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As the Phillies continue their hot ways, so does Ryan Howard.  Howard hit his third home run in as many nights tonight to help lead the way against the Braves.  The Phillies used four long balls and some good pitching from Kyle Kendrick to win 6-2 and move up another game in the Wild Card [...]

Jimmy Rollins led off the game with a home run.  And, well, Ryan Howard finished it with one. The Phillies were trailing the Mets 2-1 in the top of the ninth when Howard hit a two run shot that gave the Phillies the lead for good.   Jonathan Papelbon worked the ninth for his 36th save as the [...]

With a double in the fifth inning off Reds starter Mat Latos , Jimmy Rollins became the fourth Phillies hitter to collect 2,000 hits in their career.  The other three are Mike Schmidt, Richie Ashburn, and Ed Delahanty.  All three of which are in the baseball Hall of Fame. Rollins would need just 235 more hits to take [...]

This match up lived up to the hype.   Cole Hamels versus David Price was exactly what they advertised.  They combined for 14 innings and only one run was scored.  Both of these guys are top tiered left handed pitchers and show up every game ready to go. A long inning for both starters would end their [...]

Philadelphia Phillies (33-38) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (38-31) Kyle Kendrick (2-7, 5.29 ERA ) vs. James Shields (7-4, 3.72 ) Time: 4:05, Citizens Bank Park TV: CSN Weather: Clouds, 88 Media: Twitter and Facebook Nothing like a rain delay/postponement to bring back some great memories between the Phillies and the Rays.   Cole Hamels was probably…[Read more]

The Phillies started out their 10 game home stand the right way defeating the Colorado Rockies 7-2.   Cole Hamels looked fantastic on the mound tonight going eight innings while only allowing two runs and six hits.  Hamels also had seven strikeouts, which puts him one away from 100. Hollywood Hamels Spotlight – This is the 10th [...]

Losing 6-2 to the Toronto Blue Jays capped off the Phillies 12th loss in 15 games and the third time they have been swept in a series this season. Thome makes history – Jim Thome hit his fourth home run of the season in the second inning becoming just the fourth player to hit at least 100 [...]

The Toronto Blue Jays bullpen pitched a five hitter against the Phillies tonight winning 3-0.  From what I saw, which wasn’t much, it wasn’t pretty. The Good – Vance Worley pitched seven innings allowing only one earned run and matched his longest outing of the season.  He struck out five and only gave up five hits.  Getting [...]

Philadelphia Phillies (31-34) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (31-32) Vance Worley (3-2, 3.00) vs. Drew Hutchison (5-3, 4.66) Time: 7:07, Rogers Centre TV: CSN Philadelphia Weather: Mostly Sunny, 74 Media: Twitter and Facebook The Phillies will try to extend their two game winning streak into Canada tonight when they start a three game series with the…[Read more]

Ah so will the real Joe Blanton please stand up. Blanton finally shook off the rust and had himself a game tonight.  The Phillies were looking to win their second game in a row for the first time in awhile and were looking to Blanton to lead them in the right direction.  Well, it worked.  The [...]

Philadelphia Phillies (30-34) vs. Minnesota Twins (25-36) Joe Blanton (5-6, 5.40) vs. Scott Diamond (5-1, 1.61) Time: 8:10, Target Field TV: WB 17 Weather: Thunderstorms, 80 Media: Twitter and Facebook The Phillies will be trying to win back-to-back games for the first time since May 30 and June 1.  Overall they have lost nine of their last…[Read more]

The Phillies one game win streak was short lived as the Orioles won their eighth straight extra inning game with an Adam Jones homer in the bottom of the 12th inning. Behind the solo efforts from Jimmy Rollins , Jim Thome and Hector Luna the Phillies couldn’t put together enough run scoring chances to put the Orioles away. Vance Worley suffered [...]

Philadelphia Phillies (29-31) vs. Baltimore Orioles (32-26) Vance Worley (3-2, 3.38) vs.  Tommy Hunter (2-3, 5.59) Time: 4:05, Oriole Park at Camden Yards TV: CSN, MASN (VA/MD/DC) Weather: Sunny and hot, 92 Media: Twitter and Facebook The Phillies erupted last night for 12 hits and nine runs last night against Orioles pitching.  They will be…[Read more]

The Phillies have finally snapped their losing streak.  After losing six in a row, the Phillies pulled out a win against the Baltimore Orioles 9-6.   Joe Blanton started for the Phils and muscled his way into the seventh inning after the offense gave him a 7-0 lead after the second inning. Bailing out Blanton – The [...]

We find ourselves at the end of another mediocre week from the Phillies.  The Phillies took two of three from the Mets before giving up two of three to the Marlins.  Lucky for us, mediocre baseball seems the slogan of the National League East so the Phillies are still not that far off. ————————– The Good, [...]

Yup, these are our Philadelphia Phillies.  A constant up and down roller coaster peeking about the .500 line before dropping back down.  Win streaks of five games are continuously overshadowed by losing streaks of three and four.  At one point this season the Phillies were 0-8 when Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee pitched. ————————— The [...]

A pinch hitter?  In the third inning? A collective holding our breathe made its way from St. Louis to Virginia Beach all the way up to Philadelphia as Pete Orr came in to hit for Roy Halladay in the top of the third inning.  Halladay pitched only two innings.  He gave up a grand slam to Yadier Molina [...]