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The Phillies added injury to insult Thursday with a 105.3 mph shot to the groin. In the midst of getting swept in a doubleheader by the Blue Jays, Jose Alvarez took the hard line drive off the bat of Lourdes Gurriel Jr. below the belt. He was able to finish the play, picking up the …
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PHILADELPHIA — The Mets hit a grand slam of sorts Sunday with poor offense, pitching, defense and base running. Other than that, it was a strong performance for manager Luis Rojas’ beleaguered bunch. Six weeks remain in the regular season, but the Mets already appear battered, tired and perhaps uninterested. Their latest stinker, a 6-2 …
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PHILADELPHIA — Five runs for a Jacob deGrom start might have cut it, but forget about it on a night the Mets were forced to test their ultra-thin starting pitching depth yet again. With Jacob deGrom’s neck hurting and the bullpen on fumes from recent activity, team brass saw Walker Lockett as the best option …
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It should be no surprise that fans in the city that once booed Santa Claus would be able to give the Phillies a home-field advantage — even when they’re not allowed in the ballpark. For a second straight day with the Yankees in town, a group of fans gathered outside the center-field gates at Citizens …
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PHILADELPHIA — Remember that seven-game winning streak the Yankees carried into South Philly on Wednesday night? A loss in the first of two games that evening killed the run but a nightcap win put the Yankees in a position to cop two of three from Joe Girardi’s Phillies at Citizens Bank Park before flying to …
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Here is the question all Mets fans should be asking. Can we finish second? Sure, no fan base wants to chant, “We’re No. 2.” But remember that with expanded playoffs, eight clubs in each league make the playoffs and the top two in each division are guaranteed entry. So, like every team, the Mets want …
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PHILADELPHIA — Sure, had the Yankees received six more outs with which to work early Wednesday evening, they very well might have completed their coup against Joe Girardi’s shaky Phillies bullpen. They just had to settle for saving the sport of baseball. Say it with me, everyone: seven-inning games! The Yankees’ first doubleheader of seven-inning …
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Add Yankees third-base coach Phil Nevin to the growing list of Angel Hernandez critics. A visibly heated Nevin was ejected during the first half of Wednesday’s doubleheader 11-7 loss to the Phillies after arguing a called third-strike on Yankees first baseman Mike Ford. The pitch, thrown by Phillies pitcher Trevor Kelley, appeared to be inside. …
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Not even the Yankees’ offense could bail out J.A. Happ this time. The struggling left-hander had another shaky start Wednesday in Philadelphia, allowing four runs in just three innings in the Yankees’ 11-7 loss to the Phillies in the first game of a doubleheader. It was the Yankees’ first appearance in a seven-inning doubleheader, a …
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The Marlins’ coronavirus outbreak forced the Phillies to pause play for a week, and one Philadelphia player was not happy about it. “I was upset at everything that’s transpired through that … whoever decided to step out or not necessarily follow the health and safety protocol,” veteran outfielder Andrew McCutchen said Monday in a podcast …
The Phillies added injury to insult Thursday with a 105.3 mph shot to the groin. In the midst of getting swept in a doubleheader by the Blue Jays, Jose Alvarez took the hard line drive off the bat of Lourdes Gurriel Jr. below the belt. He was able to finish the play, picking up the …
