Morgan set to oppose Wacha, Cardinals in major league debut

Replacing the injured Jerome Williams, who was put on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday with a strained left hamstring, will be left hander Adam Morgan for his big league debut. Morgan will take the mound this afternoon in a Father's Day matinee against the St. Louis Cardinals (45-23), as the Philadelphia Phillies (23-47) look to avoid […]

Matt Rappa  •  21 Jun 2015
Phillies give lackluster effort against Lackey, lose 16th series of season

  View image | gettyimages.com Final: Cardinals 10, Phillies 1 WP: John Lackey (6-4, 3.41 ERA) LP: Aaron Harang (4-9, 3.41 ERA) Philadelphia, PA - In what was a pitcher's duel until the top of the sixth inning, quickly turned into a game that was well in the hands of the St. Louis Cardinals (45-23). Right […]

Matt Rappa  •  20 Jun 2015
Phillies ready to take on Cardinals again on potentially stormy night in South Philadelphia

  View image | gettyimages.com In their 70th game of the season this evening, the Philadelphia Phillies (23-46) will look to rebound from last night's 12-4 defeat against left hander Tyler Lyons and the St. Louis Cardinals (44-23).  The weather forecast calls for occasional strong to heavy thunderstorms at times, but the two teams hope […]

Matt Rappa  •  20 Jun 2015
Chase Utley sits, Phillippe Aumont starts as Phillies open series against Cardinals

  View image | gettyimages.com Having won their first game in nearly two weeks yesterday afternoon, the Philadelphia Phillies (23-45) will seek to carry the momentum into a weekend series against Mike Matheny's National League Central-leading St. Louis Cardinals (43-23). Right hander Phillippe Aumont will start for the first time in his career tonight, in […]

Matt Rappa  •  19 Jun 2015
Phillies hope to avoid 10th straight loss, fourth straight series sweep in Thursday matinee

  View image | gettyimages.com Despite the three-run home run hit by shortstop Freddy Galvis late in last night's game sparking a rally, the Phillies still ended up on the losing end with a 6-4 final in favor of the Orioles. This afternoon, in the series finale of a short, two-game set at Citizens Bank […]

Matt Rappa  •  18 Jun 2015
Correia set to oppose Jimenez, Orioles for home debut in red pinstripes

  View image | gettyimages.com Coming off of a winless, eight-game road trip, the first of its kind in franchise-history since their inaugural season in 1883, the Philadelphia Phillies (22-44) will seek to rebound tonight as they start the second-half of the home-and-home series with the Baltimore Orioles. Having lost eight consecutive games, the Phillies […]

Matt Rappa  •  17 Jun 2015
Francoeur appears in relief as Phillies are routed in series finale against Orioles

  View image | gettyimages.com Final: Orioles 19, Phillies 3 WP: Chris Tillman (5-7, 5.58 ERA) LP: Jerome Williams (3-7, 6.43 ERA) Baltimore, MD – History was made tonight at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, in the series finale between the Philadelphia Phillies (22-44) and the Baltimore Orioles (33-31), in more ways than one.

Matt Rappa  •  16 Jun 2015
Phillies get first look at Chris Tillman as they seek to avoid fourth consecutive road series sweep

  View image | gettyimages.com Having not scored a run over their past 21 innings, in addition to having lost 11 consecutive games on the road and seven overall, the Philadelphia Phillies (22-43) will seek to avoid being swept for the fourth consecutive time on the road this evening. Philadelphia will oppose right hander Chris Tillman and […]

Matt Rappa  •  16 Jun 2015
Phillies top prospect Aaron Nola to make IronPigs debut Thursday

  View image | gettyimages.com Phillies' top prospect, 22-year-old right hander Aaron Nola out of Louisiana State University, will make his Triple-A debut Thursday according to Jake Kaplan of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Nola's promotion, announced Sunday, came after allowing just two earned runs over five innings of work Saturday against the Akron RubberDucks, the Cleveland Indians' […]

Matt Rappa  •  16 Jun 2015