Lee’s First Task Back: Prevent Sweep Against Mets

(Photo: Philliedelphia/Lindsey Crew) Thank you, baseball Gods.  Cliff Lee (0-1, 1.96 ERA) is back from his DL stint with a strained oblique and he is back in the rotation. Lee will make his first start since April 18 when he tossed 10 scoreless innings – yes 10. Remember that? – against the San Francisco Giants. […]

Erik Seybold  •  09 May 2012
Blanton Looks to Remain Stellar As He Takes On Mets

  We can all agree that in our lifetimes we'd never expect to see Joe Blanton throw a complete game shut out. Well last Thursday, Joe Blanton (3-3, 2.83 ERA) showed us wrong when he tossed an 88-pitch 3-hit complete game shutout against the Braves in a 4-0 win.  After the Phillies lost last night's bout […]

Erik Seybold  •  08 May 2012
Cole Hamels Beans Bryce Harper and Suspension Looms. Bigger Penalty Coming for Honesty?

Ok, so Cole Hamels fessed up:  I’m not going to lie and say I wasn’t trying to do it. I think they understood the messages, and they threw it right back, and I think that’s the way it is, and I respect it. And now he's probably going to get suspended. And in a very […]

George Suerius  •  07 May 2012
Kendrick and Strasburg Kick Off ‘Take Back the Park Campaign”

Photo: Philliedelphia/Steve Trapani The Phillies won their third series of the season yesterday as Joe Blanton was freaking phenomenal against the Braves. A three-hit shutout? I don't know where it came from, but I loved it. Anyway, the Phillies won't play the Braves again until July 6-8, so we'll get back to them later. Tonight, the […]

Erik Seybold  •  04 May 2012
Doc Gets The Call In Atlanta, Offense Hopes To Back Him Up

(Photo: Philliedelphia/Steve Trapani) The Phillies are coming off of a 4-2 series-opener win over the Braves last night, their second consecutive win. They were unable to give Cole Hamels enough runs to give him the win, but did however manage a way to find victory last night. Tonight, Roy Halladay (3-2, 1.95 ERA) will aim […]

Erik Seybold  •  02 May 2012
Vanimal Tasked With Split In Series Finale

(Photo: Philliedelphia/Lindsey Crew) The Phillies went from hitting the crap out of the ball, to not seeing it at all. This series with Chicago has literally been a roller coaster series. With the Phils dropping the third game yesterday, they fell to 1-2 against the Cubs and tonight they'll turn to Vance Worley in effort to […]

Erik Seybold  •  30 Apr 2012
Kendrick, Garza Go Head-to-Head In Game Three Matinée

Last night the Phillies rebounded from a bad loss on Friday night. Joe Blanton earned his second win of the year after the offense, led by Jimmy Rollins and Carlos Ruiz, scored five runs to give the Phils their 10th win of the year. Jimmy Rollins batted leadoff for the first time this year and […]

Erik Seybold  •  29 Apr 2012
Halladay Set To Take Hill Against Cubs In Series Opener

(Photo: Philliedelphia/Lindsey Crew) The Phils are coming back from a West Coast road trip in which they finished 5-5. They won just one series match up, against the D-backs, in four tries. The Phils managed just 15 runs through the first seven games of the road trip, but in the last two they seemed to […]

Erik Seybold  •  27 Apr 2012
BREAKING: Chase Utley Seen Taking Ground Balls Prior To Tonight’s Game

Prior to tonight's game in Arizona, Ryan Lawrence of the Delaware County Times tweeted that Chase Utley was taking ground balls in the infield. This is especially encouraging as Chase was doing so without the use of a stool this time! It's nice to get a semi positive injury update tonight, as we settle in […]

Steve  •  23 Apr 2012