It took almost the entire month of April, but Philadelphia Phillies ace Cole Hamels earned hist first win of the season in impressive fashion Monday night in St. Louis, lasting long enough for the Phils to rally against Johgn Lackey ...
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Eagles Let Late Lead Slip Away in Loss to Cardinals
By Dave Spadaro, Eagles.com GLENDALE, Ariz. – One minute, 56 seconds remained in a game that meant so much with thousands of Eagles fans in the stands, howling their support. The Eagles held a three-point lead on Arizona after Cody Parkey’s 20-yard field ...
Read More »Williams Wins Again, Phillies Take 2 of 3 From Cards
By Erik Bacharach, Phillies.com PHILADELPHIA — Five months and three cities later, Jerome Williams appears to have finally settled in. The journeyman right-hander proved to be an experiment gone wrong in stints with the Astros and Rangers earlier this year, ...
Read More »Errors Hurt Phils in Extra-Inning Loss to Cards
By Erik Bacharach, Phillies.com PHILADELPHIA — There are just five weeks of baseball left in the 2014 season, but the Phillies are still struggling in an area that was highly stressed by manager Ryne Sandberg during Spring Training. Poor execution ...
Read More »Phillies Find Enough Offense to Support Kendrick, Beat Cards
By Erik Bacharach, Phillies.com PHILADELPHIA — It was another headache of a first inning for Kyle Kendrick on Friday night. But he wasn’t the only pitcher to endure early struggles in the series opener at Citizens Bank Park. Kendrick allowed ...
Read More »Phils Fall in St. Louis as Road Trip, Rollins’ Hit Streak End
By Alex Halsted, Phillies.com ST. LOUIS — There was a sense that one big hit or one shutdown inning could have helped the Phillies avoid heading back to Philadelphia on a sour note after a week away. Yet that sense ...
Read More »Phils, Hamels Lose Pitching Duel to Cards, Wainwright
ST. LOUIS — Precedent said the matchup of Cole Hamels and Adam Wainwright would make each pitch and the few mistakes count. That held up Saturday in a battle of the aces. The pitchers wavered back and forth, with each surrendering one lone run ...
Read More »Burnett Throws Complete Game as Phils Win 5th Straight
By Alex Halsted, Philies.com ST. LOUIS — When A.J. Burnett’s grandmother arrived in town to watch him make a Major League start in person for the first time, his start was already on track to being a special one. What would ...
Read More »Phils Beat St. Louis Behind Buchanan, Howard
By Alex Halsted, Phillies.com ST. LOUIS — Ryne Sandberg’s laugh filled the small manager’s office deep below Busch Stadium on Thursday night when he heard the question come out. Could he believe, he was asked, that the Phillies hadn’t won ...
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