Philadelphia Phillies

A pair of the league’s most consistent hitters go head-to-head when the Los Angeles Dodgers (36-27) and Philadelphia Phillies (30-32) play at 7:05 PM ET on Friday, at Citizens Bank Park. Freddie Freeman has a .337 batting average (second in league) for the Dodgers, while Nicholas Castellanos ranks sixth at .315. The Dodgers will call on Michael Grove (0-2) against the Phillies and Ranger Suarez (1-2).

Though the Phillies have built their winning streak to five games, serious tests are ahead. By Paul Hagen

A far more interesting study is finding the little motivations that lead to the Phillies’ seemingly innate ability to come from behind to win ball games late. Thursday was the latest instance, as the Phillies picked up their fourth walk-off victory of the season, 3-2 over the Detroit Tigers, sweeping the series and winning for the fifth straight game. Kody Clemens played the hero in this one, lining a base hit to right field to score Trea Turner, exacting some revenge against his former team, but we’ll get into Clemens in a minute, because how the game played out was much more interesting and tells you a lot more about these Phillies, even though they are still a couple games under .500 and sitting eight games out of first place in the N.L. East.

Father Roger was in cushy seat somewhere inside Citizens Bank Park and son Kody’s old Tigers teammates were on the other side of a tight game. The Detroit tradee, a throw-in with reliever Gregory Soto in the offseason deal, was ticketed for another mostly minor league year until Rhys Hoskins wrecked a knee. Then came an injury to his backup, Darick Hall. Now that Hall is healthy, Phillies manager Rob Thomson indicated earlier this week, he can take his time at Lehigh Valley working his way back.

Last week, the Phillies went into Citi Field to play a series against the Mets. New York basically ran the Phils out of town, with Philadelphia scoring just three runs total across all three games. Once again, Phillies players found themselves looking up at their rivals in the standings, a Mets logo firmly imprinted on each of their foreheads. One week later, the Phillies are suddenly ahead of their NL East rivals.

The Los Angeles Dodgers take a red-hot offense into a three-game road series against the Philadelphia Phillies, but their leaky bullpen has been an issue. The Phillies will be up for the challenge, taking a five-game winning streak into the series after a wild 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigerson Thursday. While half a dozen runs in the first four innings of a game usually lead to a successful outcome, the Dodgers did just that in all three games of their just-completed road series against the Cincinnati Reds, but they won just once. In Tuesday’s series opener, the Dodgers had an 8-3 lead in the fourth inning before falling 9-8 when the bullpen gave up five runs.

UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, June 9, 2023) – Kody Clemens’ RBI single capped a two-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Phillies swept the visiting Tigers out of Philadelphia last night, 3-2. Detroit entertains the Arizona Diamondbacks this evening at Comerica Park in Detroit to begin a three-game series, with coverage led by Dan Dickerson at 6:15 PM on 99 7/1450 WHTC. Reid Detmers and three relievers allowed five hits with 12 strikeouts as the Los Angeles Angels swept the visiting Cubs out of Anaheim last night, 3-0. Chicago is in San Francisco this evening for the opener of a three-game series versus the Giants. The White Sox split a doubleheader in New York against the Yankees last night.

Zack Wheeler has not allowed a hit through seven innings Thursday for the Philadelphia Phillies against the Detroit Tigers. The game originally was scheduled for Wednesday night but was postponed due to poor air quality caused by smoke from Canadian wildfires. The smoky smell that was present the previous two days in Philadelphia dissipated, and the sky became more clear as the game went on. The 33-year-old Wheeler struck out four of his first six batters.

Joe Girardi, the former manager for the New York Yankees, Marlins and the Philadelphia Phillies, was offered the job to become UCF‘s next baseball coach but declined to accept it, according to MLB.com. Less than two hours after news broke Thursday afternoon that Girardi was offered by the Knights, MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand reported that Girardi ultimately decided to not take the job. A World …

A string of sports games and practices have been postponed as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to choke the Midwest, Northeast and Southeast parts of the United States.

After poor air quality postponed Wednesday’s series finale, the Detroit Tigers are set to play the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday, June 8, 2023.

Detroit Tigers infielder Nick Maton crushed a curveball against Aaron Nola, but A.J. Hinch doesn’t want Maton to forget about hitting fastballs.

Count on Philadelphia Phillies commentator John Kruk as one person that will be tuning into Peacock to watch WWE Money in the Bank next month. WWE will soon take a trip across the pond as they host their annual Money in the Bank premium live event from the O2 Arena in London, England. In anticipation […] The post Philadelphia Phillies Commentator John Kruk Explains Concept Of WWE Money in the Bank, Shouts Out Rhea Ripley appeared first on Wrestlezone.

Phillies manager Rob Thomson raved about Eagles’ QB Jalen Hurts and WR A.J. Brown, calling the NFL All-Pros ” tremendous people” after their visit to Citizens Bank Park

Throughout his career, Kyle Schwarber has had a bizarre level of success in June — and with his performance through the first few days of the month, the trend continues. By Paul Hagen

Taijuan Walker had his best start as a Phillie on Tuesday — and it wasn’t even close — as the team extended their winning streak to four games, beating the Tigers, 1-0. By Paul Hagen

Kyle Schwarber hit a leadoff homer, Taijuan Walker threw seven scoreless innings and the Philadelphia Phillies won their fourth straight, 1-0 over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night. Walker (5-3) allowed two hits, Seranthony Dominguez worked the eighth and Craig Kimbrel completed the three-hitter, striking out the side in order for his ninth save in as many chances. The defending NL champion Phillies pulled within three games of .500 (29-32).

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