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Nick Pivetta pitched a season-high 7.0 innings of shutout baseball, but the Phillies struggled to score early as well. Boston posed a threat to Pat Neshek, who replaced Pivetta in the eighth inning. Chris Sale led off the top of the eighth inning with a double to left field and advanced to third on a fly ball to right off the bat of Mookie Betts. With one out and the go-ahead runner on third, Neshek struck out Dustin Pedroia and got Xander Bogaerts to pop up to escape the inning with no harm done. The Phillies were able to strike for some offense in the bottom of the eighth to take a late 1-0 lead, which they were able to hold onto for their first victory since June 6.

An annonymous scout has a chilling take for Philadelphia Phillies fans. Read that and more Phillies news and rumors on SportsTalkPhilly.com.

The Phillies will have their hands full while they attempt to break an eight-game losing skid as they go up against Chris Sale and the Boston Red Sox. Since being shutout against St. Louis on June 10, the Phillies have averaged four runs per game. Unfortunately, they’ve allowed 5.75 runs per game in the same span and Sale has allowed more than three earned runs in only two of his 13 starts this season. After winning four of their first five games in June, the Phillies will be looking for their first victory since June 6.

Embed from Getty Images   By: Rebecca Serad, Sports Talk Philly Staff  Final: Boston Red Sox 7, Philadelphia Phillies 3  ❖  Attendance: 28,263 PHILADELPHIA — For the third straight night, the Philadelphia Phillies (21-43) failed to record a victory against the Boston Red Sox (37-28). With this loss, the Phils are 0-8 against American League […]

Day two of the MLB Draft is complete and the Phillies once again are taking the approach of adding as many college players as possible.

Embed from Getty Images   By: Rebecca Serad, Sports Talk Philly Staff  Final: Boston Red Sox 4, Philadelphia Phillies 3  ❖  Attendance: 37,141 BOSTON — The Philadelphia Phillies (21-42) were hoping to bounce back from last night's extra innings loss against the Boston Red Sox (36-28). That didn't happen. Instead, the Phillies extended their losing […]

Embed from Getty Images Long-time Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz always wore the jersey number of a middle reliever. For years, Chooch wore No. 51 for the Phillies. When he was traded to Seattle, he was issued No. 52 because No. 51 is frozen out of respect for both Ichiro and Randy Johnson.  Ruiz lived up to […]

Could the Philadelphia Phillies and Buck Showalter ever be a match? Read that and more Phillies news and rumors on SportsTalkPhilly.com.

Rookie RHP Ben Lively and the Philadelphia Phillies (21-41) will look to snap their six-game losing skid in the two-game series finale against the Boston Red Sox (35-28) and southpaw David Price Tuesday evening at Fenway Park.