How to Enjoy the Phillies in 2015: In 140 Characters or Less

April 17, 2015 Comments Off on How to Enjoy the Phillies in 2015: In 140 Characters or Less

For Philadelphia baseball fans, Twitter provides a safe outlet to absorb, and even enjoy, this team. By Tim Rinehart Philadelphia is a dark place right now. Not only did the Delaware water mutate and infect our power lines, causing a ...

Phillies Remain Winless on Road After Loss to Nats

April 17, 2015 Comments Off on Phillies Remain Winless on Road After Loss to Nats

Cole Hamels surrendered two more home runs Thursday night and raised his season ERA to 5.00 as the Phillies dropped their fifth consecutive game, falling in Washington DC 5-2 to the formally last place Nationals. The Phillies managed just five ...

Mets Complete Sweep of Phillies

April 16, 2015 Comments Off on Mets Complete Sweep of Phillies

The Philadelphia Phillies got out to another first-inning lead in New York Wednesday night, but it would not be enough to avoid a road sweep to the Mets. Cody Asche kept up his torrid pace with three hits (raising his ...

Utley Snaps Slup, but Phils Fall Short Vs. Harvey in 6-5 Loss to Mets

April 15, 2015 Comments Off on Utley Snaps Slup, but Phils Fall Short Vs. Harvey in 6-5 Loss to Mets

Chase Utley ended his early-season slump in a big way Tuesday night by going 3-3 with two home runs and three RBI against stud New York hurler Matt Harvey, but the Phillies couldn’t hold an early lead and their late rally ...

Phillies’ Offense Goes Back Into Hibernation in New York

April 14, 2015 Comments Off on Phillies’ Offense Goes Back Into Hibernation in New York

Aaron Harang turned in a second consecutive impressive start to open his 2015 season, but didn’t have much to show for it as the Phillies dropped their first road game of the year versus the Mets, falling 2-0 in New ...

Phillies Comeback Bid Falls Just Short Against Washington

April 13, 2015 Comments Off on Phillies Comeback Bid Falls Just Short Against Washington

The Philadelphia Phillies nearly pulled off a three-game sweep of the highly touted Washington Nationals at Citizens Bank Park Sunday. Darin Ruf’s pinch-hit home run in the seventh inning tied the game at 2-2 after the offense battled with ace ...

Phillies on Verge of Sweep With Extra-Inning Win Over Nats

April 12, 2015 Comments Off on Phillies on Verge of Sweep With Extra-Inning Win Over Nats

Odubel Herrera’s one-out double in the bottom of the 10th inning lifted the Phillies to a 3-2 win over visiting Washington. The hit and RBI were the first of Herrera’s as a Phillie and his MLB career. Cole Hamels got the ...

Phillies Use 7th-Inning Rally to Beat the Nats

April 11, 2015 Comments Off on Phillies Use 7th-Inning Rally to Beat the Nats

The Phillies one again did all their scoring in one inning Friday night, waiting until the seventh to plate four runs, but it was enough to beat the consensus “best team in baseball” Washington Nationals at Citizens Bank Park. Trailing 1-0 ...

Phillies Falter in Finale With Red Sox

April 10, 2015 Comments Off on Phillies Falter in Finale With Red Sox

All it took was one disastrous inning to ruin any chances the Phillies had of beating the Red Sox Thursday night, losing 6-2 and dropping two of three in the home-opening series. Actually, it was a third of an inning. ...

Phillies Respond With Gritty Win Vs. Red Sox

April 9, 2015 Comments Off on Phillies Respond With Gritty Win Vs. Red Sox

Aaron Harang turn in an impressive regular season debut and Jeff Francoeur hit his first homer as a Phillie as Philadelphia held off visiting Boston 4-2 Wednesday night to earn its first win of the young 2015 season. Harang earned ...