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• Phillies fall to Blue Jays to snap winning streaks

  08-05-2024 22:13 via philliesnation.com
  
  Aaron Nola and the Phillies lost on Wednesday.(Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire)
  Final: Blue Jays 5, Phillies 3All good things must come to an end, even for the surging first-place Phillies.The offense, red-hot at home of late, ran into problems against Toronto starter Chris Bassitt, while a sixth-inning surge against right-hander Aaron Nola helped the Blue Jays down the Phillies, 5-3, on Wednesday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park to snap an 11-game home winning streak for Philadelphia. Th
  
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• Brandon Marsh talks SNB mic’d up moment, love of rap music

  08-05-2024 17:51 via philliesnation.com
  
  Brandon Marsh had one of the best mic’d up on appearances on Sunday Night Baseball. (Cheryl Pursell/Phillies Nation)
  Brandon Marsh keeled over with laughter and started dancing along in between sets in the cage as the Phillies’ DJ blasted one of his favorite rap songs — BossMan Dlow’s “Get In With Me” — during batting practice.The Florida rapper’s hit 2024 single was as TikTok sensation, and Marsh only gave it another viral moment when he sang a l
  
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• Phillies Injury Updates: Latest on Trea Turner and slew of arms

  08-05-2024 17:50 via philliesnation.com
  
  Trea Turner is currently on the injured list. (Cheryl Pursell/Phillies Nation)
  The Latest Phillies Injury UpdatesTrea Turner (left hamstring strain)Status: 10-day injured listTurner was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain on May 4. He declined to reveal what grade the strain is, but said he expects to miss “six weeks or so.”
  Turner is doing some isometrics Wednesday, but is mostly just getting treatments currently.
  Rob Thomson talked about how important it
  
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• Road closures to impact Phillies fans attending Wednesday’s game against Blue Jays

  08-05-2024 15:33 via philliesnation.com
  
  Road closures will impact travel to and from today’s Phillies game. (Grace Del Pizzo/Phillies Nation)
  The Phillies are asking fans attending Wednesday’s 1:05 p.m. game against the Toronto Blue Jays to allow extra travel time to and from the game or consider taking public transit due to planned I-95 road closures.
  I-95 northbound from Essington Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia to Academy Road in Northeast Philadelphia will close at approximately 1:00 p.m. for a “short period of
  
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• Harper, Phillies continue to amaze in blowout against Blue Jays

  08-05-2024 03:20 via philliesnation.com
  
  Bryce Harper hit a grand slam in Tuesday’s win against the Blue Jays. (Grace Del Pizzo/PhilliesNation)
  Final Score: Phillies 10, Blue Jays 1Enjoy it while it lasts.
  The hottest stretch of Phillies baseball we may ever see continued on Tuesday in a 10-1 win against the Toronto Blue Jays at Citizens Bank Park. Bryce Harper hit his eighth-career grand slam and his third home run in as many days, Kody Clemens fell a single and double shy of the cycle and Nick Castellanos extended his modest h
  
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• Phillies’ Spencer Turnbull to pitch out of bullpen Tuesday

  07-05-2024 23:18 via philliesnation.com
  
  Spencer Turnbull will pitch out of the bullpen on Tueday night. (Grace Del Pizzo/Phillies Nation)
  After an electric start to the season as a member of the starting rotation, Spencer Turnbull will pitch out of the bullpen for the first time as a Phillie.Turnbull excelled as Philadelphia’s No. 5 starter in the absence of Taijuan Walker, posting a 1.67 ERA in six starts so far this year. Upon Walker’s return from the injured list on April 18, the team shuffled things around for both to
  
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• Phillies news and rumors 5/7: J.T. Realmuto says team is ‘built for the long haul’

  07-05-2024 16:02 via philliesnation.com
  
  J.T. Realmuto has anchored the Phillies’ league-best pitching staff this season.
  The Phillies are playing some of the best baseball they’ve played in the last decade, or more. They’ve won 17 of 20, and 17 of 20 is 17 of 20, even if it’s not coming against the Braves, Dodgers and Orioles. At 25-11, they have the best record in baseball.It’s markedly different, in a good way, from the formula the Phillies followed the previous two seasons: start off several games und
  
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• Zack Wheeler looks like a man on a mission for a Cy Young

