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Cliff Lee looked excellent this afternoon against the Tigers in Clearwater. In two innings, Lee walked one and struck out two. He did not give up a hit. Tyler Cloyd followed with two shutout innings of his own, walking one and striking out one. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Ryan Howard brought home […]
Photo courtesy of Jack Kasten Day two of spring training games brought about quite a match-up, Roy Halladay vs. Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers. Doc had no problems in the first inning, dealing through Austin Jackson, Torii Hunter, and Miguel Cabrera perfectly. In the bottom of the second, Doc struck out Prince Fielder to […]
Tonight, it was announced that former Phillies relief pitcher Jose Contreras had signed a minor-league deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The minor league contract includes an invite to Bradenton, Florida, where the Pirates' spring training camp is located. Contreras, 41, suffered a season-ending injury last June when he had a complete UCL tear and flexor pronator […]
Photo: Philliedelphia/Danielle Wilson Per multiple sources, it has been confirmed that relief pitcher Michael Schwimer has been traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for minor league first baseman Art Charles. Schwimer, scheduled to pitch in today's spring training game against the Astros, packed his bag after the game upon hearing the news. Art Charles, drafted […]
(Photo courtesy of Casey Landman on Twitter/Instagram) Smell that? That's the smell of Phillies baseball. The first official spring training game started this afternoon in Clearwater with Cole Hamels on the mound against Lucas Harrell and the Astros. Cole pitched a solid two innings today allowing just one hit, walking none, and striking out one. […]
According to David Murphy of the Daily News , former Phillies starter, current Twins starter Vance Worley was traded on the worst day imaginable. After a workout on the elliptical, Worley returned a call from Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. in which he learned he was traded to Minnesota. Not an ideal situation for Worley after […]
Jakub Voracek’s career night helped the Flyers overcome the rallying first-placePittsburgh Penguins for Philadelphia’s eighth victory of the season. The Flyers (8-9-1) fell behind early when Pittsburgh D Matt Niskanen and C Evgeni Malkineach scored in the first 7:15 of play to stake the Penguins to a 2-0 lead, but D Nicklas Grossman and […]
The Flyers travel to Pittsburgh to play the Penguins in the final game of Philadelphia’ssix-game road trip in a matchup of two Atlantic division rivals. The Flyers (7-9-1) come into Wednesday’s contest fresh off of a humbling, 7-0 victoryover the New York Islanders on Monday, a game that saw the team in complete control […]
While it remains to be seen if the Flyers can build on the momentum of what coach PeterLaviolette called “a complete game”, fans at least have to feel better in the short term about their team after Philadelphia’s dismantling of the Islanders Monday afternoon, 7-0. The Flyers (7-9-1) set the tone early, with Claude Giroux scoring […]
From NBC 10's John Clark's Twitter It's President's Day, and camp is well under way down in Clearwater. Here's some of the news I gathered up today. Mandy Housenick of the Morning Call discusses the bullpen and makes some predictions. She puts Horst, Aumont, and De Fratus on the team to break camp. I'm with […]
