Articles by Theo DeRosa (113)
Embed from Getty Images By: Theo DeRosa, contributor Final: Brewers 8, Phillies 5 MILWAUKEE — Saturday's game between the Phillies and Brewers took four hours, and the sixth inning of Sunday's game seemed just as long. After the Phillies scored two runs in the top of the frame to take a 4-2 lead, the Brewers […]
Embed from Getty Images By: Theo DeRosa, contributor Final: Phillies 5, Brewers 2 MILWAUKEE — The fifth inning of Friday evening's game between the Philadelphia Phillies (8-9) and the Milwaukee Brewers (7-10) included the biggest inning of the Phillies' season on offense — three runs. Coming on a Freddy Galvis RBI triple and a Maikel Franco two-run […]
Embed from Getty Images By: Theo DeRosa, contributor Final: Mets 11, Phillies 1 PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Just like last Thursday, Vince Velasquez started and ended his outing with a strikeout. There was only one problem. Well, technically, two. He gave up two home runs. Velasquez allowed a two-run homer to Michael Conforto in the first inning […]
Embed from Getty Images By: Theo DeRosa, contributor Final: Mets 5, Phillies 2 PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Two batters into the game, Jerad Eickhoff's start appeared destined for the fate suffered by Jeremy Hellickson and Aaron Nola in the first innings of Friday and Saturday's games against the Washington Nationals. Hellickson allowed five runs in the […]
Embed from Getty Images By: Theo DeRosa, contributor Final: Phillies 5, Mets 2 NEW YORK, N.Y. — Jeremy Hellickson continued his strong pitching as he out-dueled Matt Harvey to beat the New York Mets, 5-2, in Sunday afternoon's game at Citi Field. The Phillies' offense proved productive enough to back its starting pitcher, a good sign […]
By: Theo DeRosa, contributor to Philliedelphia Final: Astros 2, Phillies 1 KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The Phillies managed just two hits and couldn't score after the first inning in their loss to the Houston Astros on Wednesday. Cedric Hunter drove in Philadelphia's only run in the first, but Houston scored two unearned runs off of Charlie Morton […]
Embed from Getty Images Kyle Kendrick was granted his unconditional release by the Atlanta Braves on Saturday. Kendrick, who pitched for the Phillies from 2007–2014 and the Colorado Rockies in 2015, signed with Atlanta this offseason. In two spring training starts in 2016, he picked up two losses with an ERA of 22.09. The Phillies were […]
Final: Tigers 6, Phillies 6 CLEARWATER, Fla. — Maikel Franco blasted two homers as the Phillies blew a ninth-inning lead, then came back and tied the Detroit Tigers on Thursday afternoon at Bright House Field. Ryan Jackson's homer in the bottom of the ninth tied the game at 6-6 after Ernesto Frieri gave up two runs in […]
A map showing the locations of the 32 teams in this model, with teams in the same division in the same color. I want to preface this article by saying: this is not happening. The changes proposed here are in no way representative of any plans toward expansion and realignment that Rob Manfred and Major […]
View image | gettyimages.com Two former Philadelphia hurlers came off the market this afternoon, heading to American League teams. Righty Vance Worley, who pitched for the Phils from 2010-2012 and amassed a 3.50 ERA before being traded to Minnesota as part of the return for Ben Revere, agreed to a 2.6-million-dollar contract with the Baltimore […]