  07-05-2024 02:52 via philliesnation.com
  
  Zack Wheeler is off to an incredible start in 2024.(Cheryl Pursell/Phillies Nation)
  “Obviously Wheels today, went out and did what kind of Zack does every time he goes out there.”
  That was the opening message from Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Bryce Harper after the team completed a four-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants behind his three-run home run and another tremendous start from ace Zack Wheeler.
  Really since the start of the 2021 season, every fifth day for the Phil
  
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• Another big hit from Bryce Harper lifts Phillies to series sweep of Giants

  07-05-2024 00:33 via philliesnation.com
  
  Bryce Harper hit a three-run homer for a second straight game. (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire)
  Final Score: Phillies 6, Giants 1It took a while, but the Phillies were able to get to Giants rookie starter Mason Black. Bryce Harper hit a three-run home run for a second straight day and Zack Wheeler returned to dominance in a 6-1 win over the San Francisco Giants on Monday to secure a rare wrap-around series sweep and sixth straight win.
  Consider the fifth inning rally a reward for the Phillies&rs
  
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• With Trea Turner out, who will hit second for Phillies on J.T. Realmuto’s off days?

  06-05-2024 20:11 via philliesnation.com
  
  J.T. Realmuto is going to be off Tuesday. (Cheryl Pursell/Phillies Nation)
  J.T. Realmuto will hit second for the Philadelphia Phillies for the third day in a row Monday, a spot he figures to occupy in manager Rob Thomson’s lineup quite frequently while Trea Turner recovers from a left hamstring strain that is expected to sideline him for “six weeks or so.”
  However, the problem with having your catcher fill such an important role in the lineup is that the demand that comes with
  
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• Taijuan Walker gives honest thoughts about rotation situation

  06-05-2024 05:18 via philliesnation.com
  
  Taijuan Walker allowed three runs over 6 1/3 innings in Sunday’s win against the Giants. (Grace Del Pizzo/Phillies Nation)
  Spencer Turnbull had one month to make an impression in the Phillies rotation. He was there to keep the seat warm for Taijuan Walker, who missed the beginning of the season with a shoulder injury.Walker was always going to get his spot back. He threw 172 2/3 innings for the Phillies in his first season with the club. He pitched consistently deep enough into games to b
  
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• Early runs prove important as Phillies defeat Giants

  06-05-2024 04:08 via philliesnation.com
  
  Bryce Harper hit his seventh home run of the season on Sunday. (Grace Del Pizzo/PhilliesNation)
  Final Score: Phillies 5, Giants 4Scoring early has been one of the Phillies’ strengths this season. As an offense, their .279/.359/.501 slash line in the first three innings of games was one of the best in baseball entering Sunday. Their combined 79 runs scored in the first, second and third innings led all of Major League Baseball.The Phillies scored nine runs in the first two innings of their
  
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• Phillies Injury Updates: Luis Ortiz shut down ‘for the time being’

  05-05-2024 23:00 via philliesnation.com
  
  Luis Ortiz has been shut down with an injury. (Cheryl Pursell)
  The Latest Phillies Injury UpdatesLuis Ortiz (right shoulder inflammation)Status: 15-day injured listOrtiz has been on the injured list since March 31 with a left ankle sprain. He has progressed from that injury, even making two rehab appearances for Single-A Clearwater. However, the most recent came on April 25. That’s because he’s dealing with right shoulder inflammation and has been “shut down for the time being
  
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• Phillies news and rumors 5/5: Jayson Werth’s horse has OK showing at Kentucky Derby

  05-05-2024 17:05 via philliesnation.com
  
  Jayson Werth spent four seasons with the Phillies.(Photo by Rich Kane/Icon Sportswire)
  The start of Saturday’s Phillies game was delayed due to rain, leaving many with a little more than an hour of free time on their hands. One thing fans did to pass the time was tune into the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby.The race consisted of 20 horses. One of those horses was a three-year-old colt named Dornoch. The colt, who entered Saturday without great odds to win the race, is linked to the P
  
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• Phillies stay hot on first night without Trea Turner, blow Giants out

