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News: Alfaro, Crawford, Williams sent to minors

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

PHILLIES TIE: The Phillies nearly threw a no-hitter Thursday! Seriously!

They took a no-no into the ninth of a 2-0 game against the Orioles, but then Michael Mariot surrendered a couple hits and runs. The game ended in a 2-2 tie.

Oh well.

Vince Velasquez started the game with 3.2 innings of no-hit ball. He also walked four and threw a wild pitch.

After his last start, Velasquez said the umpires may not get along with him. Dude, four walks and a wild pitch?

TODAY’S GAME: It’s the annual St. Patrick’s Day game! The Phils play the Blue Jays at 1:05 p.m. at Spectrum. Aaron Nola is on the bump. Corey Sharp has more on him today.

CUT DAY: The Phillies made the next round of cuts today, and they’re a bit more substantial. Jorge Alfaro, Nick Williams, J.P. Crawford, Cameron Perkins, Taylor Featherston and Pedro Beato are all heading to minor league camp.

Nothing very shocking here. Williams had a good camp, though, and Alfaro showed a lot in the World Baseball Classic. They and Crawford will be back soon.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.