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Matthew Shinkle

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Articles by Matthew Shinkle (28)

Phillies falter in Aaron Nola’s return to mound

Embed from Getty Images   By Matthew Shinkle, Sports Talk Philly Staff  PHILADELPHIA – After giving up 27 earned runs over his last five starts, Aaron Nola returned to his old self tonight thanks to the extended time off. What would have been his final start before the All-Star Break was skipped to give Nola extra […]

Matthew Shinkle  •  18 Jul 2016
Do Phillies face a dilemma with J.P. Crawford and Nick Williams?

The Phillies are not in a rush to see J.P. Crawford and Nick Williams (Frank Klose/Philliedelphia) By Matthew Shinkle, Sports Talk Philly staff The future of the four major Philadelphia sports teams all look pretty bright. If you are following the Phillies, two names you ought to know are J.P. Crawford and Nick Williams, both […]

Matthew Shinkle  •  14 Jul 2016
Four Phillies featured on Baseball Prospectus top 50 prospects list

Philadelphia Phillies shortstop J.P. Crawford takes fielding practice during Spring Training 2016. (Frank Klose/Philliedelphia) By: Matthew Shinkle, Staff Writer The Phillies minor league system was replenished with plenty of young talent around a year ago when Cole Hamels was traded to the Texas Rangers for a number of high profile players. Just released today, four Phillies […]

Matthew Shinkle  •  07 Jul 2016
Jeanmar Gomez misses out on 2016 All-Star Game

Embed from Getty Images   By: Matthew Shinkle, Staff Writer Philadelphia Phillies closer Jeanmar Gomez was left off the 2016 National League All-Star Game Roster, with Odubel Herrera being selected as the sole representative of the Philadelphia Phillies.  Gomez is having a career year in the bullpen for the Phillies. After coming into the season with only one […]

Matthew Shinkle  •  05 Jul 2016
Eickhoff pitches gem on our nation’s 240th birthday

Embed from Getty Images   By: Matthew Shinkle, Staff Writer    PHILADELPHIA-Jerad Eickhoff pitched yet another solid game for the Phillies en route to his sixth win of the season. In nearly eight innings of work, Eickhoff struck out eight and allowed only five hits. After allowing a solo homer to the second batter of […]

Matthew Shinkle  •  04 Jul 2016
Phillies aim for first series win of June

Embed from Getty Images   San Francisco, CA – The Phillies (32-44) are 6-18 this month, and look to win their first series in June against the NL West leading Giants (48-28) this afternoon.  In the first two games of the series, the Phillies offense was slow to get started. However, they hit well and […]

Matthew Shinkle  •  26 Jun 2016
Cameron Rupp powers Phillies to game two victory

Embed from Getty Images   The Phillies offense took a while to get going tonight in San Francisco, but they would walk away with a 3-2 win. The NL West leading San Francisco Giants came into tonights action having won 12 of their last 13 games. At the plate, the Giants led all of Major […]

Matthew Shinkle  •  26 Jun 2016
Phillies travel west to take on surging Giants

    Starting Pichers:   Philadelphia Phillies (31-43) San Francisco Giants (47-27) RHP Zach Eflin RHP Jake Peavy (0-2, 10.80 ERA) (3-6, 5.47 ERA)   Looking simply at the end result, one would think losing two out of three to the worst team in Major League Baseball would mean it was a bad series. And […]

Matthew Shinkle  •  24 Jun 2016