Howard, Utley, Rollins and Brown All Go Yard in 9-1 Win Over Marlins

Posted by Danielle Wilson Courtesy of AP Photo/ Tom Mihalek The Phillies and Marlins start a four-game series including a day-night double header on Wednesday, June 15. The day game is being made up from April 16th's game which was rained out. Tonight, Cole Hamels took the ball for the Phils, and Chris Volstad took […]

Danielle  •  14 Jun 2011
Phillies – Marlins Series Preview

Posted by Rich Wilkins Rookie Elih Villanueva, Courtesy milb.com Philadelphia Phillies (40-26, NL East-1) vs. Florida Marlins (32-33, NL East-3) Pitching Match-Ups: Cole Hamels (8-2, 2.58) vs. Chris Volstad (2-6, 5.51) Kyle Kendrick (3-4, 3.47) vs. Elih Villanueva (MLB debut) Roy Halladay (9-3, 2.39) vs. Anibal Sanchez (6-1, 3.06) Cliff Lee (6-5, 3.41) vs. Javier […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  14 Jun 2011
Phillies Announce Kendrick to Start Saturday, Zagurski Added to Bullpen

Posted by Mike Frohwirth Kyle Kendrick In a pair of connected moves, the Phillies announced that RHP Kyle Kendrick will start in Pittsburgh on Saturday, and that LHP Mike Zagurski will replace optioned RHP Vance Worley on the MLB roster. Why not just keep Vance Worley around? Worley is the fifth-best (healthy) starter in the […]

Mike Frohwirth  •  01 Jun 2011
Mets Run All Over Hamels, but Phillies Prevail in the End

Posted by Frank Klose Cole Hamels must have been easy to read for the New York Mets' coaching staff, because in the early going, the Mets were running all over Hamels and Carlos Ruiz. Just 2 2/3 innings in, the Mets had stolen five bases.   Two of those bases were stolen by Jose Reyes, and […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  28 May 2011
Everybody Hits in 10-3 Victory! Except For…Chase Utley?

Posted by Danielle Wilson Everything about this game was just exciting, even the pre-game stats. Cole Hamels against the Reds including the postseason is 7-0 with a 0.91 ERA in eight starts. The Phillies' lineup tonight also looked rather intimidating; Rollins, Utley, Polanco, Howard, Ibanez, Ruiz, Brown, Mayberry. Beautiful, welcome back Chase Utley. In Chase's […]

Danielle  •  23 May 2011
Cole Hamels Fans Eight in 2-1 Win Over Colorado Rockies

Posted by Danielle Wilson Courtesy of graphicshunt.com Cole Hamels (4-2, 3.19 ERA) dazzled  through the first six innings before allowing a run to score in the seventh (an RBI double off of the bat of Todd Helton). He struck out seven and walked one, giving up two hits. After eight innings pitched, he was finished […]

Danielle  •  18 May 2011
How should the Phillies handle the End of the World on May 21, 2011?

Posted by Mike Frohwirth As the end of humanity is a mere seven days away, the Phillies need to make certain that they are factoring the world's impending doom into their personnel decisions. Only seven (or eight) games remain in franchise history, depending on whether the Phils are able to get their May 21st matchup […]

Mike Frohwirth  •  14 May 2011
Phillies Pull Off a Wild Win in Atlanta

Photo courtesy of Phillies.com The night started off promising for the Phillies – they jumped out to an early 3-0 lead on the road, had one of their four aces on the mound, and were facing the Braves bullpen after only two innings. Despite having much in their favor, the Phillies did anything but cruise […]

Adam Gonsiewski  •  13 May 2011
Phillies Fall To The Braves, 5-2; Lose The Series

Posted by Danielle Wilson Cole Hamels went for his fifth consecutive win tonight against Jair Jurrjens in the rubber match of this Phillies-Braves series, which much to our dismay was on Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN. Here come the endless cheesesteak and Rocky mentions from Bobby Valentine, Orel Hershiser, and Dan Shulman. The Braves marked […]

Danielle  •  08 May 2011