 Sometimes, you just have one of those days when you see the ball well, you swing well, and everything just goes well for you. It happened to Jason Giambi against the Phillies earlier this month, going 3-5 with three home runs and seven RBIs. Although Laynce Nix didn't do quite that well today, he made big plays when it counted, ultimately sinking the Phillies.
Roy Oswalt got the start...
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 Tonight was a night that Cliff Lee and the Phillies probably would like to forget. Tonight's game started optimistically after the Phillies won a close game yesterday, and sent ace number two, Cliff Lee out to the mound tonight. However, after losing ten of their last twelve games, the Nationals were due for a big game, and they got one.
Neither team scored until the 3rd inn...
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 Today marked one day after the one year anniversary of Roy Halladay's perfect game against the Marlins. Halladay got the start today against the Nationals, looking to recreate that performance and lead the Phillies to their 34th victory this season. Although Halladay's performance ended up being far from perfect, it would be enough to let the bats bail him out and get the win.
The Nat...
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 With the Phillies being much better than the Mets recently, there has been a debate recently on various radio shows, and during pre and post-game shows about whether the Phillies-Mets rivalry is more fun when both teams are good. Apparently, Charlie Manuel and the rest of the Phillies senior management has heard this, because today, five of the nine regular starters were on the bench, includ...
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 When the Phillies start Cole Hamels, you can almost always expect two things. The first, is a great performance from the 2008 World Series MVP, and the second is a weak amount of run support from a Phillies team that just doesn't like to hit with Hamels on the mound. Tonight, both of these statements held the truth for all seven innings of Hamels performance.
The game started off poor...
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 Up until this point in the season, the Phillies have been playing without a closer. Ever since Brad Lidge was placed on the 60 day disabled list with problems in his shoulder, the Phillies have had to use players not normally used as closers. First, it was Jose Contreras who earned five saves for the club before he was, like Lidge, was put on the disabled list with an elbow injury. &nb...
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 Just less than 12 hours after defeating the Reds in a 19 inning fiasco, the Phillies took the field to try to win the final game of this this four game series. They Phillies put Cliff Lee on the mound to face Homer Bailey and to try to earn his fourth win of the year.
The Phillies scored early in the 1st, getting a run from a Ryan Howard double that drove home Michael Martinez. They w...
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 Tonight, the Phillies sent Roy Halladay to the mound against the Reds, a team he has been outstanding against in the past, his most recent game against them being his playoff no-hitter. The game seemed like the Phillies would be heavily favored, and Charlie Manuel even decided to not start Domonic Brown and Chase Utley. Of course, the wonderful thing about baseball is that nothing ever...
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