Philadelphia Phillies

  View image | gettyimages.com The Philadelphia Phillies open a three game series with the World Series Champion San Francisco Giants tonight at Citizens Bank Park. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05. The Phillies dropped the final game of their three game set with the Reds 6-4 last night. Aaron Harang took the loss in […]

  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 […]

  View image | gettyimages.com The Philadelphia Phillies will continue their three game series with the Cincinnati Reds tonight at Citizens Bank Park. Last night the Phillies used some late inning heroics to take game one of the series by a score of 5-4. Darin Ruf drove in the game winning run in the bottom […]

  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 […]

  View image | gettyimages.com Chase Utley, Ryan Howard and Maikel Franco all drove in runs in a four-run third inning for the Phillies. It was the heart of the order that kickstarted a big day for the Phillies offense at the plate. Franco's second major-league home run capped the four-run frame and in the […]

  View image | gettyimages.com Walks, hit batters and errors. The Phillies series finale against the Rockies was full of them. Jerome Williams struggled and his teammates didn't help much behind him as the Rockies claimed Thursday's series finale, 7-3, to split the series with the Phillies at Coors Field.

  View image | gettyimages.com Wednesday night's 4-2 win for the Phillies was their seventh in the last eight games and sets up an opportunity for a second straight series win. Thursday afternoon presents that chance as the Phillies (18-24) look to hand the Rockies (14-23) another loss at Coors Field.

  View image | gettyimages.com Cole Hamels said at one point this offseason that he wanted to get out of Philly in any way possible. Jonathan Papelbon has said too much since joining the Phillies in 2012. Chase Utley doesn’t say much of anything, he does. Only this season, he hasn’t been doing much of […]

  View image | gettyimages.com Aaron Harang battled through a difficult first inning but held the Pirates off the board. The Phillies scored two runs in the bottom of the first. That was all Harang needed. The best pitcher in the Phillies rotation thus far this season added another win to his total with a […]