Posted by Denny Basens
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Saturday, October 1st, 2011
The Phillies have picked up their first win of the postseason, taking down the St. Louis Cardinals 11-6.
The NLDS got off to a sour start for the Phillies, as Roy Halladay opened the playoffs by putting his team in a 3-0 hole after the first inning. In my preview article, I discussed how Halladay had [...]
Posted by Denny Basens
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Saturday, October 1st, 2011
Game 1 of the NLDS between the Phillies and Cardinals will get underway at 5:00 p.m. today, with Roy Halladay on the mound for the first pitch and Kyle Loshe will take the hill for St. Louis.
Halladay has put together another superb season in his second year with the Phillies, posting a 19-6 record with [...]
Posted by Greg Paone
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Friday, September 30th, 2011
The epic collapses and improbable Wild Card drama is in the rear view mirror. The Major League Baseball playoffs are set and our Phillies have drawn the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Division Series. While I don’t hate this matchup for the Phils, I don’t love it either.
While I’m glad we avoided Milwaukee [...]
Posted by Denny Basens
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Thursday, September 29th, 2011
The 2011 Phillies will always be remembered because of their vaunted pitching staff, the core of which the team was built around. Not only has this unit looked great on paper, but they’ve delivered in reality as well, leading all of baseball with a team ERA of 3.02 (lowest team ERA since the L.A. Dodgers [...]
Posted by Denny Basens
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Monday, September 26th, 2011
The Phillies will begin their final regular season series tonight, taking on the Braves in Atlanta for three games before heading off into the playoffs, with Cliff Lee taking the hill in the first game. They find themselves in a very strange position in this series. Though they’ve already secured the division title and home [...]
Posted by Denny Basens
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Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
After clinching the National League East and home field advantage throughout the playoffs, the Phillies have fallen into a bit of lull. They are 4-6 in their last 10 games, and have lost five of their last six. In each of those five losses, the offense has failed to score more than three runs. The [...]
Posted by Denny Basens
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Saturday, September 17th, 2011
A disturbing trend in recent weeks for the Phillies has been the effectiveness of reliever Antonio Bastardo. The young lefthander has been spectacular for most of the season, but it seems as though his workload is beginning to catch up with him, and take its toll on his effectiveness.
Bastardo entered the game in the eighth [...]
Posted by Denny Basens
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Friday, September 9th, 2011
The Phillies just seem to keep right on rolling as they do battle with the two teams that are supposed to be their biggest competition in the National League. After defeating the Brewers behind the great pitching of Cole Hamels, and the clutch hitting of a diluted lineup on Thursday, the Phillies followed up that [...]
Posted by Denny Basens
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Thursday, September 8th, 2011
In the first of a four game set with the Milwaukee Brewers, Phillies manager Charlie Manuel opted to play a different lineup, resting Ryan Howard, Raul Ibanez, and the injured Chase Utley, and playing Wilson Valdez, Ben Francisco, and Michael Martinez all together at once.
For five innings, it looked as though the dramatically diluted lineup [...]
Posted by Denny Basens
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Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
On Monday night, Phillies starter Cliff Lee put together another masterful performance, throwing his sixth complete game shutout of the season, holding the division rival Atlanta Braves to just five hits over the game.
Looking at Lee’s body of work as it stands now for the entire season, its time to give the lefthander serious consideration [...]
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