Phillies Swept By Braves In Four-Game Series
The Braves 3-2 victory over the Phillies Sunday gave them their first four-game sweep in Philadelphia in 50 years.
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The Braves 3-2 victory over the Phillies Sunday gave them their first four-game sweep in Philadelphia in 50 years.
Ryan Doumit homered and Tommy La Stella had two doubles and drove in a pair of runs to lead the Atlanta Braves to a doubleheader sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies with a 5-1 victory in the nightcap Saturday.
It's hard to preach patience with an unproven Fantasy asset. That was the case with Brad Miller after his early struggles. Miller had a nice rookie year, which led to many buying into the hype for his second season. When things didn't pan out, most owners cut bait, deciding to ride the hot hand.
The Reds overcame homers by Marlon Byrd, Carlos Ruiz and Jimmy Rollins, sending the Phillies to their seventh loss in eight games.
Lucas Duda hit a two-run homer with two outs in the 11th, lifting the New York Mets over the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 Sunday in the third straight extra-innings game between the teams.
Cody Asche, Jimmy Rollins, Wil Nieves and Marlon Byrd all homered Sunday.
Ryan Howard and Cody Asche homered to lead the Phillies over the Washington Nationals 7-2 on Saturday night.
Carlos Ruiz capped his most productive series of the season so far with another clutch hit, and made a key defensive play at the plate to help the Philadelphia Phillies win a series from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
I wonder when the last opening day to a baseball season was cancelled. It happened to the Phillies this week.
The Opening Day roster includes 12 pitchers, two catchers, six infielders and five outfielders.
Jimmy Rollins homered for the second straight day and the Phillies cruised to a 5-1 victory over the Twins Sunday.
Lee allowed three hits, struck out three and walked one in his fourth spring training start.
Phils' general manager Ruben Amaro says the Phillies have to score between 650 and 700 runs this season to be contenders and make the playoffs—all with the second-highest payroll in the National League, an estimated $159-million, behind the $216-million bankroll of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
With the signings of Bobby Abreu and Marlon Byrd, the Phillies are 2/3 of the way in recreating their 2004 outfield.
Instead of being bitter about being traded, Marlon Byrd feels like he was a part of the Phillies team that ended up winning the World Series in 2008.
It looks like the Phillies are having some second thoughts about spending money.
82% of fans of the 94WIP Morning Show vote that they do not like the Phillies recent signing of Marlon Byrd.
The Phillies will sign free agent outfielder Marlon Byrd, the Mike and Ike Show on 94WIP reports.
