Category: Philadelphia Phillies
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Phillies loose another tough one to the Marlins.
HE WALKED WITH a hitch in his gait and talked with a quiver in his voice. Not many things were clear late last night regarding Brett Myers’ immediate health, except this one: The righthander is concerned. After leaving the mound with two outs in the sixth inning due to what for the moment has been…
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An Empty Thought or Two
I watch most of my Phillies games in the half-dozen bars in which I rock the world’s greatest karaoke. This means, for the most part, sound down, drunk guy in my ear asking if I have ‘Friends in Low Places’, and some chick strangling Janis Joplin to a slow, painful death. It also means I…
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Phillies back at it again.
Joe Blanton….seriously Joe? Really? 11 strike outs in 7 scoreless innings? You only gave up 5 hits, damn son why not just do that every night? But really now, did Joe Blanton look good or what? That kid was in the zone last night and it was nice to see our pitching finally starting to…
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Phillies drop one to the Marlins
Darn division games. Darn Marlins. Darn Fish. Phillies lost a game in which only Ryan Howard and Pedro Feliz showed up to. Although Ryan made the bigger impact not much of anything else from anyone else. Pitching again was solid from the Phillies, Chan Ho looked GREAT coming out of the bullpen. But that is…
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Phillies take 2 out of 3 from the Yanks
Phillies manager Charlie Manuel thought about hitting for Carlos Ruiz(notes) in the 11th inning, and ended up sending the catcher to the plate. Good decision. Ruiz hit a two-out RBI double and Philadelphia overcame another blown save by Brad Lidge(notes) to beat the New York Yankees 4-3 on Sunday. Jimmy Rollins(notes), Shane Victorino(notes) and Raul…
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Phillies vs Yankees game 2
Alex Rodriguez(notes) is batting .204—and making his hits count. Rodriguez hit a tying homer off Brad Lidge(notes) in the ninth inning and Melky Cabrera(notes) capped the three-run rally with an RBI single, giving the New York Yankees a 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday. In 15 games since returning from hip surgery, Rodriguez…
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Phillies snap the Yankees winning streak.
Jimmy Rollins(notes) sent A.J. Burnett’s(notes) first pitch of the night deep over the right-field scoreboard.Carlos Ruiz(notes) had his first homer since Game 3 of last October’s World Series and Jayson Werth(notes) became the first player to reach the left field second deck. For the Yankees, Mark Teixeria hit the first drive into the suite level,…
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Phills double up on the Reds 12-5
Chase Utley(notes) homered and drove in four runs, and the Philadelphia Phillies’ powerful offense overcame another disappointing performance by a starter on Thursday in a 12-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Utley had a two-run single and a double off Micah Owings(notes) (3-5), who got nine outs and showed the strain of throwing a lot…
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Phillies win streak snapped
Aaron Harang(notes) had everything working. Against this lineup, he needed it. The right-hander limited the NL’s highest-scoring lineup to a solo homer Wednesday night, and Brandon Phillips(notes) drove in three runs, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 5-1 victory that ended the Philadelphia Phillies’ winning streak at five games. Harang (4-4) has alternated losses and…
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Happ now #5 and got that starting job
Chan Ho Park was parked in the bullpen Tuesday — replaced in the Phillies rotation by J.A. Happ, according to a report on Philly.com. The Phils had to do something to combat the worst starting-pitching ERA in baseball. So, Happ and Park swapping spots on the Phillies’ staff didn’t come as a huge surprise. Happ,…