  05-05-2024 04:16 via philliesnation.com
  
  Bryson Stott and Edmundo Sosa each drove in runs Saturday night. (Don Otto/Phillies Nation)
  Final Score: Phillies 14, Giants 3The Philadelphia Phillies found out Saturday afternoon that they’re looking at life without Trea Turner — one of the faces of the franchise — for over a month. But for at least their first night without the $300 million man, the red-hot Phillies didn’t skip a beat.
  After a 70-minute rain delay, the Phillies hung nine runs on the San Francisco Gian
  
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• Trea Turner to miss extended time with hamstring injury

  04-05-2024 22:07 via philliesnation.com
  
  Trea Turner is going on the injured list. (Don Otto/Phillies Nation)
  Trea Turner is going to miss some time.
  He was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain prior to Saturday’s game against the San Francisco Giants. Kody Clemens was recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to take his spot on the roster.A visibly frustrated Turner told reporters inside the Phillies clubhouse on Saturday that he will miss “six weeks or so.” He said he knew something was wrong
  
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• Rob Thomson announces Phillies’ current, somewhat complicated, rotation plans

  04-05-2024 22:00 via philliesnation.com
  
  Cristopher Sanchez and Spencer Turnbull are competing for the last spot in the starting rotation. (Don Otto/Phillies Nation)
  “It’s a great problem to have and a tough decision to make.”
  Those were the words Philadelphia Phillies manager Rob Thomson used in his office Saturday after to describe the team having six starting pitchers for five rotation spots currently. Thomson teased a decision on the future of Spencer Turnbull in the starting rotation Friday, but Saturday’s
  
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• Trea Turner to be re-evaluated Saturday, expects to miss ‘at least a couple days’

  04-05-2024 04:35 via philliesnation.com
  
  Trea Turner left Friday’s game with an injury. (Don Otto/Phillies Nation)
  Trea Turner made the type of heads up play on the basepaths Friday night against the San Francisco Giants that makes him one of the most exciting offensive players in the sport. But it may have come at a cost.The Philadelphia Phillies shortstop scored from second on a passed ball in the bottom of the fourth inning, using a strong secondary lead and world-class speed to, no pun intended, steal a run.
  Trea scored on t
  
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• Bullpen shines again, Marsh delivers big hit as Phillies take opener from Giants

  04-05-2024 03:47 via philliesnation.com
  
  Brandon Marsh hit a big two-run single for the Phillies on Friday. (Don Otto/Phillies Nation)
  Final score: Phillies 4, Giants 3The Phillies have not played particularly clean baseball this week, and Friday was no different. But the Phillies have done a lot of winning the past couple weeks, and Friday was no different.Despite four walks in one inning, two mental errors that could’ve proved costly, a separate physical error and just six hits, the Phillies won their third straight game behin
  
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• Phillies Injury Updates: Yunior Marte lands on IL

  03-05-2024 23:00 via philliesnation.com
  
  Yunior Marte was placed on the injured list Friday. (Don Otto/Phillies Nation)
  The Latest Phillies Injury UpdatesYunior Marte (right shoulder inflammation)Status: 15-day injured list, retroactive to May 1Marte “felt a little something” after his scoreless appearance against the San Diego Padres on April 28, manager Rob Thomson said. After the feeling went away, it really “flared up” during his appearance against the Los Angeles Angels on April 30. He wasn’t availab
  
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• Former Phillies Friday: Ex-pitching prospect is throwing 100 out of bullpen for Giants

  03-05-2024 17:35 via philliesnation.com
  
  Citizens Bank Park has been the home of the Phillies since 2004. (Don Otto/Phillies Nation)
  One of the nastiest relievers in the San Francisco Giants bullpen was once a highly regarded Philadelphia Phillies prospect.Erik Miller, who was drafted by the Phillies out of Stanford in the fourth round of the 2019 Draft, made the Opening Day roster for San Francisco and is off to a solid start. His 4.88 ERA is inflated by two rough outings in two of his first three games, but he’s allowed only t
  
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• Could this minor leaguer be Phillies’ next long man?

