Articles by Andrew Gillen (279)
Photo: Philliedelphia/Andrew Gillen If you read today's preview (which I very much hope you did), you knew that tonight's matchup was between the Phillies ability to get on base in road games vs. the Marlins immense success at home. Sandwiched between those two were the staring pitchers, A.J. Burnett and New Jersey native Anthony DeSclafani. […]
After weeks of what felt like absolute baseball hell, the Phillies were finally able to record two consecutive games with several runs scored. In their final two games against the Cinncinatti Reds, Philadelphia collected twenty runs scored, along with six homeruns from the lineup. With their season now making the move down to Miami to […]
One day, Kyle Farnsworth was closing games for the New York Mets. Just forty eight hours later, he was released. Since then, his landing spot has been of major question, with the Phillies being possible contenders. Now, according to a few sources, there's a chance he'll be in Philadelphia by tomorrow. First is Jim Duquette, […]
Photo: Philliedelphia/Andrew Gillen Last Sunday, in the bottom of the ninth inning against the New York Mets, the Phillies, and their fans, were feeling pretty good. The team was up three runs with three outs to go, and were on the verge of a sweep. Moments later, Antonio Bastardo led the bullpen in blowing the […]
Photo: Philliedelphia/Andrew Gillen Last night's opening contest against the LA Angels of Anahiem was completely dominated by the home return of Mike Trout. What came after was the realization of a bigger issue at third base, and the continuation of struggles in interleague contests. Cody Asche is now hitting just over .215 on the season, […]
Jose Reyes scored three times to help sweep PhilliesPhoto: Philliedelphia/Andrew Gillen As has been the case for the last couple of seasons, the Phillies are struggling against the Toronto Blue Jays. They're struggling mightily. A single inning of scoring runs will never be sufficient against any opponent. In the hopes of salvaging at least the […]
Jose Bautista and the Blue Jays ran away with the game in the seventhPhoto: Philliedelphia/Andrew Gillen This year's home-and-home interleague four-game set with the Toronto Blue Jays started off pretty rough for the Phillies. Monday night saw no runs scored against J.A. Happ and the Jays' bullpen, while Kyle Kendrick allowed three early runs to […]
Cody Asche's efforts weren't enough for the PhilliesPhoto: Philliedelphia/Andrew Gillen J.A. Happ, the former Phillies starter who was flipped for Roy Oswalt, started the game last night for the Toronto Blue Jays, and gave his former team all sorts of trouble in his return to the city he started his career in. In five innings […]
Ryan Howard's early homeun lifted the Phillies offense to a seven-run nightPhoto: Philliedelphia/Andrew Gillen Last evening, a first inning three-run homerun off the bat of Marlon Byrd was the single piece of production in Phillies loss to the Washington Nationals. As has been the case for a good portion of this season, the starting pitching […]
Picture Courtesy: Andrew Shipotofsky Flash back to last Thursday, just before the Phillies headed West, and the predictions seemed to spread a wide array. There were essentially two schools of though. One side saw nothing more than a 3-4 win trip, bringing the team back to Philly with a record under .500. The others were […]