Philadelphia Phillies

Bob Melvin provided an injury update on Giants catcher Patrick Bailey Wednesday morning.

Philadelphia Phillies fans filled their Wednesday afternoon with excitement despite the team's loss against the Toronto Blue Jays. Despite the loss there is a lot of excitement among Phillies fans right now.

Dare to shrug away the fact that in 10 of the previous 11 Phillies games, and even 18 of the last 21 … they won. No matter how brightly the sun is shining on the South Philadelphia baseball landscape, it's still May, and it is indeed a marathon rather than a sprint in this sport. “I don't think you're going to look around the room here and see any happy faces,” Kyle Schwarber said after a ninth-inning Phillies comeback attempt yielded a run but ended with two runners in scoring position. The last two years, the Phillies appreciated the length of the season, which gave them ample opportunity to recover from relatively slow starts.

PHILADELPHIA -- — Chris Bassitt tossed three-hit ball and struck out six over 6 2/3 innings and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Jordan Romano gave up an RBI single to Bryson Stott in the ninth but retired Whit Merrifield on a foul pop with two runners on base for his fifth save. The Phillies snapped an overall seven-game winning streak and fell shy of the franchise-record 12 straight victories at Citizens Bank Park, which opened in 2004. The Phillies won 16 straight home games in 1977 and 1991 at Veterans Stadium.

At 26-11, the Phillies are Major League Baseball's best team. They've won 11 of 12 to jump the Braves in the NL East and are the only team with a winning percentage above .700. Bryce Harper is hitting bombs, Kody Clemens is looking like prime Ken Griffey Jr., and the pitching staff is statistically MLB's best. There's very little to complain about, eight days into May with plenty of baseball left to play. Are we to… just enjoy the team? Try to live in the moment? A foreign concept, perhaps, which makes you think about the 10-1 Eagles and all of the consternation surrounding a team that was obviously flawed, but winning close games nonetheless. I don't see these Phillies as an apt comparison,

Spencer Turnbull will make his first appearance out of the Phillies' bullpen Tuesday night. Rob Thomson discussed how he could be used moving forward.

For Mason Black, the time is almost here. His goal of becoming a major leaguer will come to fruition Monday, just a few hours away from where he first dared to dream it. The San Francisco Giants plan to promote the Valley View grad and their No. 7 prospect Monday, and the right-hander will be the starting pitcher when the Giants face the Philadelphia Phillies at 4:05 p.m. at Citizens Bank ...

Zack Wheeler dominated the Giants and Bryce Harper went deep for the second straight night as the Phillies completed their fourth sweep in six series.

Mason Black's rocky MLB debut is the least of the Giants’ worries on their way to three games at Coors Field.

One bad Mason Black inning was all the difference in the Giants’ 6-1 loss Monday to complete an ugly sweep against the Philadelphia Phillies.

Here's what you might've missed from this weekend's action across the league.

The Phillies on Sunday did just enough to hold off the Giants in a 5-4 victory to extend their winning streak at home to nine games.

Chaos (in the best way).

Logan Webb has hit a rough patch at an inconvenient time for the Giants.

The Giants got blown out 14-3 by the Philadelphia Phillies amid rough weather conditions on Saturday at Citizens Bank Park.

With Ranger Suarez on the mound, the Phillies on Saturday coasted to a stress-free 14-3 victory against the Giants.