MILWAUKEE – Ranger Suarez failed to complete six innings for the sixth consecutive game as the Phillies lost 6-2 to the Brewers in the series opener on Monday night. Suarez was a key player in the Phillies’ great first half. He went 10-1 with a 1.75 ERA in his first 15 appearances, but he hasn’t […]
If you still need convincing of the importance of the first playoff seed after watching the Phillies go far in two consecutive playoffs despite their wild-card entry, all you have to do is watch their last two home games. The Phillies are 10-3 in their last 13 games at Citizens Bank Park, winning seven of […]
Four nights ago he called it the greatest batting performance of his life. This was the biggest game of his life. Cal Stevenson scored his second late game-winner of the week, hitting a two-run double in the seventh inning on Saturday to give the team the lead, then leaping over the center-field wall 10 minutes […]
Nick Castellanos’ antennae were up when he entered the batter’s box in the bottom half of the eighth inning on Tuesday. The Phillies had just scored five runs against Rays relief pitcher Edwin Uceta, who entered the evening with a 0.75 ERA and 0.69 WHIP, and Castellanos thought there was a chance he could get […]
Kyle Schwarber opened the game with a home run for the second straight day, Cristopher Sanchez found his rhythm after a shaky first inning, and the Phillies completed a two-game road win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Schwarber hit three home runs on Tuesday as part of a five-hit night and hit another second-pitch bomb […]
If the Phillies finish a game better than the Dodgers or Brewers and achieve the best record in the National League, they will look back on Tuesday’s series opener in Toronto as one of the most important nights of their season. It was without a doubt her most dramatic. They slowly got back into the […]
