Articles by Theo DeRosa (113)
Embed from Getty Images By Theo DeRosa, Sports Talk Philly staff Final: Phillies 7, White Sox 6 PHILADELPHIA—What's the opposite of a pitchers' duel? No, not a slugfest. Tuesday night's game between the Phillies and White Sox featured more bad pitching — mostly from Chicago starter James Shields — than it did good hitting. […]
Embed from Getty Images By Theo DeRosa, Sports Talk Philly staff Final: Phillies 6, Pirates 2 PHILADELPHIA—Roman Quinn has seen every injury you can imagine. Just in 2016: A torn hip flexor in June. A strained oblique in July. A pickoff throw to the head, causing a concussion, in late August. It's understandable why he's […]
Embed from Getty Images By Theo DeRosa, Sports Talk Philly staff Final: Phillies 6, Marlins 2 MIAMI—After a dreadful 0-6 homestand featuring a sweep by the last-place Atlanta Braves, the Phillies started off their road trip in the right direction. They posted three runs in the fifth and three more in the seventh to beat the […]
Embed from Getty Images By Theo DeRosa, Sports Talk Philly staff Final: Braves 6, Phillies 4 PHILADELPHIA—The Phillies fell in 10 innings to the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night as Phils pitching couldn't magic itself out of yet another jam, giving up the two go-ahead runs to Atlanta and dropping a fifth straight game. Maikel […]
By Theo DeRosa, Sports Talk Philly staff As the Phillies season is coming to a close, we have taken a look at each of the team's minor league affiliates. The last of these is the Lakewood BlueClaws, the team's Single-A affiliate based in Lakewood Township, New Jersey. Lakewood has an overall record of 65-63 in […]
Embed from Getty Images By Theo DeRosa, Sports Talk Philly staff Final: Phillies 6, Padres 5 SAN DIEGO—The triple play the Phillies turned Sunday evening wasn't quite as pretty as Eric Bruntlett's game-ending unassisted one in 2009, but it erased a Padres threat in the bottom of the seventh as the Phils held on for […]
Embed from Getty Images By Theo DeRosa, Sports Talk Philly staff Final: Braves 2, Phillies 1 ATLANTA—Vince Velasquez was able to work out of trouble several times during Friday's night's Phillies-Braves contest, but so was Atlanta starter Tyrell Jenkins. Jenkins stranded seven runners over six innings, including three in the fourth after the Phils loaded […]
Embed from Getty Images By Theo DeRosa, Sports Talk Philly staff Final: Marlins 11, Phillies 1 MIAMI—Watching Wednesday's rubber match between the Phillies and the Miami Marlins, it was clear which team was the best-hitting club in the National League and which…well…was not. The Marlins had no trouble driving in runs all day, recording 16 […]
Embed from Getty Images By Theo DeRosa, Sports Talk Philly staff Final: Marlins 5, Phillies 0 MIAMI—Jerad Eickhoff pitched seven innings of one-run ball, but the offense behind him couldn't bring home any runs as the Miami Marlins shut out the Phillies, 5–0. Giancarlo Stanton drove home a run in the sixth with a single and […]
Embed from Getty Images By Theo DeRosa, Sports Talk Philly staff Final: Phillies 4, Marlins 0 MIAMI—If Monday night's start was the last that Jeremy Hellickson will make in a Phillies uniform, it was a good one. Hellickson threw six shutout innings and allowed just one hit, coming one year to the day of […]