Phillies

PHILADELPHIA—It had to happen eventually.

And that’s why losing Cliff Lee gems are so hard to swallow.

Because inevitably, Lee was going to have an off night, as he did in the Phillies 5-0 loss to the St

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PHILADELPHIA—As Kevin Frandsen’s glove cracked to end the seventh inning, the ominous skies above Citizens Bank Park opened.  No matter.

Roy Halladay had already done what he needed to.

Save for two pitches, solo home runs in the second and seventh by Carlos Beltran and Matt Holliday, Halladay was untouchable, serving only two runs in seven innings in the Phillies 8-2 win over the St

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Ben Revere handled it as best as his bosses could've asked.

When talking Thursday about hitting somewhere other than leadoff spot for the first time this season, and that somewhere being all the way down the Phillies lineup at the seven spot, the 24-year-old was visibly disappointed

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For the Phillies, the operative hope has been, Get Them On Base And The Runs Will Come. Such was the theme after last night’s 4-3 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.

They scored just three runs on 13 hits, left eight runners on base and went 3 for 9 with men in scoring position

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PHILADELPHIA—Oh, there was poetry.

Ben Revere, anointed the Phillies leadoff man for the first game of the year, demoted to seventh before the sixteenth, was due up in the bottom of the ninth in a one-run game

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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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For John Lannan, this whole “On The DL” thing was a whole new animal.

“This is my first time on the DL,” said the 28-year-old lefty by his locker in the clubhouse at Citizens Bank Park on Thursday, about an hour and a half after the Phillies put him on the 15-day variety with a strained left quadriceps tendon

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Between 2010 and 2012, Cole Hamels had the fourth-best strikeout-to-walk ratio among all major league starters.

And while his disappearing changeup was his out pitch (466 career strikeouts, .208 opponent average), his fastball was the foundation for the rest of his repertoire

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Phillies (6-9) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (8-6)

First pitch at 7:00 p.m.

Through 15 games, the Phillies are just a half-loss better than the Seattle Marlins.

After losing 2 games in 5 hours to the Cincinnati Reds yesterday, they were swept and fell 3 games below .500 each for the first ti

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Phillies (6-7) at Cincinnati Reds (6-7)

First pitch at 7:00 p.m. on ESPN 2

And so, our first Phillies doubleheader.

Not technically.

But with the conclusion of yesterday’s postponement set for 5:30 p.m., just an hour and a ha

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