Matt Hammond

PHILADELPHIA—Two weeks ago to the day, the Phillies performance hit its basement level. Tonight, in a 6-2 win at Citizens Bank Park, it scraped its ceiling.

The opponent, the Cleveland Indians, was the same

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PHILADELPHIA--Phillies second baseman Chase Utley hasn't seen rest in 13 days. Righties are hitting .308 with a .973 OPS off of Indians starter Scott Kazmir this year.

One matters to Charlie Manuel, who sat Utley for tonight's series opener against the Cleveland Indians at Citizens Bank Park

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Diamondbacks 2, Phillies 1

Diamondbacks (20-15), Phillies (16-20)

Allowing 11 baserunners through six innings is playing with fire. But Cole Hamels surrendered only two runs, as he has in all but one of his last six starts, and that should be good enough to win – unless you’re an ace on the Phillies.

Once again, the lineu

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That Antonio Bastardo backed himself into a corner for his second straight outing – and this time wasn’t able to get out of it, for another bullpen loss – was less than encouraging.

But even the Phillies 4-3 extra-inning walk-off loss to the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park today was rife with silver linings

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Phillies 6, San Francisco Giants 2

Phillies (16-18), Giants (19-14)

WP: Kendrick (4-1, 2.45 ERA)

LP: Lincecum (2-2, 4.75 ERA)

For the first time all year, Kyle Kendrick couldn’t clean up his own mess, and with men on second and third with no outs in the third surrendered runs in back-to-back at-bats.

Even then, with a little help from the

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Phillies (15-18) at San Francisco Giants (19-13)

RHP Kyle Kendrick (3-1, 2.43 ERA)

RHP Tim Lincecum (2-1, 4.41 ERA)

First pitch at 10:15

For last night’s Game 1 win against the reigning World Champions to be anything but a blip, the Phillies offense has to do something it’s struggled to all year: follow up.

Last night marked the 10th time they’

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So this is their ceiling.

What the Phillies showcased in a 6-2 win over the World Champion San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park tonight was far and away their best stuff of the season.

They hit for power. Th

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PHILADELPHIA—It’s getting hard to watch.

Roy Halladay, once the toast of big league pitching talent, is teetering on being fit for the rotation.

And that assumes he’ll be healthy enough to take the field again

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