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• Good guys strike first! @TheRealSlamtana brings home a run to give us a 1-0 lead in the 1st. #BeBold https://t.co/ZuEy7HJ8FX

  20-06-2018 01:26 via twitter.com
  
  Good guys strike first!@TheRealSlamtana brings home a run to give us a 1-0 lead in the 1st. #BeBold https://t.co/ZuEy7HJ8FX
  
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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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• After a trade everybody won, Brandon Marsh and Logan O’Hoppe are pulling for each other

  30-04-2024 16:57 via philliesnation.com
  
  Brandon Marsh is off to a strong start in 2024. (Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire)
  ANAHEIM — There aren’t many trades in sports history that qualified as win-wins once hindsight offered its two cents. On Aug. 2, 2022, the Phillies and Angels completed one of them.Now, with Brandon Marsh returning to Anaheim for the first time since that trade, and with Marsh and Logan O’Hoppe each established as productive regulars for their respective club, everyone involved would be hard-pressed
  
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• What options do the Phillies have with struggling Seranthony Domínguez?

  30-04-2024 16:56 via philliesnation.com
  
  Seranthony Dominguez has struggled in 2024. (Rick Ulreich/Icon Sportswire)
  The Philadelphia Phillies have a problem with reliever Seranthony Domínguez, but a solution isn’t so simple.While Domínguez was initially a victim of some bad luck on soft contact by Los Angeles Angels hitters in Monday night’s Phillies loss, he eventually unraveled in the bottom of the seventh inning. The play that ultimately allowed the winning run to score came on a wild pitch by Domín
  
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• Phillies’ early lead slips in ugly fashion, late rally squandered in opener loss to Angels

  30-04-2024 06:29 via philliesnation.com
  
  Alec Bohm had a big hit early but couldn’t come through late against the Angels. (Brandon Sloter/Icon Sportswire)
  Final score: Angels 6, Phillies 5ANAHEIM — It was too good a script. The Phillies had two men in scoring position with one out in the ninth, a single away from tying it. First chance: Alec Bohm, the NL Player of the Week who’s built the best start to a season of his career largely on the strength of hitting with runners in scoring position. Second chance: Bran
  
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• The Phillies rotation is not normal

  30-04-2024 01:04 via philliesnation.com
  
  Aaron Nola and Zack Wheeler are off to strong starts. (Grace Del Pizzo/Phillies Nation)
  The Phillies rotation is off to a truly special start.
  Through 29 games, the staff ranks second in the league in ERA (2.36), third in strikeouts-per-nine innings (9.44) and first in FanGraphs WAR (4.4). The rotation is also first among all MLB teams in innings pitched at 175 1/3, 12 1/3 more innings than the second-place Kansas City Royals.As the rest of baseball yearns for the days when starters consistentl
  
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• Phillies pitching prospect off to breakout start in Clearwater

  29-04-2024 17:08 via philliesnation.com
  
  George Klassen is in Single-A Clearwater. (Cheryl Pursell)
  Phillies fans may want to remember the name George Klassen.Because if he pitches anywhere near the way he has through four professional starts, the young right-hander will certainly make an impact on the organization in one way or another.Klassen, a sixth-round pick in the 2023 draft, has excelled as a starter for Single-A Clearwater so far this season. The hard-throwing 22-year-old has yet to allow an earned run through four outings wh
  
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• MLB, Nike will make corrections to uniforms after months of complaints

  29-04-2024 16:05 via philliesnation.com
  
  Brandon Marsh is in his third season with the Phillies. (Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire)
  Sometimes the best thing you can do to make sure an issue is addressed is complain. And keep complaining. And then complain some more.That strategy appears to have worked in regards to the much-maligned Nike Vapor Premier jersey template that MLB switched to this season, which has been widely panned by players, fans and pretty much everyone not collecting a paycheck from one of those two corporations.
  
