PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies could have tied a Citizens Bank Park record on Wednesday with a 12th consecutive win at home. Instead, they lost to Toronto, 5-3. The Phils had not lost at the Bank since a Sunday afternoon game against the Pirates on April 14. They fell to 8-8

The Phillies lost at home on Wednesday afternoon, and it was big news, because if they’d beaten the Blue Jays, it would have been 12 straight games they’d won at home. They still came away from that game with the best record in baseball, still in first place ahead of

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Already in the midst of a breakout season, Aidan Miller turned in his best game yet as a professional Wednesday night. As Phillies Minor League infield coordinator Adam Everett sees it: "It's all falling into place."

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PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies have the best record in baseball, and Bryce Harper hasn’t even been on one of his months-long tears yet. He might be close. He hit a grand slam in the fourth inning in Tuesday night’s 10-1 victory over the Blue Jays at Citizens Bank Park, hitting

After a multi-season hiatus, Crooked Numbers returns with a heaping portion of Minor League Baseball on-field oddities and absurdities. This edition, covering the start of the season through the end of April, has a disproportionate number of items from the Triple-A level. As for why that is, who knows? Maybe

PHILADELPHIA -- If any team is equipped to handle the extended absence of a superstar, it is the Phillies. They played weeks without Bryce Harper in each of the past two seasons, and they survived. They have the manpower to handle Trea Turner’s loss, too. They have a long way

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PHILADELPHIA -- Bryce Harper didn’t need long to consider the differences between this Phillies team and the ones that played deep into the past two Octobers. It starts with starting pitching. “Every time they go out, they’ve been absolutely lights out,” Harper said following a 5-4 victory over the Giants

PHILADELPHIA -- Phillies manager Rob Thomson finally provided some clarity on Saturday afternoon about the club’s starting rotation plans moving forward. Spencer Turnbull (2-0, 1.67 ERA) is expected to move to the bullpen to serve as the team's long reliever beginning on Sunday. Cristopher Sánchez will remain in the rotation,

PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies made a deep run in each of the past two postseasons despite at least one star player missing a significant chunk of the regular season. Now, they’ll look to do so for a third straight year. Trea Turner is expected to miss approximately six weeks with

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PHILADELPHIA -- Trea Turner made a play that perhaps only he could make. One of baseball’s fastest players scored from second base on a passed ball in the fourth inning of Friday night’s 4-3 victory over the Giants at Citizens Bank Park. It proved to be the winning run, but

One down, five (and change) to go. With April comfortably in the rearview mirror, it's time to hand out the first round of monthly awards for the 2024 Major League Baseball season. Here are the eight stars -- household names and new phenoms alike -- receiving honors for their performance

ANAHEIM -- Zack Wheeler is winning even when he doesn’t feel his best. His teammates wonder what it looks like when he does. Wheeler grinded through five innings in the Phillies’ 2-1 victory over the Angels at Angel Stadium on Wednesday afternoon, helping Philadelphia finish a 7-3 road trip to

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ANAHEIM -- The Phillies are considering something unusual to keep Spencer Turnbull’s arm in the rotation. Turnbull is 2-0 with a 1.67 ERA in six starts this season, which is the ninth-lowest ERA out of 82 qualified pitchers. But now that Taijuan Walker is back from the injured list, the

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Phillies Charities, Inc., the charitable arm of the Philadelphia Phillies, proudly announced tonight that it is making a $1 million donation to Project HOME, the Philadelphia-based non-profit which has served as a national leader in providing comprehensive and effective services to persons experiencing chronic homelessness. The announcement was made this