Phillies Monday mailbag: Dylan Cozens, Darin Ruf, trade deadline

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 […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  30 May 2016
Phillies mailbag: Tim Lincecum, trading Jeanmar Gomez, one-run games

Embed from Getty Images   Once again it is time for the weekly Phillies mailbag.  We answer your questions here and then answer them on The Sports Bash with Mike Gill every Tuesday at 2:30 p.m.   Feel free to ask a question at any time during the week by sending a tweet to @FrankKlose973. […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  09 May 2016
Phillies, Velasquez eye series win in finale with Padres

Embed from Getty Images By: Matt Rappa, managing editor PHILADELPHIA — Having won four of their last five games, the Philadelphia Phillies (4-5) will look for their second consecutive series victory of the season as they face southpaw Drew Pomeranz and the last-place San Diego Padres (3-6) in a Thursday matinee. Phillies right-hander Vince Velasquez, […]

Matt Rappa  •  14 Apr 2016
Phillies bullpen finds its groove with Jeanmar Gomez as closer

Jeanmar Gomez has been stellar in save opportunities for the Phillies in the early going (Frank Klose/Philliedelphia) After four games, Philadelphia Phillies fans were near restless.  How could a bullpen be so bad?  Through 10 2/3 innings the Phillies bullpen had alarming results.  The bullpen allowed 18 hits, 10 walks, and allowed 15 earned runs, for a […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  13 Apr 2016
Leroux allows 2 in 9th, Phillies fall to Tigers

Brandon Apter/Philliedelphia By: Kevin Durso, editorial assistant  Final: Tigers 6, Phillies 5  ❖  Attendance: 8,382 CLEARWATER, Fla. — As the spring starts to wind down, you start to look for players who are going to be regulars to have an impact. The Phillies got that on Saturday afternoon. Freddy Galvis homered, Odubel Herrera and Cameron Rupp drove in […]

Kevin Durso  •  26 Mar 2016
Harper gets walk-off winner in 12th as Phils drop 97th of season

  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 […]

Kevin Durso  •  26 Sep 2015
Herrera, Hernandez help Phillies past Padres

  View image | gettyimages.com In Friday's win in San Diego, the Phillies needed four solo home runs to rally from a 3-0 deficit to claim a 4-3 win.  On Saturday, they used timely hitting to take the early lead and pad it late to continue their hot streak. Odubel Herrera and Cesar Hernandez had […]

Kevin Durso  •  08 Aug 2015
Franco’s blast forces extras, Phillies walk off on error

  View image | gettyimages.com A line-drive single by Maikel Franco marked the Phillies first hit of the night. It was the seventh inning. When Franco stepped to the plate again in the ninth, he had a chance to be a hero for the second straight night. He delivered. Franco capped a four-run comeback for […]

Kevin Durso  •  03 Jun 2015
Harper, Gonzalez lead Nationals past Phillies

  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 […]

Kevin Durso  •  24 May 2015