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• Taijuan Walker makes season debut, Bryson Stott homers twice as Phillies sweep Padres

  29-04-2024 00:52 via philliesnation.com
  
  Bryson Stott hit two home runs Sunday. (Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire)
  Final Score: Phillies 8, Padres 6Taijuan Walker was an important piece to the puzzle for the Phillies last season. He started 31 games, covered 172 2/3 innings and kept the team in games when he pitched. The Phillies went 21-10 in his 31 starts a season ago. The right-hander didn’t pitch in the postseason, though. Then, the start to his 2024 season was delayed after being diagnosed with an impingement in his throwing sh
  
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• Phillies news and rumors 4/28: Prison baseball story time with John Kruk

  28-04-2024 18:37 via philliesnation.com
  
  John Kruk is a Phillies Wall of Famer. (Icon Sports Media)
  Sometimes on West Coast games, you count on the broadcasters to make things interesting enough to keep fans on the East Coast awake for the entire game.
  With dominant performances from Ranger Suárez and Alec Bohm in a Philadelphia Phillies win over the San Diego Padres Saturday, the game was plenty entertaining enough. But John Kruk still did his part in the NBC Sports Philadelphia broadcast booth to make sure fans were hanging o
  
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• Bohm, Suárez continue elite runs as Phillies win series over Padres

  28-04-2024 04:49 via philliesnation.com
  
  Ranger Suárez’s scoreless streak ended Saturday, but he was dominant nonetheless. (Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire)
  Final score: Phillies 5, Padres 1Minus the degree to which they wear their emotions on their sleeves, Alec Bohm and Ranger Suárez are oddly comparable as baseball players. Neither is particularly flashy. Neither will wow you with jaw-dropping tools. Neither is at the forefront of the national baseball discourse.And both are playing like superstars.
  
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• Phillies news and rumors 4/27: Is Alec Bohm finally developing into a star?

  27-04-2024 16:00 via philliesnation.com
  
  Alec Bohm has had a strong start for the Phillies in 2024. (John Adams/Icon Sportswire)
  Alec Bohm showed flashes of his elite offensive potential over his first four seasons, but entering 2024, had yet to entirely realize being an All-Star caliber hitter for the Philadelphia Phillies.Perhaps that’s changing before our eyes.
  Bohm was responsible for three of the 13 hits that the Phillies posted in Friday night’s 9-3 win over the San Diego Padres. He’s in the midst of 10-game hi
  
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• Phillies crush 5 home runs in win against Padres

  27-04-2024 06:27 via philliesnation.com
  
  Kyle Schwarber hit his 100th career home run as a Phillie in Friday’s win against San Diego. (Zac BonDurant/Icon Sportswire)
  Final Score: Phillies 9, Padres 3
  “If you don’t think we’re gonna slug, you ain’t watching the games,” Rob Thomson said to wise guy radio host Howard Eskin as the Phillies offense was in the midst of a cold stretch in mid-April.
  "If you don't think we're gonna slug,you ain't watching the games."-Rob Thomson to Howard Eskin pic.twitter.c
  
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• So far so good for Zack Wheeler and his splitter

  26-04-2024 23:19 via philliesnation.com
  
  Zack Wheeler is in his fifth season with the Phillies. (Photo by Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire)
  Like every other Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher, Zack Wheeler is off to a great start this year. After tossing six scoreless innings on Thursday, the veteran right-hander lowered his ERA on the year to 1.93. Across his six starts, Wheeler has struck out 46 batters in 37 1/3 innings. His 1.3 fWAR entering Friday leads Major League Baseball among pitchers.It’s no surprise Wheeler is off t
  
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• Phillies news and rumors 4/26: Bryce Harper continues post-paternity-leave success

  26-04-2024 07:39 via philliesnation.com
  
  Bryce Harper homered on Thursday. (Zac BonDurant/Icon Sportswire)
  Phillies star first baseman Bryce Harper officially made an amusing one-off story a trend on Thursday afternoon as he homered in his first game back off the paternity list for the second time in his career.After missing the first three games of the series for the birth of his third child and second daughter, Harper crushed a hanging changeup for a two-run home run as part of a third-inning rally that helped carry Philadelphia to
  
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• Zack Wheeler, third-inning rally lead Phillies to split in Cincinnati

  25-04-2024 21:46 via philliesnation.com
  
  Zack Wheeler threw six shutout innings on Thursday. (Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire)
  Final score: Phillies 5, Reds 0The Phillies needed a mini-stopper of sorts after two uncharacteristically sloppy losses in Cincinnati followed their seven-game winning streak. These days, it’s not hard to choose a stopper in the club’s starting rotation — everyone has been a stopper — but it’s hard to argue against Zack Wheeler as a leading candidate.Wheeler was that mini-s
  
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