7 Nationals L, 7-6 1-3 T4, 2.0 Galvis Nationals' home runs ruin opening day
5 Sat. 4/8 Nationals W, 17-3 2-3 T3, 1.0 1st Inning HL Phils explode for 12 runs in 1st
6 Sun. 4/9 Nationals W, 4-3 3-3 T1, 2.0 C. Hernandez Hernandez walks it off with single
7 Mon. 4/10 Mets L, 4-3 3-4 4, 1.0 E. Ramos Bruce homers twice for Mets
8 Tue. 4/11 Mets L, 14-4 3-5 4, 2.0 Buchholz Cespedes homers thrice for Mets
9 Wed. 4/12 Mets L, 5-4 3-6 4, 3.0 M. Franco Franco's slam isn't enough
10 Fri. 4/14 at Nationals L, 3-2 (10) 3-7 5, 3.5 J. Gomez Murphy walks it off in the 10th
11 Sat. 4/15 at Nationals W, 4-2 4-7 5, 2.5 C. Hernandez Hernandez's homer in 8th leads to win
12 Sun. 4/16 at Nationals L, 6-4 4-8 5, 3.0 Benoit Harper homers off Benoit for the win
13 Tue. 4/18 at Mets W, 6-2 (10) 5-8 5, 3.0 Blanco Phils take advantage of costly Reyes error
14 Wed. 4/19 at Mets L, 5-4 5-9 5, 4.0 Velasquez Bruce homers twice for Mets (again)
15 Thu. 4/20 at Mets W, 6-4 6-9 T4, 4 Neris Joseph & Franco pace the offense in win
16 Fri. 4/21 Braves W, 4-3 7-9 4, 4.0 Hellickson Hellickson improves to 3-0
17 Sat. 4/22 Braves W, 4-3 (10) 8-9 3, 4.0 M. Franco Franco salvages sloppy game with walk-off
18 Sun. 4/23 Braves W, 5-2 9-9 3, 4.0 C. Hernandez Hernandez, Altherr, Odubel hit 3 in a row
19 Wed. 4/26 Marlins W, 7-4 10-9 T2, 4 M. Franco Franco slams Phils to 5th win in a row
20 Thu. 4/27 Marlins W, 3-2 11-9 2, 4.0 Hellickson Phils win 6th in a row behind Hellickson
21 Fri. 4/28 at Dodgers L, 5-3 11-10 2, 4.0 Leiter, Jr. Eickhoff, Phils fall to Dodgers
22 Sat. 4/29 at Dodgers L, 6-5 11-11 2, 4.0 Eflin Eflin's effort wasted in stunning defeat
23 Sun. 4/30 at Dodgers L, 5-3 11-12 T2, 4.0 Pivetta Pivetta debuts, Phils swept

