Utley Rejoins Race and Resilient Phillies
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Chase Utleyâs return to the Phillies could not have been more urgent as the injury-plagued team opened a four-game series with the Mets.
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Chase Utley hit a go-ahead, three-run double in an eight-run seventh inning, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 9-3 Wednesday for their sixth win on a nine-game trip.
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Philadelphia has gone longer without a major pro title than any other city with teams in the four major professional sports. But as the baseball season winds down, the Phillies have fans optimistic.
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Ryan Howard doubled home the winning run in the 10th after Pat Burrell tied the score with a dramatic homer in the seventh, leading the Phillies to a 6-5 win over the Colorado Rockies last night in Philadelphia.
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The Philadelphia Phillies' 48th come-from-behind victory was much easier on the nerves than many of the other 47. Home runs from Ryan Howard and Pat Burrell had the NL East title chasers back in front before the third inning was done.
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Sammy Sosa is back in baseball &#151; and back to fielding the same steroids questions that dogged him when he left the game more than a year ago.
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Another solid outing from Cole Hamels and timely situational hitting helped the Philadelphia Phillies end their losing skid. Backed by three sacrifice flies, Hamels pitched his second complete game to lead the Phillies over the San Francisco Giants 5-2 on Saturday night.
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - The Philadelphia Phillies re-signed righthander Cory Lidle to a two-year deal worth $6.3 million Tuesday.
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It was the kind of game Phillies fans had seen thousands of times before.
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PHILADELPHIA - Closer Billy Wagner and reliever Felix Rodriguez will be back with the Philadelphia Phillies for another season. The Phillies exercised an option Friday for Wagner that will pay him $9 million next season.
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Cole Hamels kept Houston out of the hit column for 6 2/3 innings and the Phillies stayed in the wild card hunt with a 7-2 win on Saturday.
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Jimmy Rollins and Placido Polanco homered, Cory Lidle pitched six solid innings and the Philadelphia Phillies secured second place in the NL East with a 6-2 win over the Florida Marlins on Friday night.
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All-Star second baseman Chase Utley singled in the third inning of the Phillies' game against Florida on Saturday to extend his hitting streak to 29 games, the longest in the major leagues this season.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 21  â Philadelphiaâs 48th come-from-behind victory was much easier on the nerves than many of the other 47. Home runs from Ryan Howard and Pat Burrell had the Phillies back in front before the third inning was done.
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Chase Utley extended his hitting streak to 33 games against the team that stopped teammate Jimmy Rollins' 38-game run early this season.
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Pat Burrell went 4-for-4, including a tiebreaking two-run single in Philadelphia's six-run seventh inning, helping the Phillies rally for a 7-4 victory over the Florida Marlins on Thursday night.
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Ryan Howard couldn't save the Phillies from losing to Randy Johnson on this night. After beating Arizona earlier this month with a pinch-hit grand slam, Howard lined into a double play as a pinch-hitter in the ninth off closer Jose Valverde to end a Philadelphia rally.