Articles by Theo DeRosa (113)
The Phillies’ seven-game road trip could be summed up in one play. It was a fitting ending to a disappointing trip.
The Phils hit three consecutive home runs to finish off a sweep of the Atlanta Braves at Citizens Bank Park.
Maikel Franco’s two-out, two-run single to the right-field wall in the tenth inning gave the Phillies a surprising, and dramatic, 4-3 win over the Braves on Saturday night.
Embed from Getty Images By Theo DeRosa, Sports Talk Philly staff Final: Phillies 4, Braves 3 PHILADELPHIA—Odúbel Herrera ended Jace Peterson's hopes of an extra-base hit and landed on his backside a couple feet short of the 398 sign in right center field. Herrera took a somewhat circuitous route to Peterson's fly ball into the gap […]
José Reyes settled under Freddy Galvis’ two-out, two-strike foul pop-up, chased it…and dropped it off his glove into fair territory. It put Galvis on first, Cameron Rupp on third, and gave the Phillies new life.
Embed from Getty Images By Theo DeRosa, Sports Talk Philly staff Final: Phillies 17, Nationals 3 PHILADELPHIA—Jeremy Guthrie has had better birthdays. The veteran right-hander took the hill for the Nationals on Saturday night in Philadelphia, looking for a successful start to begin his 13th MLB season and cap off his 38th birthday. Guthrie […]
Expectations for another dismal Phillies season flew out of Great American Ball Park with César Hernández’s leadoff home run.
(Frank Klose/Sports Talk Philly) By: Theo DeRosa, Sports Talk Philly Staff Final: Phillies 6, Yankees 5 CLEARWATER — Maikel Franco thought he had hit a double. In the sixth inning of Saturday's rematch between the Phillies and the New York Yankees, he lined a ball into the gap in left-center. It rolled to the outfield wall of […]
Sports Talk Philly’s countdown of the top 25 Philadelphia Phillies enters the top 10 with former outfielder Bobby Abreu.
Embed from Getty Images By Theo DeRosa, Sports Talk Philly staff Final: Phillies 10, Mets 8 NEW YORK—For once, the lead was big enough. With the September struggles of Jeanmar Gómez and other Phillies pitchers, blown leads had become almost expected when the Phillies were fortunate enough to have a lead in the first place. Saturday […]