  03-05-2024 17:30 via philliesnation.com
  
  Michael Mercado has stood out in Triple-A. (Grace Del Pizzo/Phillies Nation)
  The Phillies’ future long man in the bullpen might be starting games in the Lehigh Valley.Michael Mercado, a 25-year-old right-hander, has quickly emerged as someone to watch in his first season in the Philadelphia organization. Acquired in an offseason trade from Tampa Bay, he’s enjoying a tremendous start to the year in Triple-A. Mercado has served in a hybrid role for the IronPigs and excelled at it
  
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• Phillies news and rumors 5/3: Pat Burrell reveals what he told Chase Utley before World Series speech

  03-05-2024 04:00 via philliesnation.com
  
  Pat Burrell is a Phillies Wall of Famer. (Icon Sportswire)
  Philadelphia Phillies Wall of Famer Pat Burrell is back in town this weekend as the San Francisco Giants will visit Citizens Bank Park for a four-game series. Burrell is one of two hitting coaches in his first year on Bob Melvin’s staff for the Giants.
  Prior to heading to the visiting dugout to coach against the Phillies this weekend, Burrell joined Ruben Amaro Jr., Jim Salisbury and Todd Zolecki for a lengthy interview on “
  
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• With hot start, Alec Bohm already has hit new career-high in WAR

  02-05-2024 20:06 via philliesnation.com
  
  Alec Bohm has had a great start to 2024. (Don Otto/Phillies Nation)
  Over the last several years, people have been waiting for, and expecting, an Alec Bohm breakout season. It didn’t happen in 2022 or 2023. Bohm was a good player in each of those seasons. He was a contributor on two good Phillies teams. But neither were breakout campaigns.But Bohm is off to a great start this year. It’s still too early to tell whether or not this is the year he finally breaks out, putting together a
  
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• Phillies news and rumors 5/2: Kyle Schwarber handles first opportunity in left field of season

  02-05-2024 16:16 via philliesnation.com
  
  Kyle Schwarber played in left field for the first time this season on Wednesday. (Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire),
  Kyle Schwarber is a Designated Hitter with a capital D and a capital H.His defense last season was disastrous, and the Phillies lineup has made much more sense since the slugger slid into the DH role once Bryce Harper was cleared to play first base last summer.Still, Schwarber seems to take pride in giving the outfield his best shot, and Philadelphia gave him his first chance to do
  
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• Wheeler battles, bullpen goes four scoreless as Phillies win rubber match vs. Angels

  02-05-2024 01:02 via philliesnation.com
  
  José Alvarado threw a scoreless eighth inning on Wednesday. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire)
  Final score: Phillies 2, Angels 1ANAHEIM — The Phillies aren’t sure what they’ll do with their starting rotation. “TBA,” Rob Thomson said Wednesday morning. They could piggyback two pitchers every fifth day. They could even alternate who gets that fifth start each time through the rotation.Part of the reason they won’t keep a six-man is to preserve t
  
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• Jeff Hoffman thrives in high leverage — because SEALs have taught him to breathe

  01-05-2024 22:23 via philliesnation.com
  
  Jeff Hoffman is one of the Phillies’ best relievers. (Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire)
  ANAHEIM — Nick Castellanos and Johan Rojas had just provided perhaps the most thrilling moment of the Phillies’ young season and Jeff Hoffman had to calm down. So he channelled his inner SEAL.“SEAL-type breathing” is a method the 31-year-old reliever employs before high-leverage outings, a tool he’s picked up from guest speakers — including Navy SEALs &md
  
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• Nick Castellanos, Johan Rojas strike late as Phillies stun Angels

  01-05-2024 06:38 via philliesnation.com
  
  Johan Rojas (center) and Nick Castellanos (right) each hit clutch home runs in the ninth inning on Tuesday night. (Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire)
  Final score: Phillies 7, Angels 5ANAHEIM — Sometimes you win games because your best players play well, you make routine plays and you hold on to the comfortable lead those things gave you. Other times, you win games because you are the West Coast Phillies, and for the West Coast Phillies, mayhem rules.Mayhem came in two exceedingly u
  
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• Managers, former teammate react to Mike Trout injury news: ‘It stinks’

  01-05-2024 03:47 via philliesnation.com
  
  Mike Trout will miss extended time after tearing his meniscus. (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire)
  ANAHEIM — No one raised an eyebrow at Mike Trout during the Angels’ 6-5 win over the Phillies on Monday night. There was no reason to. Trout went to the plate all four times the leadoff spot came up for Los Angeles. Manned center field all nine innings. Stole a bag. Scored from second on a wild pitch. The biggest abnormality for the future Hall of Famer was the zero in the hit column. 
  
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