24

Mon. 5/1

at Cubs

W, 10-2

12-12

2, 4.5

Altherr

Phils explode for 10 soggy runs
25 Tue. 5/2 at Cubs L, 8-3 12-13 2, 4.5 Dernier Hellickson gets roughed up in loss
26 Wed. 5/3 at Cubs L, 5-4 12-14 T2, 5.5 M. Franco Eickhoff drops to 0-3 as Cubs win again
27 Thu. 5/4 at Cubs L, 5-4 (13) 12-15 T2, 6.5 C. Hernandez Galvis error leads to 13th inning Cubs win
28 Fri. 5/5 Nationals L, 4-2 12-16 T3, 7.5 J. Thompson Phils stumble through another loss
29 Sat. 5/6 Nationals L, 6-2 12-17 T3, 8.5 Fanti Velasquez can't contain Zimmerman & Rendon
30 Sun. 5/7 Nationals W, 6-5 (10) 13-17 T3, 7.5 Altherr Altherr, Galvis lead Phils to 10th inning win
31 Tue. 5/9 Mariners L, 10-9 13-18 3, 7.0 Ruiz Chooch returns, Phils can't hold M's
32 Wed. 5/10 Mariners L, 11-6 13-19 3, 8.0 Schmidt Altherr's two homers aren't enough
33 Sat. 5/13 at Nationals L, 6-4 13-20 T3, 9.0 M. Franco Harper walks it off with bomb
34 Sun 5/14 (1) at Nationals W, 4-3 14-20 3, 8.0 Kelly Phils plate three in the 9th for the win
35 Sun. 5/14 (2) at Nationals L, 6-5 14-21 3, 9.0 Neshek Neshek's scoreless streaks ends
36 Tue. 5/16 at Rangers L, 5-1 14-22 4, 10.0 J. Nix Darvish easily solves Phillies
37 Wed. 5/17 at Rangers L, 9-3 14-23 4, 10.0 Hamels Eflin hit hard by Rangers in loss
38 Thu. 5/18 at Rangers L, 8-4 14-24 4, 10.0 Gant Phils match worst start since 2000
39 Fri. 5/19 at Pirates W, 7-2 15-24 4, 9.0 Hellickson Hellickson leads Phils over Bucs before injury
40 Sat. 5/20 at Pirates L, 6-3 15-25 4, 9.0 Tekulve Velasquez's struggles continue
41 Sun. 5/21 at Pirates L, 1-0 15-26 4, 10.0 Nola Nola returns, offense does not
42 Mon. 5/22 Rockies L, 8-1 15-27 4, 10.5 C. Hayes Floundering Phils can't touch Rockies
43 Tue. 5/23 Rockies L, 8-2 15-28 5, 11.5 Greene Phils drop into the cellar
44 Wed. 5/24 Rockies L, 7-2 15-29 5, 12.5 A. Morgan The Phillies are bad
45 Thu. 5/25 Rockies W, 2-1 (11) 16-29 T4, 11.5 Joseph Joseph leads Phils over Rockies in 11
46 Fri. 5/26 Reds L, 5-2 16-30 5, 12.5 Bunning Phils can't solve Adleman in loss
47 Sat. 5/27 Reds W, 4-3 17-30 T4, 12.5 Joseph Joseph walks it off again
48 Sun. 5/28 Reds L, 8-4 17-31 5, 12.5 Cummings Phils drop 9th straight series
49 Mon. 5/29 at Marlins L, 4-1 17-32 5, 13.5 Halladay The losing continues in Miami
50 Tue. 5/30 at Marlins L, 7-2 17-33 5, 14.5 Velasquez Velasquez injured, Phils drop another
51 Wed. 5/31 at Marlins L, 10-2 17-34 5, 15.5 Pinto Historically bad month ends

52

Fri. 6/2

Giants

L, 10-0

17-35

5, 16.5

Elster & Weston

Blach baffles Phils; Eickhoff exits early
53 Sat. 6/3 Giants W, 5-3 18-35 5, 15.5 Lively Lively shines in debut; Avett Brothers rock the park
54 Sun. 6/4 Giants W, 9-7 19-35 5, 15.5 Galvis & Herrera Galvis & Herrera pace the offense
55 Mon. 6/5 at Braves W, 11-4 20-35 5, 15.5 Herrera Herrera remains hot as Phils win again
56 Tue. 6/6 at Braves W, 3-1 21-35 5, 15.5 Nola Nola goes eight strong in win
57 Wed. 6/7 at Braves L, 14-1 21-36 5, 15.5 Blanco Braves crush Phils to end 4-game winning streak
58 Thu. 6/8 at Braves L, 3-1 21-37 5, 16.5 Loewer Dickey's knuckler stymies Phils
59 Fri. 6/9 at Cardinals L, 3-2 21-38 5, 16.5 Sand Phils can't overcome Cards
60 Sat. 6/10 at Cardinals L, 7-0 21-39 5, 16.5 Toliver Martinez holds Phils to 4 hits
61 Sun. 6/11 at Cardinals L, 6-5 21-40 5, 16.5 V. Hayes Nola falters, Cards complete sweep
62 Mon. 6/12 at Red Sox L, 6-5 (11) 21-41 5, 16.5 Haseley Phils fall in 11 to Sox
63 Tue. 6/13 at Red Sox L, 4-3 (12) 21-42 5, 17.5 Champion Hello darkness, my old friend
64 Wed. 6/14 Red Sox L, 7-3 21-43 5, 17.5 Amaro, Jr. I've come to talk with you again
65 Thu. 6/15 Red Sox W, 1-0 22-43 5, 17.5 Pivetta Pivetta's pitching, Kelly's big hit lead to rare win
66 Fri. 6/16 Diamondbacks L, 5-4 22-44 5, 18.5 Lidge Rough 7th dooms Phils and Nola
67 Sat. 6/17 Diamondbacks L, 5-1 22-45 5, 19.5 Beech Phils can't contain D-Backs
68 Sun. 6/18 Diamondbacks L, 5-4 (10) 22-46 5, 19.5 Rose Bullpen fails as D-Backs win in 10
69 Tue. 6/20 Cardinals L, 8-1 (11) 22-47 5, 20.0 Hellickson Fien implodes in 11th
70 Wed. 6/21 Cardinals L, 7-6 (10) 22-48 5, 20.0 Samuel Phils find new & horrifying ways to lose
71 Thu. 6/22 Cardinals W, 5-1 23-48 5, 19.5 NolaNola pitches gem to end skid
72 Fri. 6/23 at Diamondbacks W, 6-1 24-48 5, 19.5 Leiter, Jr. Leiter impresses in 1st start
73 Sat. 6/24 at Diamondbacks L, 9-2 24-49 5, 20.5 Juden Lively homers but Phils still fall
74 Sun. 6/25 at Diamondbacks L, 2-1 (11) 24-50 5, 20.5 Sullivan Lack of offense, Ramos doom Phils again
75 Mon. 6/26 at Diamondbacks L, 6-1 24-51 5, 20.5 Galvis Phils lose another, Galvis vents
76 Tue. 6/27 at Mariners W, 8-2 25-51 5, 20.5 M. Franco Franco and Nola break losing streak
77 Wed. 6/28 at Mariners W, 5-4 26-51 5, 20.5 Knapp Knapp delivers game-winning single
78 Fri. 6/30 at Mets L, 2-1 26-52 5, 20.0 N. Williams Phils can't solve deGrom

