Pedro Feliz helped the Phillies finally cut down on their magic number to win the National League East, during a 7-4 win against the Astros. Pedro Feliz hit a fourth inning grand slam in the fourth inning putting the Phillies up for good in this one. J.A. Happ(12-4) pitched 5.2 innings giving up only nine [...]
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The Florida Marlins were looking to take two of three against the first place Phillies last night and pull closer in the wildcard and division, but were down headed to late innings. They fought back late in the game with a Gaby Sanchez home run in the eighth, a Cody Ross RBI single in the [...]
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Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels had a perfect game into the sixth inning of this game against the Nats, although he lost it, the Phillies and he got the win, 4-2. Hamels(10-9) went eight innings only allowing five hits and one run and striking out ten and looks to have found his form. Hamels even helped [...]
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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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Welcome to another edition of Chatter Up! here at NLEC. This week will match up Mark P CenterfieldGate against Wally Londo of Londo of FishGuts. Enjoy!
Stickguy(TRDMB): rate the odds (highest to lowest) on which guys will get traded in the off season. For the Nats, special emphasis on Dunn.
Mark P(CFG): The odds? I [...]
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The big bat of Ryan Howard provided the firepower for Philadelphia in their soggy 4-2 win over the Atlanta Braves in Philadelphia on Friday, extending the Phillies lead in the N.L. East to eight games. The Braves were hoping to sneak up on the Phillies, sending ace rookie Tommy Hanson to the mound, but Hanson [...]
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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(61-48, 1st in NL East) have actually not been very good since they acquired Cliff Lee at the deadline. Cliff Lee is 2-0 and J.A. Happ has one win, but that is all as the Phillies were most recently swept by the Marlins. Some of the bigger news out of Philly was the [...]
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Welcome to Chatter Up! here at NLEC. This edition will be the first between the Braves and the Red hot Nationals. Matt Fournier of The Braves Baseball Blog will join us for the second time and so will Mark Perry of CenterfieldGate. This time though, we have a lot more interaction from other members [...]
Tags: Adam Dunn, Anderson Hernandez, Angel Pagan, Atlanta Braves, Balco, Baseball Prospectus, Camden Yards, Centerfieldgate, Chatter Up, Chipper Jones, Cleveland Indians, Danny Haren, Derek Lowe, Elijah Dukes, Florida Marlins, Hanshin Tigers, Jason Bergman, Javier Vazquez, JD Martin, Jim riggleman, John Lannan, Josh Willingham, Lerner, Manny Acta, martin prado, Nate McClouth, Natinals, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Nick Johnson, oakland a's, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Ryan Zimmerman, Scott Boras, Stephen Strasburg, Syracuse, The Braves Baseball Blog, Tim Kurkjian, Tommy Hanson, Tyler Clippard, Washington Nationals, Yankee Stadium
The Florida Marlins made up for their dismal showing in Washington earlier in the week, but going into division leading Philadelphia and sweeping them. Hanley Ramirez led the way going 4-6 with three RBI and three runs scored as the Marlins won 12-3 to complete the weekend sweep. Chris Coghlan joined Ramirez while racking up [...]
Tags: Adam Dunn, Adam LaRoche, Anderson Hernandez, Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Casey Blake, Centerfieldgate, Chase Headley, Chris Coghlan, Daniel Murphy, Elijah Dukes, Eric Stults, Fishguts, Florida Marlins, Francisco Rodriguez, Hanley Ramirez, Jamie Moyer, Javier Vazquez, JD Martin, Jeff Francouer, Jim riggleman, Johan Santana, Jorge Sosa, Josh Johnson, Kevin Kouzmanoff, Los Angeles Dodgers, Luis Castillo, Mark Reynolds, martin prado, matt diaz, Matt Kemp, New York Mets, pedro feliz, Philadelphia Phillies, Phillpues Phandom, Ramon Transoco, Ryan Howard, San Diego Padres, The Braves Baseball Blog, The Real Dirty Mets Blog, Tim Stauffer, Trent Oeltjen, Washington Nationals, Wes Helms, Yusmeiro Petit
