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Posted by Mike Frohwirth The Phillies came from behind in an exhilarating win today, on a pinch-hit, walkoff single by John Mayberry, Jr. Trailing 4-2, entering the bottom of the ninth inning against Houston Astros closer Brandon Lyon, the Phillies bunched together six singles for the win. Reliever Danys Baez recorded the win, holding Houston […]
Game 74: Philadelphia Flyers @ New York Islanders, 7:00 pm, CSN Flyers' Records Overall Record: 44-19-10 Away Record: 23-9-4 Record vs. Islanders: 4-0-0 Away Record vs. Islanders: 2-0-0 Islanders' Records Overall Record: 29-34-12 Home Record: 16-16-5 Record vs. Flyers: 0-3-1 Home Record vs. Flyers: 0-2-0 The Numbers Flyers' Winning % vs. Islanders: 1.00, 4/4 games […]
Game 75: Boston Bruins @ Philadelphia Flyers, 7:00 pm, CSN Bruins' Records Overall Record: 41-23-10 Away Record: 23-10-5 Record vs. Flyers: 2-0-1 Away Record vs. Flyers: 1-0-0 Flyers' Records Overall Record: 45-19-10 Home Record: 21-10-6 Record vs. Bruins: 1-2-0 Home Record vs. Bruins: 0-1-0 The Numbers Flyers' Winning % vs. Bruins: .333, 1/3 games (21st) […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson It's a story that will make you pump your fist with excitement; the Phillies' bullpen is nearly complete. This morning, it was established that the bullpen will be set as Ryan Madson, Jose Contreras, Kyle Kendrick, J.C. Romero, Danys Baez, David Herndon, and Antonio Bastardo. This news came minutes after […]
James van Riemsdyk helped the Flyers end a two-game skid tonight by recording his first career hat-trick as Philly rolled to a 4-1 win over the Islanders at Nassau Coliseum. In addition to JVR's three-goal night, both Jeff Carter and Claude Giroux had two points on Saturday. Scoring the opening goal, Carter assisted on JVR's hat-trick tally […]
Posted by Mike Frohwirth As Opening Day quickly approaches, there has been much debate over the Phillies' batting order. While Manager Charlie Manuel has employed a variety of different lineups during Spring Training, his main objectives have been to get his starters plate appearances against MLB-likely pitchers, and to evaluate other players' suitability for bench […]
Another lackadaisical and passionless effort from the Flyers resulted in another loss for Philly tonight as the Bruins edged out a 2-1 win. Brad Marchand's power-play goal with three minutes and forty-three seconds left in regulation gave Boston their only lead of the night. Tim Thomas helped to shut down the Flyers tonight by saving […]
Posted by Mike Frohwirth With the Phillies likely to start the season with a seven-man bullpen, they have room for thirteen position players. The probable starting lineup appears to have already been determined: C Carlos Ruiz 1B Ryan Howard 2B Luis Castillo* SS Jimmy Rollins 3B Placido Polanco LF Raul Ibanez CF Shane Victorino RF […]
Posted by Mike Frohwirth Photo courtesy www.philliesnation.com As the Phillies prepare for their final Spring Training games, they made a somewhat surprising addition to their traveling squad. Despite the fact that he was recently assigned to their minor league camp, right-handed reliever Mike Stutes was selected to accompany the squad to Philadelphia. Stutes, who is […]
Game 76: Philadelphia Flyers @ Pittsburgh Penguins, 7:00 pm, CSN. Flyers' Records Overall Record: 45-20-10 Away Record: 24-9-4 Record vs. Penguins: 3-1-1 Away Record vs. Penguins: 2-0-0 Penguins' Records Overall Record: 45-23-8 Home Record: 24-13-2 Record vs. Flyers: 2-3-0 Home Record vs. Flyers: 0-2-0 The Numbers Flyers' Winning % vs. Penguins: .600, 3/5 games (17th) […]
