Articles by Nick Mandarano (45)
The Phillies, who will play the Texas Rangers, have lost fourteen of their last seventeen games and have been outscored 101-74 during that span. Wednesday’s loss resulted in the sixth consecutive series loss for Philadelphia. Prior to their series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, which began this rough stretch, the Phillies had won six straight games and were two games above .500. Now they sit nine games below .500 and 10.0 games back in the National League East.
The Phillies pitching staff has struggled in May so far, combining for a 5.68 ERA (79 ER, 125.1 IP). The Phillies will look to Nick Pivetta in an attempt to turn things around. Pivetta, who made his Major League debut earlier this season, is also looking for his first career victory. With Aaron Nola scheduled to return to the rotation on Sunday, this could potentially be Pivetta’s final start.
Embed from Getty Images By Nick Mandarano, Sports Talk Philly staff writer Final: New York 5, Philadelphia 4 ❖ NEW YORK, NY — Vince Velasquez pitched 5.2 innings of shutout baseball before Jay Bruce went deep to finally put the Mets on the board. Today's outing was undoubtedly the best for Velasquez in 2017, but yet again […]
Embed from Getty Images By Nick Mandarano, Sports Talk Philly Staff NEW YORK — The Phillies, who have lost five of their last six games, will aim to rebound against the Mets on the road. In their last meeting, the Mets took the sweep. Tonight, however, the Phillies will look to Zach Eflin as they attempt […]
Embed from Getty Images By Nick Mandarano, Sports Talk Philly staff writer Final: Washington 3, Philadelphia 2 ❖ PHILADELPHIA, PA — The Phillies opened their second three-game series of the season against Washington with a 3-2 extra innings loss. In the previous series, the Phillies took the final two of the three games and outscored the Nationals […]
Embed from Getty Images By Nick Mandarano, Sports Talk Philly Staff CLEARWATER, Fla. — After a 9-5 win against the Twins on Tuesday and a loss earlier in March, the Phillies have an opportunity to take the spring series against Minnesota. In a loss on Wednesday to the Yankees, the Phillies failed to score until the eighth inning and […]
Embed from Getty Images By: Nick Mandarano, Sports Talk Philly Staff John Kruk will return to the Phillies' television broadcast team on CSNPhilly for the 2017 season. He'll be joining play-by-play broadcaster Tom McCarthy, color commentators Mike Schmidt and Ben Davis and reporter Gregg Murphy. The Phillies named Matt Stairs their new hitting coach in November, […]
Embed from Getty Images By: Nick Mandarano, Sports Talk Philly Staff The newest members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame will be announced Wednesday, January 18 at 6 p.m. According to an online ballot tracker by Ryan Thibodaux, 226 ballots (seven anonymously) have been released to the public. It’s estimated that 435 ballots […]
By: Nick Mandarano, Sports Talk Philly Staff Adam Briscoe, known for his "Briscoe Disco" dance at Reading Fightin Phils games, was struck by an SUV at about 7:35 pm on Wednesday evening. The accident occurred about ten minutes from the Fightin Phils' stadium at the intersection of Papermill Road and Berkshire Boulevard in Wyomissing. It […]
Sports Talk Philly’s countdown of the top 25 Philadelphia Phillies of all-time reaches No. 9, with Hall of Famer Chuck Klein.
“Sherwood Magee is a typical player who is and always will be popular. A typical slugger, he gives the public what they prize above all else in a ball player, and that is base hits, and a good all around performer, of the old school.”