The Philadelphia Phillies took the final game of the three game set, 4-2 yesterday in Atlanta even during a rain delay. Ben Francisco started the scoring with an RBI double and Raul Ibanez, Pedro Feliz and Chase Utley added solo RBI’s for them. Cliff Lee had started the game but onlt went four because of [...]
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Game 1
In the first game of a double dip yesterday, Kyle Kendrick made a spot start for the Phillies and looked great. Kendrick(1-1) went 7.1 innings and only allowed seven hits and two earned runs, both on an Anderson Hernandez two run shot in the eighth. He was supported by a Ben Francisco homer and [...]
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Andrew McCutchen had said he wanted to make amends for a play in the top of the ninth inning that allowed the Phillies to take the lead in the game. He was able to do that, as he hit a two run home run off Phillies closer Brad Lidge to win the game for the [...]
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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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So at this point, the Phillies have won four games since trading for Cliff Lee, and former Indians have contributed highly to three of them. Last night, Ben Francisco hit a solo shot in the twelth inning off the Cubs’ Kevin Gregg which led to a 4-3 win for the Philadelphia Phillies to break a [...]
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Nick Johnson with a blast
The Florida Marlins needed to get a win and get back on track, and luckily they were able to do that tonight. They got all the runs they needed in the first two innings in Philly, but held on to win 3-2. Nick Johnson homered in the first and was followed [...]
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The Philadelphia Phillies(58-41, 1st in NL East) made a big splash before the trade deadling, obtaining Cliff Lee and Ben Francisco from the Indians prior to the deadline. Both should be meeting up with the team in San Francisco this weekend with Lee expected to debut on either Friday or Saturday night, which will shape [...]
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The Philadelphia Phillies are the only team starting a new series on Thursday night, so we will have a scaled down version just for them today, with a full version tomorrow afternoon. Enjoy!
The Philadelphia Phillies(58-41, 1st in NL East) made a big splash before the trade deadling, obtaining Cliff Lee and Ben Francisco from [...]
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According to Ken Rosenthal and others, the Phillies have traded Jason Knapp, Carlos Carrasco, Jason Donald and Lou Marson to the Indians in exchange for Cliff Lee and Ben Francisco.
The medical records are being reviewed, but all signs point to a completed trade
More on this as it comes available but check out Phillies Phandom for [...]
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