Matt Hammond
Phillies-Marlins (Game 58): Must-Know Stuff
Phillies (27-30) vs. Miami Marlins (16-41)
When the Phillies opened the series with Milwaukee, they stared down a six-game stretch against the two worst teams in the league, one on a six-game skid, the other losers of nine straight.
They dropped two games to the second-worst team...
Hamels Bizarre Season Continues in Phillies 8-5 Loss to Brewers
PHILADELPHIA—The Phillies $144 million man has had more downs than ups through the first third of this frustrating season.
Phillies Fall 9-2 to Red Sox, Fail Again to Reach .500
PHILADELPHIA—Maybe the Phillies have .500-caliber baseball in them.
The odds seem increasingly thin.
Either way, since when is that the burden of "success" in Philadelphia?
For the fifth time since falling under .500 on Apr. 14, the Phillies let an opportunity to break even in this maddening season slip, falling 9-2 to the Red Sox at Citizens Bank Park tonight...
Utley Takes It Slow With Oblique, Manuel Rests Howard’s Knee
PHILADELPHIA—The balls came off Ryne Sandberg's bat nice and easy.
Chase Utley moved at half-speed, if that.
Even taking ground balls for the first time since hitting the 15-day DL with an oblique strain, “taking it slow” seems the mantra for the Phillies second baseman’s recovery, for the first time on display at Citizens Bank Park before tonight’s series finale with the Red Sox...
Phillies-Red Sox (Game 54): Injuries, Absences Test Manuel’s Creativity With Lineup
PHILADELPHIA—Charlie Manuel has penciled 37 lineups for 54 games this year.
His latest, for tonight’s series finale against the Red Sox, might be his craftiest yet.
Without Ryan Howard (rest), Chase Utley (DL) and Michael Young (bereavement list), the Phillies manager settled on an infield of Kevin Frandsen, Cesar Hernandez and Freddy Galvis...
Brown Brings Hot Streak Home For 4-3 Win Over Red Sox
PHILADLEPHIA—Domonic Brown sees his recent success through a broad lens, one of substance, of matters bigger than wins and losses, swings and misses.
After crushing two solo shots into the Citizens Bank Park stands in a 4-3 win over the Red Sox tonight, Brown fit his development as a player into his maturation as a man...
Phillies-Red Sox (Game 53): Must-Know Stuff
Phillies (25-27) vs. Boston Red Sox (31-21)
First pitch at 7:05 p.m.
Lee, Young, Brown Power Phillies to 3-1 Win Over Red Sox
Phillies 3, Red Sox 1
Phillies (25-27), Red Sox (31-21)
Phillies-Red Sox (Game 52): Must-Know Stuff
Phillies (24-27) at Boston Red Sox (32-20)
First pitch at 7:10 p.m.
Cloyd, Phillies Battered in 9-3 Loss to Red Sox
So much for bucking trends.In a 9-3 loss to the Red Sox tonight, the Phillies stumbled in interleague play, buckled at Fenway Park and were dizzied by a starter they’ve never seen before – as they have been reliably of late.
Maybe the only change: Tyler Cloyd (1-1, 5...