79

Sat. 7/1

at Mets

L, 7-6

26-53

5, 20.0

Neshek

Joseph's big day flushed by Neshek
80 Sun. 7/2 at Mets W, 7-1 27-53 5, 20.0 Pivetta Pivetta throws gem against Mets
81 Mon. 7/3 Pirates W, 4-0 28-53 5, 20.0 Nola Nola and Galvis lead the way
82 Tue. 7/4 Pirates L, 3-0 28-54 5, 21.0 Kingery Phils snooze through Independence Day
83 Wed. 7/5 Pirates L, 5-2 28-55 5, 21.5 Nava Offense, Lively come up short
84 Thu. 7/6 Pirates L, 6-3 28-56 5, 21.5 Walrond Phils Kuhl'd off; Benoit falters
85 Fri. 7/7 Padres L, 4-3 28-57 5, 22.5 Dernier I met Bob Dernier (again)!
86 Sat. 7/8 Padres L, 2-1 28-58 5, 22.5 Altherr Neris, offense waste Nola's efforts
87 Sun. 7/9 Padres W, 7-1 29-58 5, 22.5 Archives Phils ride 6 homers to victory
88 Fri. 7/14 at Brewers L, 9-6 29-59 5, 23.5 Archives 2 Pivetta's nightmare 2nd dooms Phils
89 Sat. 7/15 at Brewers L, 3-2 29-60 5, 24.5 Archives 3 Offense absent, Benoit falters
90 Sun. 7/16 at Brewers W, 5-2 30-60 5, 24.5 Archives 4 Williams slams Phils to victory
91 Mon. 7/17 at Marlins L, 6-5 (10) 30-61 5, 25.5 N. Williams Phils battle back, but Fish walk off
92 Tue. 7/18 at Marlins W, 5-2 31-61 5, 25.5 Velasquez Franco & Velasquez contribute in win
93 Wed. 7/19 at Marlins W, 10-3 32-61 5, 24.5 M. Franco Offense pounds out 20 hits in win
94 Fri. 7/20 Brewers W, 6-1 33-61 5, 23.5 Nola Nola continues his recent dominance
95 Sat. 7/21 Brewers L, 9-8 33-62 5, 24.5 Photo Night Phils' impressive comeback falls short
96 Sun. 7/22 Brewers W, 6-3 34-62 5, 24.5 Photo Night 2 Williams & Eickhoff give hope
97 Mon. 7/24 Astros L, 13-4 34-63 5, 25.0 Hinch Astros, rain destroy Phils
98 Tue. 7/25 Astros L, 5-0 34-64 5, 25.0 Morton Morton, Giles handle their ex-team
99 Wed. 7/26 Astros W, 9-0 35-64 5, 25.0 Nola Nola handles Astros; Neshek traded
100 Fri. 7/28 Braves W, 10-3 36-64 5, 25.0 J. Thompson Phils' bats come to life before trades
101 Sat. 7/29 Braves W, 4-3 (11) 37-64 5, 24.0 Kelly Kelly walks it off in the 11th!
102 Sun. 7/30 Braves W, 2-1 38-64 5, 23.5 Galvis Galvis walks it off in the 9th!
103 Mon. 7/31 Braves W, 7-6 39-64 5, 23.5 Pivetta Pivetta, Phils sweep Braves

