Jimmy Rollins

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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Much was made of the Phillies' revamped offense after adding healthy bats like Chase Utley and Ryan Howard for a full season.  Plus, the additions of professional hitter Michael Young and a pair of younger players Dom Brown and Ben Revere, who both had solid a spring training

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Phillies (7-11) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (10-7)

Coverage starts at 7:00 p.m. on 97.3 ESPN

Win today, and the Phillies are back to within three games of .500, with a four-game set with the just-about-even Pittsburgh Pirates in the hopper for Monday.

Lose, and they fall f

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PHILADELPHIA--Players and coaches were willing to talk.

But after the Phillies’ 4-3 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals at Citizens Bank Park tonight, there just wasn’t much to ask.

The lineup hit, but not in the clutch

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Ben Revere’s flair for scintillating defense may reserve him a soft spot with fans. And after his taped-on homage to Boston and the timing of his likely play of the year yesterday, not just in Philly

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Kansas City Royals 9, Phillies 8

Royals (3-3), Phillies (2-4)

WP: James Shields (1-1, 3.75 ERA)

LP: Cole Hamels (0-2, 10.97 ERA)

SV: Kelvin Herrera (1)

PHILADELPHIA—They certainly brought the drama.

Down 5 runs heading into the bottom of the ninth, just 18 hours after Kevin Fran

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With the World Baseball Classic well underway, and with no one -- not even in the nation of the reigning champs -- seeming to care, many Philadelphians have begun wondering again, Why, oh why, is Jimmy Rollins participating?

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Should Phillie fans be excited?

Sure, he's one of only three returners from the 2009 team, with former Phillie Shane Victorino and Milwaukee's Ryan Braun, and Rollins will start at shortstop, where he won a Gold Glove last year

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That Carlos Ruiz will miss the first 25 games of 2013 isn't what's most troubling about the announcement Tuesday that he was suspended for using amphetamines.

Of those, 16 will be against non-2012 playoff qualifiers

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