The Philadelphia Phillies(64-48, 1st in NL East) may have finally figured out their troubles since the trade deadline this week. This week, after being swept by the Marlins, the offense may have finally come back to life during a three game set in Chicago. Cliff Lee has been outstanding as he has three wins in [...]
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The Washington Nationals(40-74, 5th in NL East 24.5GB) followed up their eight game winning streak by losing two games in a row by a combined 14-3 score. Whatever had gotten into their bats definitely made its way right back out during this past two game set against the Braves. They will now travel for Cincinnati [...]
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The Phillies started this homestand on July 3rd with a terrible record at home, especially for a 1st place team in July of a season. They changed that with a 9-1 homestand which was capped by a series sweep of the Pirates this weekend. Pedro Feliz hit his 6th home run of the season and [...]
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The Philadelphia Phillies(45-38, 1st in NL East) took three out of four from the Reds this week. They decided after playing one game that could have had the mercy rule to play some real baseball though in their other two wins. They were also able to extend their lead in the division with the faltering [...]
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The Philadelphia Phillies were able to get some confidence by playing the beaten up Mets this weekend at home. They swept the Mets while only allowing them to score three total runs in three games, including a shutout on Sunday afternoon. The sweep secured that the Phillies(42-37, 1st in NL East) would stay all alone [...]
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In Philadelphia, Ryan Madson walked in the tying run in the top of the 9th for his 1st blown save since taking over for the injured Brad Lidge. The Blue Jays went on to win the game with a 5 run 10th inning, with all runs and the loss being charged to reliever Clay Condrey(4-2). [...]
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The Braves (29-28) won the second game of a four game set versus Pittsburgh last night to climb over the .500 mark for only the second time this season since April 16th. Derek Lowe (7-3) notched his seventh win of the season, pitching seven strong innings while only allowing 3 earned runs. Yunel Escobar looks [...]
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