Writer: Kevin Durso
Cole Hamels looks on after allowing a two-run home run to Nick Swisher in the fifth inning of the Phillies' 10-4 loss to the Indians. There's something about the top three in the rotation. There's something about the Cleveland Indians. Whatever the reason, the Phillies just can't play well on the days when Cole Hamels […]
Carlos Ruiz scores on John Mayberry Jr.'s two-run double in the fourth inning of the Phillies' 6-2 win over the Cleveland Indians. (Kevin Durso/Philliedelphia) Jonathan Pettibone started the game for the Phillies on the mound and led the pitching. John Mayberry Jr. lifted the offense. Jonathan Papelbon closed the door. The three Johns – or […]
Cliff Lee picked off A.J. Pollock in the third inning. Lee picked up the win pitching seven shutout innings. Pollock struck out with the tying run on second to end the game. In his last start on Monday, Cliff Lee was asked to play stopper. He did just that. Saturday night was no different. Lee […]
Jimmy Rollins homered to lead off the game, but couldn't play hero as he grounded out with the tying run on third to end the Phillies' 3-2 loss to the D'Backs. The Phillies entered Friday night's game with 20 losses on the season. Seven of them were charged to relief pitchers. The number reached eight […]
John Mayberry Jr. is thrown out at second on a force play after Kevin Frandsen drove in the lone run in the Phillies' 2-1 loss to the D'Backs. Cliff Lee may have had the most puzzling season for a pitcher in recent memory in 2012. He simply couldn't buy a win. Cole Hamels can now […]
Cole Hamels shows the ball after snagging a comebacker in the seventh inning. Freddy Galvis singled two batters into the game. It wasn't until the seventh inning that Galvis would reach again, this time on a walk. Galvis represented the only two baserunners the Phillies had in eight innings. Jose Fernandez and the Marlins' bullpen […]
Ryan Howard hit his fifth home run of the season to lead off the second inning of the Phillies' 4-1 win over the Marlins. For the second straight night, Ryan Howard and Domonic Brown put power on display. Chase Utley thought he would join the party as well. The trio each belted solo home runs […]
Ryan Howard connects on his solo home run in the fourth inning of the Phillies' 7-2 win over the Marlins. If there is such a thing as a crucial series in May, then the Phillies made the first game count. With four games against the lowly Miami Marlins, the Phillies had wins available for the […]
Laynce Nix makes a great leaping catch at the wall in the fourth inning of the Phillies' 6-0 loss to the Indians. There was only one major-league team Cliff Lee had never faced in his career. It was the Cleveland Indians, the first team Lee played for in his career. But Lee's homecoming to Progressive […]
Domonic Brown lays it all out for a nice catch in left field. A 2012 problem popped up for the first time in 2013: the eighth inning and the bullpen. The Phillies' bullpen entered Wednesday night's game having allowed one or no runs in 14 of their last 16 games. They had a two-run lead. […]
