Darin Ruf
Dylan Cozens leads the Eastern League with 14 home runs (Frank Klose/Philliedelphia) It is time once again for a Phillies 97.3 ESPN Monday Mailbag. We take your questions every Monday and then we talk about them during the Sports Bash with Mike Gill on Tuesday afternoons at 2:30 p.m. If you are not in South […]
Darin Ruf warms up prior to the Futures Game in Reading on March 30 (Philliedelphia/Frank Klose) Earlier today we learned the the Phillies would promote first baseman Tommy Joseph to the big league club from AAA Lehigh Valley. The question of the day became which player would be removed from the Phillies roster to accommodate. […]
View image | gettyimages.com In what was possibly his final start of the 2015 season, Aaron Nola continued to show the poise of a future star. He worked around two difficult jams and held the Nationals off the board through five innings. But Stephen Strasburg was better, and nearly held the Phillies completely off […]
There haven't been many reasons to get excited over Phillies (58-96) baseball this season and with just one week to go in the season, that really hasn't changed. Saturday, however, presents a unique opportunity. The Phillies have a chance to end the Nationals (78-75) playoff hopes for good with a win on Saturday. And they […]
Entering Tuesday's game, Aaron Harang had just one win and a 7.44 ERA in his last 15 starts. But on Tuesday, the veteran of the Phillies rotation twirled a gem. For real. Harang pitched seven solid innings as the offense backed his outing with six runs, snapping a five-game losing streak with a 6-2 win […]
View image | gettyimages.com In between Maikel Franco's heroics on Tuesday and Wednesday that helped the Phillies (21-35) get walk-off wins, the team has dropped nine other games in their last 11, including Friday night's series opener with the San Francisco Giants (). Franco has been one of the only highlights for the Phillies […]
View image | gettyimages.com The Philadelphia Phillies will continue their three game series with the Cincinnati Reds tonight at Citizens Bank Park. Last night the Phillies used some late inning heroics to take game one of the series by a score of 5-4. Darin Ruf drove in the game winning run in the bottom […]
View image | gettyimages.com Trailing in a one-run game, the Phillies opted to bring in Jake Diekman to face Bryce Harper with two outs and a runner on third. Harper singled and Ryan Zimmerman followed with an RBI double. Ballgame. The Phillies could not rebound from the move as the Nationals claimed a 4-1 […]
View image | gettyimages.com Walks, hit batters and errors. The Phillies series finale against the Rockies was full of them. Jerome Williams struggled and his teammates didn't help much behind him as the Rockies claimed Thursday's series finale, 7-3, to split the series with the Phillies at Coors Field.
View image | gettyimages.com Wednesday night's 4-2 win for the Phillies was their seventh in the last eight games and sets up an opportunity for a second straight series win. Thursday afternoon presents that chance as the Phillies (18-24) look to hand the Rockies (14-23) another loss at Coors Field.
