Category: Philadelphia Phillies
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Phillies win 5 straight
Whenever Cole Hamels(notes) comes to town, he thinks about the first time he was on a major league mound. It was here. And it was impressive. The left-hander added another win to his resume of success in Cincinnati, going six innings to stay unbeaten against the Reds, and the Philadelphia Phillies held on Tuesday night…
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Bring out the BROOMS BABY!
It was an unsightly series that could end no other way. The final decisive runs in the Philadelphia Phillies’ four-game sweep of the pitching-poor, error-prone Washington Nationals scored on a bunt play that went mysteriously awry. With the Phillies trailing by one in the eighth inning and nobody out, Pedro Feliz(notes) attempted a routine sacrifice.…
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Double Header outcome
Game 1 – Opening a doubleheader following a 12-inning game the night before, the Philadelphia Phillies and Washington Nationals both needed some solid starting pitching.The Phillies got it. The Nationals didn’t come close. Brett Myers(notes) cranked out seven innings, Raul Ibanez(notes) hit a pair of home runs, and the Phillies again battered the National League’s worst…
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Cairo sent down?
According to David Murphy of the Philadelphia Daily News, the Phillies designated infielder Miguel Cairo for assignment to make room for tomorrow’s starter, Andrew Carpenter. Cairo, 35, had two hits in 16 plate appearances for the Phils this year. They’d signed him to a minor league deal on February 15th. -Dave Murphy Andrew Carpenter has…
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Why do the Nats always play so good against us?
Both bullpens blew late leads, so the Phillies and Nationals kept shuttling pitchers in and out as their game dragged on and on Friday night.Eventually, Philadelphia manager Charlie Manuel decided to give up on his relief corps and turn to a pitcher who was scheduled to start during Saturday’s day-night doubleheader.“Once we got there in…
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Phillies get skunked
Randy Wolf(notes) dominated his former team, James Loney(notes) homered and drove in four runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-2 Wednesday night. Wolf (2-1) allowed one run and three hits, striking out eight in six sharp innings in his second career start against the Phillies. Wolf spent his first eight years…
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Werth steals the show
Jayson Werth(notes) stole second, then third. When Dodgers pitcher Ronald Belisario(notes) ignored him dancing down the third-base line in the seventh inning, Werth knew it was time to complete the stolen base cycle and dash for home. Werth was safe at the plate on the rare steal of home plate and tied the Philadelphia team…
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Phillies lose 2 straight and fall to 3rd place.
Casey Kotchman(notes) lofted a short fly to center field in the third inning and angrily slammed his bat to the ground. He took out his aggression on the Phillies the rest of the game. Kotchman had three hits and three RBIs, Kenshin Kawakami(notes) pitched six effective innings and the Atlanta Braves rallied for a 4-2…
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Phillies lose to the Braves and slip out of First place
Javier Vazquez(notes) kept his pitches down and in the strike zone. Even in a hitter-friendly park, that’s a formula for success. Vazquez pitched neatly into the eighth inning, Yunel Escobar(notes) and Brian McCann(notes) hit two-run homers and the Atlanta Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-2 on Saturday. Vazquez (3-3) allowed two runs and four hits,…
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Phillies beat the Braves
Well what a game that was lastnight. If you had a chance to watch it then you had a chance to see the Phillies offense at its best. Everyone was swinging the bat well even J-Roll had a nice little 2 run rbi double. Jason Werth (who is HOT right now) Coste and Utley all…