Phils Swept By Pirates, Fall 14 Games Under .500
Jeff Locke gave up just three hits and a walk in eight innings, and the Pittsburgh Pirates completed their first series sweep of the season with a 6-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday.
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Jeff Locke gave up just three hits and a walk in eight innings, and the Pittsburgh Pirates completed their first series sweep of the season with a 6-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday.
Philadelphia dropped a season-high 13 games below .500 at 37-50.
Andrew McCutchen went 4 for 5 to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to an 8-2 rout of the Phillies on Friday.
Tony Gwynn Jr. led off the ninth with a walk and eventually scored the tying run against Miami closer Steve Cishek (4-4). Revere scored easily when Chase Utley hit a grounder and Solano could only get the out at first.
The Phillies were shut out for the 11th time, which is tied for second-most in the majors.
Ed Lucas' single scored the winning run from second base with one out in the 11th inning Tuesday night and the Miami Marlins broke a four-game losing streak by beating the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4.
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.
Justin Upton had two hits and three RBIs, and the Atlanta Braves were helped by two straight Ryan Howard errors in a 10-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in the first game of a day-night doubleheader on Saturday afternoon.
The Phillies are 34-40, but their managers likes where they are at right now.
The Phillies have now lost two straight after a season-high five-game winning streak.
A.J. Burnett scattered seven hits for his first complete game of the year and the Philadelphia Phillies won their season-high fifth in a row, beating the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 Friday night.
Cliff Lee is close to returning to the mound and the Phillies are playing better baseball lately. Lee took a measurable step toward getting back in stride early this week.
Howard, a St. Louis native, has hit safely in 22 of 27 regular season games at Busch Stadium. He has 38 RBIs in St. Louis and a .374 batting average.
Ryan Howard homered and drove in the go-ahead run in Philadelphia's five-run 13th inning, and the Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 6-1 on Monday night.
Chris covers the developing crisis in Iraq, President Obama's intervention to halt the SEPTA strike, and Jimmy Rollins becoming the Phillies all-time hits leaders. He talks to Ryne Sandberg and Michael Bronstein and Colin Hanna on the Monday Morning Matchup.
The Chicago Cubs beat the Phillies 3-0 Sunday to win a road series for the first time this season.
Hall of Famer Jim Bunning was honored at Sunday's Phillies game on the 50th anniversary of his Father's Day perfect game.
Jimmy Rollins singled in the fifth to become the Phillies' hits leader as Philadelphia scored a 7-4 win over the Chicago Cubs Saturday.
Jimmy Rollins passed Mike Schmidt Saturday afternoon to become the Phillies all-time leader in hits.
Phillies pitcher Roberto Hernandez has been ejected in the sixth inning after hitting Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro with a pitch.
Chris details Hillary Clinton's trouble answering questions on gay marriage, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's appearance on Jimmy Fallon, and the declining state of Iraq. He talks to CBS 3's Beasley Reece, Steve Cordasco on Finance Friday, and foreign policy analyst Ed Turzanski.
Pinch-hitter Reid Brignac hit a tiebreaking, two-run double in the sixth inning, John Mayberry Jr. hit a three-run homer and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Diego Padres 7-3 to complete a three-game sweep Thursday in a game played in steady rain.
Reid Brignac hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-0 victory over the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night.
