By Matt Rappa, Sports Talk Philly editor 
Facing the MLB-best New York Yankees (51-25) for the first time in home regular-season action since June 19-21, 2006, the Philadelphia Phillies (41-35) and Jake Arrieta will oppose Luis Severino in the second of a three-game series at Citizens Bank Park.
The Phillies fell to the Yankees in Monday's series opener, 4-2, after their offense mustered just two singles and Maikel Franco's solo, ninth-inning home run against closer Aroldis Chapman — the southpaw's first surrendered home run this season through 35 appearances. Scott Kingery and Jorge Alfaro collected the two singles, with Kingery's being a RBI base-knock that, at the time, cut the Phillies' 2-0, seventh-inning deficit in half. The Yankees' Aaron Judge hit a laser home run to left, his 20th, while Giancarlo Stanton drove in two in his first game at Citizens Bank Park since leaving the Miami Marlins this past offseason.
Yankees starter Jonathan Loaisiga allowed just one hit and two walks — while striking out eight batters — through 5 1/3 shutout innings. Vince Velasquez dropped to 5-8, despite allowing just two runs on three hits and four walks through six frames. In his return from Triple-A Lehigh Valley, Hector Neris threw a scoreless seventh with two strikeouts.
The Phillies have won three straight regular-season series against the Yankees since May 2009. A loss either on Tuesday or in Wednesday's finale would be the club's first overall series loss against the Yankees since the 2009 World Series.
Starting Pitching Matchup:
| New York Yankees (51-25) | Philadelphia Phillies (41-35) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RHP | Luis Severino | RHP | Jake Arrieta | ||
| (11-2, 2.24 ERA) | (5-5, 3.42 ERA) | ||||
RHP Luis Severino, Age: 24
- Career vs. PHI: N/A
- Career at Citizens Bank Park: N/A
Severino is tied with Cleveland Indians right-hander Corey Kluber for the MLB lead in wins, 11. This season, Severino is 7-0 with a 1.83 ERA and 0.898 WHIP through nine starts at home, but is 4-2 with a still-respectable 2.76 ERA and 1.051 WHIP through seven starts on the road.
The 2017 American League All-Star is 5-1 with a 1.07 ERA and 0.868 WHIP through 50 2/3 career interleague innings. Severino will make his first career appearance against the Phillies on Tuesday.
RHP Jake Arrieta, Age: 32
- Career vs. NYY: 3-1, 3.83 ERA, 8 G, 7 GS, 47 IP, 40 H, 22 R, 20 ER, 3 HR, 17 BB, 42 SO, 1.213 WHIP
- Career at Citizens Bank Park: 5-1, 1.70 ERA, 9 G, 9 GS, 58 1/3 IP, 36 H, 15 R, 11 ER, 5 HR, 17 BB, 54 SO, 0.909 WHIP
Arrieta is 3-1 with a 2.08 ERA and 0.969 WHIP in seven home starts this season, as opposed to 2-4 with a 5.05 ERA and 1.542 WHIP in seven road outings. All of the right-hander's eight career appearances against the Yankees came while a member of the Baltimore Orioles, 2010-2012.
Through 32 career interleague starts, Arrieta is 16-9 with a 3.98 ERA, 157-58 strikeout-to-walk ratio and 1.140 WHIP spanning 194 2/3 innings.
Starting Lineups:
| New York Yankees (51-25) | Philadelphia Phillies (41-35) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Player | Bats | Position | Player | Bats | ||
| 1 | CF | Aaron Hicks | S | 1 | 2B | Cesar Hernandez | S |
| 2 | RF | Aaron Judge | R | 2 | LF | Rhys Hoskins | R |
| 3 | SS | Didi Gregorius | L | 3 | CF | Odubel Herrera | L |
| 4 | LF | Giancarlo Stanton | R | 4 | 1B | Carlos Santana | S |
| 5 | 2B | Gleyber Torres | R | 5 | RF | Nick Williams | L |
| 6 | 1B | Greg Bird | L | 6 | SS | Scott Kingery | R |
| 7 | 3B | Miguel Andujar | R | 7 | C | Andrew Knapp | S |
| 8 | C | Austin Romine | R | 8 | 3B | Maikel Franco | R |
| 9 | P | Luis Severino | R | 9 | P | Jake Arrieta | R |
Broadcast Information:
- First pitch: 7:05 p.m.
- TV: NBCSP
- Radio: SportsRadio 94 WIP
Game Notes:
- With the Chicago Cubs losing five straight games, the Phillies now trail the top National League Wild Card spot by just one game, and the second spot by a 1/2 game. The Atlanta Braves have won two straight, while the Phillies have lost two straight, putting their division deficit back to 3 1/2 games.
- The Phillies are 5-3 in interleague play this season. They won just five of 20 interleague games all of last season.
- Career at Citizens Bank Park:
- Giancarlo Stanton, NYY: 53 G, 231 PA, 21 R, 47 H, 8 2B, 12 HR, 23 RBI, 22 BB, 78 SO, .230/.317/.446
- Aaron Judge, NYY: 1 G, 5 PA, 2 R, 2 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SO, .500/.600/1.250
- Rhys Hoskins, PHI: 67 G, 276 PA, 41 R, 57 H, 11 2B, 15 HR, 57 RBI, 45 BB, 68 SO, .254/.377/.504
- Carlos Santana, PHI: 45 G, 191 PA, 30 R, 36 H, 9 2B, 9 HR, 32 RBI, 31 BB, 22 SO, .234/.361/.468
- Kingery is riding a six-game hit streak since June 19, despite the rookie is slashing just .250/.280/.250 with six singles, three runs scored, one walk, one RBI and eight strikeouts through 25 plate appearances.
- The only Phillie to have previously faced Severino is first baseman Carlos Santana. Santana is 2-10 all-time against the right-hander with a home run, two RBI, one walk and four strikeouts (.200/.273/.500). Stanton (2-11) and Neil Walker (9-34) have previously homered against Arrieta in their careers.
In the News:
- Andy MacPhail: ‘Still’ Surprised Phillies Hired Him as Team President [Link]
- Rhys Hoskins: Fan Altercation 'Shouldn't Happen, Can't Happen' [Link]
- Klentak: Phillies Will Do ‘Everything’ It Can to Improve in Ways That ‘Make Sense' [Link]
- Klentak: Phillies third baseman Maikel Franco has 'all the ingredients to be good' [Link]
- Ryan Howard: Analytics 'Slowly Killing Certain Aspects' of Baseball [Link]
- All-Star Game Voting: Herrera falls for 2nd straight week [Link]
- IronPigs to hold '#LVWantsLeBron Night' ahead of NBA free agency [Link]
- Phillies Promote 2018 First-Round Pick Alec Bohm to Short-Season Williamsport [Link]
- Phillies Promote No. 9 Prospect Ranger Suarez to Triple-A Lehigh Valley [Link]
What's Next:
Wednesday, June 27, 2018: vs. New York Yankees, 7:05 p.m.
- Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pa.
- RHP Luis Cessa (0-0, 3.00 ERA) vs. RHP Zach Eflin (5-2, 3.44 ERA)
- TV: NBCSP; Radio: SportsRadio 94 WIP