104

Tue. 8/1

at Angels

L, 7-1

39-65

5, 23.5

D. Anderson

Nola, Phils can't handle Pujols
105 Wed. 8/2 at Angels L, 7-0 39-66 5, 23.5 Ramirez Trout, 7-run third doom Phils
106 Thu. 8/3 at Angels L, 5-4 39-67 5, 24.0 Cormier Garcia unable to hold late lead
107 Fri. 8/4 at Rockies L, 4-3 39-68 5, 25.0 S. Sanchez Garcia unable to hold late lead 2
108 Sat. 8/5 at Rockies L, 8-5 39-69 5, 25.0 Leiter, Jr. Pivetta rocked at Coors
109 Sun. 8/6 at Rockies W, 3-2 40-69 5, 25.0 Rupp Rupp doubles in 9th for the win
110 Tue. 8/8 at Braves W, 5-2 41-69 5, 24.5 Eflin Eflin earns first win of season
111 Wed. 8/9 at Braves W, 3-2 42-69 5, 24.5 O. Herrera Eickhoff battles against Braves
112 Thu. 8/10 Mets L, 10-0 42-70 5, 25.5 Hoskins Phils bombed in Hoskins' debut
113 Fri. 8/11 Mets L, 7-6 42-71 5, 26.0 Joseph Rosario's first homer wins it
114 Sat. 8/12 Mets W, 3-1 43-71 5, 26.0 Alumni Nola rolls on Wall of Fame night
115 Sun. 8/13 Mets L, 6-2 43-72 5, 26.0 Alumni 2 Phils lose on Alumni Day
116 Mon. 8/14 at Padres L, 7-4 43-73 5, 27.0 Hoskins Hoskins homers twice, but Phils fall
117 Tue. 8/15 at Padres L, 8-4 43-74 5, 28.0 Alfaro Alfaro hits first ML homer in loss
118 Wed. 8/16 at Padres L, 3-0 43-75 5, 28.0 Daal Season creeps closer to conclusion
119 Thu. 8/17 at Giants L, 5-4 43-76 5, 29.0 Carlton Nola falters in loss to Giants
120 Fri. 8/18 at Giants L, 10-2 43-77 5, 30.0 O. Herrera Eflin hit hard, Giants cruise to win
121 Sat. 8/19 at Giants W, 12-9 44-77 5, 29.0 BlueClaws Kelly's slam aids big Phils win
122 Sun. 8/20 at Giants W, 5-2 45-77 5, 29.0 Florimon Phils win behind P. Flo
123 Tue. 8/22 (1) Marlins L, 12-8 45-78 5, 30.5 Samuel Marlins out-homer Phils in Game 1 loss
124 Tue. 8/22 (2) Marlins L, 7-4 45-79 5, 30.5 Rios Pivetta rocked, Phils swept
125 Wed. 8/23 Marlins W, 8-0 46-79 5, 29.5 Leiter, Jr. Leiter dominates Fish
126 Thu. 8/24 Marlins L, 9-8 46-80 5, 30.5 Hoskins Phils lose again, Hoskins homers again
127 Fri. 8/25 Cubs W, 7-1 47-80 5, 30.5 Hoskins Hoskins sets homer mark in win
128 Sat. 8/26 Cubs L, 17-2 47-81 5, 30.5 Hoskins Phils destroyed, Hoskins homers
129 Sun. 8/27 Cubs W, 6-3 48-81 5, 30.0 Hoskins Hoskins homers, startes triple play
130 Mon. 8/28 Braves W, 6-1 49-81 5, 30.0 Nola Nola rebounds with solid start
131 Wed. 8/30 (1) Braves L, 9-1 49-82 5, 32.0 Eickhoff Phils crushed, Eickhoff hurt
132 Wed. 8/30 (2) Braves L, 5-2 49-83 5, 32.0 Galvis Phils can't solve Teheran
133 Thu. 8/31 at Marlins W, 3-2 50-83 5, 31.0 Lively Lively pitches, hits Phils to win

