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The Philadelphia Phillies won the first game of their series against Cincinnati, taking down the Reds 5-3. Their record improves to 20-22.
Cliff Lee received a no-decision, but turned in another very good inning, allowing two runs over seven innings. Lee’s only blemish was two-run shot he gave up to Jay Bruce in the sixth inning.
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2012 Expectations
Big things were expected from Antonio Bastardo following his breakout year in 2011. Bastardo had put together a 6-1 record with a 2.64 ERA along with eight saves. Even though he began to perform poorly at the end of the season, the Phillies were counting on the lefthander to once again be a workhorse [...]
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The Phillies won their third straight game on Saturday afternoon, taking down the Braves 5-1 in Atlanta. The victory improves the Phillies to 64-69.
The Phillies were anchored today by another stellar start from Cliff Lee. Lee threw seven scoreless innings, and allowed just five hits while striking out five. His ERA has now dipped to [...]
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For most of the 2012, a weak offense has been the main reason that the Philadelphia Phillies have spent the entire season in the basement of the National League East. This week however, the bats have not been the issue. The normally woeful offense has had a good week by their standards, producing 12 runs [...]
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The Phillies won their third game of the Grapefruit League play on Thursday, edging the Pirates 5-4. Philadelphia built a four run lead, and didn’t allow Pittsburgh to score a run until the sixth inning.
Cole Hamels went 3.2 innings in his second start of the spring. The lefty allowed only four hits, and didn’t give [...]
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The Phillies dropped their second game of Grapefruit League play on Sunday to the New York Yankees, losing 7-4. For the second straight game, Philadelphia got out to a 2-0 lead, only to see it disappear with the help of struggling relievers and defensive errors.
In his first appearance of the Spring, Roy Halladay struck out [...]
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The man who helped bring a World Series championship to Philadelphia in 2008 has moved on to the Washington Nationals signing a 1 year deal. Lidge was informed about 10 days ago that he wouldn’t be part of the Phillies plans in 2012. With such a rich market for relievers this off season [...]
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Ever since Ryan Howard’s ground ball rolled harmlessly to Nick Punto to end game 5 of the NLDS, and ended all hope of another Phillies world championship, there has been a lot of speculation on how to “fix” the Phillies. It’s amazing that a team that not only set its own franchise record for wins [...]
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The Phillies fought a tough battle with the Cardinals on Tuesday night, but escaped with a critical 3-2 victory, and a 2-1 series lead. The Phillies won this game thanks to a trio of heroes.
The first hero had become a popular whipping boy in Philadelphia after hitting .167 and playing his way out of the [...]
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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 [...]
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