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Embed from Getty Images By: Tim Kelly, Managing Editor Though Aaron Nola struck out seven in Saturday's loss to the Kansas City Royals, he still gave up five runs and is in the midst of the worst stretch of his young big league career. In his past five starts, Nola is 0-5 and has […]
Embed from Getty Images As Doug Pederson prepares to lead his first training camp as Eagles head coach, he will look to cultivate as much as competition as possible. The rookie head coach knows that competition is healthy and it is an integral part of building a contending team. And as he builds a […]
Embed from Getty Images By Theo DeRosa, contributor Final: Phillies 7, Royals 2 PHILADELPHIA—Cameron Rupp's opposite-field three-run homer in the first inning put the Phillies ahead for good as they took two out of three from the defending World Series champion Kansas City Royals. Rupp drove a high 98-mph fastball from Yordano Ventura just […]
Embed from Getty Images By Nick Mandarano, contributor Final: Royals 6, Phillies 1 ❖ PHILADELPHIA, PA — Despite an early lead in the first inning, the Phillies were not able to hang on. The Royals struck Aaron Nola for five runs in the second inning. Before exiting the game after five innings, Nola did […]
Philadelphia Phillies prospect J.P. Crawford stands at shortstop at Bright House Field during 2016 Spring Training. (Frank Klose/Philliedelphia) While the Philadelphia Phillies were in the process of defeating the Kansas City Royals Friday evening, one of the players who their long-term process revolves around — J.P. Crawford — flashed his defensive potential at Triple A Lehigh […]
Embed from Getty Images By: Tim Kelly, Managing Editor When the Philadelphia Phillies acquired veteran right-handed starting pitcher Jeremy Hellickson this past off-season, the expectation from many was that Hellickson would pitch the first four months of the season with the team, before the club flipped the impending free-agent as they continued to attempt to […]
By: Josh Liddick, Staff Writer Final: Phillies 4, Royals 3 ❖ Attendance: 30,263 PHILADELPHIA— The defending World Series champion Kansas City Royals(42-37) made their way to Citizen's Bank Park on Friday night for the first of a three-game interleague series. An great offensive performance by Odubel Herrera allowed the Phillies(36-45) to get on the […]
Embed from Getty Images Ben Simmons and Timothe Luwawu Headline the 2016 76ers summer league team. Simmons, the teams first overall pick last week, is a power forward out of LSU and Luwawu was the teams second selection, 24th overall, from France. Missing from the roster is Joel Embiid, but the team already stated […]
Embed from Getty Images By: Tim Kelly/Matt Rappa, managing editors PHILADELPHIA — Following a three-game sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Philadelphia Phillies will return home to Citizens Bank Park Friday evening to open up a three game set against the defending World Series champion Kansas City Royals. Starting Pitching Matchup: Kansas City Royals […]
Pete Mackanin watches batting practice prior to a game (Frank Klose/Philliedelphia) By: Nick Mandarano, contributor As we turn the calendar to July, it’s time to take a look back and evaluate the Phillies skipper. Early on, the Phillies were far surpassing their extremely low preseason expectations with a 24-17 record. Now, they stand at 35-45 […]
