Articles by Matthew Shinkle (28)
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]