Philly Sports Jabronis

By Todd Zolecki, Phillies.com PHILADELPHIA — Friday represented much of the same for the Phillies. Kyle Kendrick’s first-inning problems returned as the team’s home-field struggles continued in a 4-2 loss to the Braves at Citizens Bank Park. The defeat dropped ...

By Todd Zolecki, Phillies.com PHILADELPHIA — Finally. Following seven solid innings from Cole Hamels, seven scoreless innings from the Phillies’ bullpen, two spectacular defensive plays from Cody Asche, one 14th-inning stretch and one two-run, walk-off home run fromChase Utley in Thursday night’s 5-3 ...

By Todd Zolecki, Phillies.com PHILADELPHIA — Domonic Brown quickly found A.J. Burnett in the Phillies’ dugout following the top of the fourth inning on Wednesday night at Citizens Bank Park. He had to apologize. “It’s a play I’ve got to make for my team,” ...

By Todd Zolecki, Phillies.com  PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies need some serious help in the outfield. It is exactly why they signed Grady Sizemore to a Minor League contract on Tuesday after the Red Sox released him last Wednesday. Sizemore will report to Triple-A ...

By Todd Zolecki, Phillies.com PHILADELPHIA — Nobody knows what the immediate future holds for the Phillies, but they saw some of their long-term future perform splendidly Tuesday night. Phillies third baseman Cody Asche doubled to right field in the sixth inning to ...

By Todd Zolecki, Phillies.com PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies would hate to reverse course after the ground they gained last week. But following Monday night’s 4-0 loss to the Marlins at Citizens Bank Park, their seventh shutout loss in their last ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...