Ruiz, Rollins combine to lift Phillies over Braves
Jimmy Rollins kept the replay guys at ESPN busy Sunday night. Outstanding defense will do that. Rollins made two impressive plays in the first inning and turned a heads-up, double play in the eighth that prevented an inning that had a ”crooked number” written all over it.
His defense, coupled with Carlos Ruiz’s 3-for-3 night and Joe Blanton’s quality start lifted the Phillies over the Atlanta Braves, 3-2, at Citizens Bank Park.
”Jimmy knows how to play the game,” Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said.
With one run already in and the Phils clinging to a one-run lead in the top of the eighth, Brian McCann came to the plate. McCann hit a grounder to second baseman Chase Utley, who tossed to Rollins, who was covering second. That forced Chipper Jones out. McCann was still on his way to first, but Rollins chose to fire the ball to third baseman Pedro Feliz instead, with the hope of getting the lead runner, Martin Prado.
Click here to read the full article – By Mandy Housenick of The Morning Call
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Hamels excels, Howard wins it in 10th
The truth will be told in a couple weeks, when Cole Hamels has a greater body of work to examine.
But if he looked like a different pitcher Wednesday at PNC Park than the one that had struggled most of the season, he said he felt like a different pitcher. Hamels, who entered the night with the fifth-highest ERA in the National League, threw eight scoreless innings in a 4-1 victory in 10 innings over the Pirates. He had been in line for the win, too, until Ryan Madson blew the save in the ninth before Ryan Howard’s three-run homer won the game in the 10th.
Click here to read the full article – By Todd Zolecki of MLB.com
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Rollins displaying ‘07 MVP form at plate
Jimmy Rollins said he doesn’t see or feel much of a difference in his swing.
But there clearly is a difference since he snapped a career-worst 0-for-28 slump July 2 against the Braves at Turner Field — a slump that lasted 14 days and 12 games. He had hit just .205 with six home runs, 27 RBIs, a .250 on-base percentage and a .319 slugging percentage through July 1. He had been benched four consecutive games in late June. Fans had screamed for Phillies manager Charlie Manuel to drop him in the lineup.
Click here to read the full article – By Todd Zolecki of MLB.com
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Lefty Lee loving life in Senior Circuit
There is a reason why Jake Peavy — before he accepted a trade to the White Sox — said he preferred to remain in the National League.
The American League pays big money for designated hitters like Jim Thome and David Ortiz. The National League has the pitchers hit, which means pitchers not only get to avoid threats like Thome and Ortiz, they get to face the worst hitters in baseball.
“It’s easier. Way easier,” Phillies left-hander Cliff Lee joked Tuesday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park.
But Lee’s performance certainly shows he has adjusted quite nicely to the NL. He is 3-0 with a 1.13 ERA in three starts since the Phillies acquired him July 29 in a trade with the Indians. He has allowed 16 hits, three runs and six walks in 24 innings. He has struck out 24. Opponents have hit just .193 against him.
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Myers denies involvement in altercation
Brett Myers strongly denied his involvement in any physical or verbal altercations early Saturday morning at an Irish pub in Jacksonville, Fla., where he lives.
Police confirmed that Myers did not injure his left eye at Shannon’s Irish Pub, and that he had no involvement in a physical disturbance that damaged some band equipment. Sgt. Chuck Mulligan, a spokesman for the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office, also said police have no knowledge that Myers was involved in any verbal confrontations with any patrons.
“I was in no way involved with pushing or shoving or yelling at anybody,” Myers told MLB.com. “People are saying it was me, and it really wasn’t. I’m tired of people saying things about me that aren’t true.”
This started when the Phillies scratched Myers from his rehab start Saturday night with Class A Clearwater because he injured his left eye. Myers originally told the Phillies he injured his eye while playing catch with his 4-year-old son, Kolt. Myers said his wife Kim urged him to tell the Phillies the truth: He said while trying to exit the back seat of his wife’s Cadillac Escalade after returning from the restaurant, he tripped and smashed his face on the door’s armrest.
Click here to read the full article – By Todd Zolecki of MLB.com
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Lee, Phils pleased with his home debut
Cliff Lee likes pitching in Philadelphia. “The atmosphere is electric,” he said. “It’s a lot of fun knowing that the stands are going to be packed every game and they’re out there pulling for you.”
The fans greeted Lee with a rousing ovation and got exactly what they were pulling for Thursday. The Phillies, too, got exactly what they envisioned when they acquired the 30-year-old lefty from the Indians on July 29. Lee allowed just one run and struck out nine in his seven-inning home debut, then yielded to Ryan Madson and Brad Lidge, who completed a 3-1 victory over the Rockies at Citizens Bank Park.
Click here to read the full article – By David Gurian-Peck of MLB.com
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Lee out to deliver encore performance
Cliff Lee made quite the first impression with the Phillies.
He tossed a complete-game four-hitter Friday, baffling the Giants in a 5-1 win at AT&T Park.
Against the Rockies on Thursday, the 2008 American League Cy Young Award winner gets to introduce himself to the notoriously tough Philadelphia faithful.
That job will be slightly harder at Citizens Bank Park. Lee will benefit from pitching in the National League; with the Indians, he was 12-2 with a 3.18 ERA and .245 opponents’ batting average in Interleague Play. Lee will also benefit from the Phillies’ potent offense; this season, he had the eighth-worst run support in the American League
Click here to read the full article – By David Gurian-Peck of MLB.com
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Home has been sweet for Phils recently
After struggling early in the season, the team has heated up at Citizens Bank Park, having won 14 of their last 17 home games.
Just as Charlie Manuel and most of his players predicted, the relentless media probing about a most bizarre trend stopped. The Phillies made it go away by finally winning series at Citizens Bank Park, their house of horrors for three months this season.
From April through June, the Phillies won two home series, both against the awful Washington Nationals. And all of this ugliness occurred in front of mostly sellout crowds.
Click here to read the full article – By RANDY MILLER of Bucks County Courier Times
Pedro slated for another rehab start
Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said he likes his team’s pitching staff. Once it gets healthy, of course.
The Phillies have six pitchers on the disabled list: right-handers Brett Myers, Pedro Martinez, Clay Condrey and Chad Durbin and left-handers J.C. Romero and Antonio Bastardo.
Martinez (strained right shoulder) threw a bullpen session Sunday with Class A Lakewood. The Phillies announced Martinez will make a rehab start Wednesday for Double-A Reading.
Click here to read the full article – By Todd Zolecki of MLB.com
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