134

Fri. 9/1

at Marlins

W, 2-1

51-83

5, 30.0

Alfaro

Alfaro helps 9th inning comeback 
135 Sat. 9/2 at Marlins L, 10-9 51-84 5, 31.0 Oriole Bird Fish outhomer Phils
136 Sun. 9/3 at Marlins W, 3-1 (12) 52-84 5, 30.0 Ruth Williams delivers winning hit
137 Mon. 9/4 at Mets L, 11-7 52-85 5, 31.0 Kim Mets wallop Leiter, Phils
138 Tue. 9/5 at Mets W, 9-1 53-85 5, 31.0 Lively Crawford debuts, Lively cruises
139 Wed. 9/6 at Mets L, 6-3 (6) 53-86 5, 32.0 C. Hernandez Pivetta hit hard in rainy loss
140 Thu. 9/7 at Nationals L, 4-3 53-87 5, 33.0 O. Herrera Nats come from behind for win
141 Fri. 9/8 at Nationals L, 11-10 53-88 5, 34.0 N. Williams Mental mistakes cost Phils the game
142 Sat. 9/9 at Nationals W, 5-4 54-88 5, 33.0 Hoskins Hoskins, Franco homer in win
143 Sun. 9/10 at Nationals L, 3-2 54-89 5, 34.0 H. Kendrick Strasburg outduels Lively
144 Tue. 9/12 Marlins W, 9-8 (15) 55-89 5, 33.0 N. Williams Hoskins homers twice, Williams walks it off
145 Wed. 9/13 Marlins W, 8-1 56-89 5, 32.0 Nola Hoskins homers, Nola cruises
146 Thu. 9/14 Marlins W, 10-0 57-89 5, 32.0 Perkins Hoskins homers (!), Phils win again
147 Fri. 9/15 Athletics L, 4-0 57-90 5, 32.0 J. Crawford Mengden baffles Phils in loss
148 Sat. 9/16 Athletics W, 5-3 58-90 5, 31.0 Alfaro Alfaro's post-rain delay homer wins game
149 Sun. 9/17 Athletics L, 6-3 58-91 5, 32.0 Mack Wendle's slam downs Phils
150 Mon. 9/18 Dodgers W, 4-3 59-91 5, 31.5 Altherr Altherr stuns Kershaw with slam
151 Tue. 9/19 Dodgers W, 6-2 60-91 5, 31.5 Hoskins Hoskins knocks in 4, Phils win
152 Wed. 9/20 Dodgers W, 7-5 61-91 5, 31.5 Altherr Altherr's bat leads the way again
153 Thu. 9/21 Dodgers L, 5-4 61-92 5, 31.5 Utley Dodgers come from behind, avoid sweep
154 Fri. 9/22 at Braves L, 7-2 61-93 5, 31.5 Rios Lively roughed up in loss to Braves
155 Sat. 9/23 at Braves L, 4-2 61-94 5, 32.5 L. Garcia Garcia can't hold late lead
156 Sun. 9/24 at Braves W, 2-0 62-94 5, 32.5 Pivetta Pivetta, relievers shutout Braves
157 Mon. 9/25 Nationals L, 3-1 62-95 5, 33.5 Nola Nola wraps up '17 season with loss
158 Tue. 9/26 Nationals W, 4-1 63-95 5, 32.5 J. Thompson Thompson, 'pen contain Nats
159 Wed. 9/27 Nationals W, 7-5 64-95 5, 31.5 G. Murphy Alfaro & Altherr with big hits in win
160 Fri. 9/29 Mets W, 6-2 65-95 5, 32.0 Mackanin Phils win on day Mackanin let go
161 Sat. 9/30 Mets L, 7-4 (11) 65-96 5, 32.0 M. Franco Phils can't stop Mets in extras
162 Sun. 10/1 Mets W, 11-0 66-96 5, 31.0 N. Williams Bats erupt to close out '17

I was there!

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