Despite another strong outing from Griff McGarry, the Reading Fightin Phils (2-6) dropped both ends of Saturday’s doubleheader to the Somerset Patriots (4-4). The Patriots…
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Syracuse Mets snap IronPigs’ 8-game winning streak
By The Citizen on April 12, 2025
Former Lehigh Valley IronPig Joey Meneses hit a three-run double in the fifth inning and the Syracuse Mets went to a 6-2 victory Saturday night…
Win streak ends for Reading Fightin Phils
By The Citizen on April 10, 2025
After winning the first two games of a six-game series with the Somerset Patriots, the Reading Fightin Phils dropped the third game, 4-1, on Thursday…
IronPigs win eighth game in a row, match franchise’s best start
By The Citizen on April 10, 2025
Gabriel Rincones had three hits, including his second home run of the season, and Oscar Mercado had a three-run double to lead the Lehigh Valley…
Reading Fightin Phils win second game in a row
By The Citizen on April 9, 2025
The Reading Fightin Phils used excellent pitching to take game two, 3-1, on Wednesday night of the six-game series against the Somerset Patriots. It was…
Fried outduels high school teammate Flaherty, helps Yankees avoid sweep
By The Citizen on April 9, 2025
DETROIT — Max Fried threw seven scoreless innings to outduel high school teammate Jack Flaherty, Ben Rice hit a two-run homer in the seventh and…
Crawford helps IronPigs extend winning streak to six games
By The Citizen on April 8, 2025
Justin Crawford had three hits, scored twice and drove in two runs to help the Lehigh Valley IronPigs extend their winning streak to six games…
Charlie Manuel’s alma mater names field in his honor
By The Citizen on April 8, 2025
Parry McCluer High School in Buena Vista, Va., will name its baseball field in honor of former Phillies manager Charlie Manuel in a May ceremony,…
Phillies’ Nick Castellanos’ grand slam only part of wild win over Dodgers
By The Citizen on April 6, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — Nick Castellanos hit a grand slam, and the Phillies rallied with two runs in the seventh inning to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers…
Clemente Jr. unhappy about Pirates removing sign honoring his Hall of Fame father at PNC Park
By The Citizen on April 6, 2025
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates have angered the family of the late Roberto Clemente by removing a sign honoring the franchise icon on the right-field…
Fightin Phils drop Game 2 to the Sea Dogs
By The Citizen on April 6, 2025
The Reading Fightin Phils fell to the Portland Sea Dogs 7-4 on Saturday in the second game of their series at FirstEnergy Stadium in Reading.…
Phils’ Aaron Nola keeps dishing home run balls, Dodgers take advantage
By The Citizen on April 5, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — In the second inning, and then again in the sixth, an old bugaboo reared its head for Phillies righthander Aaron Nola against the…
Homers by Kiké Hernandez, Conforto lead Dodgers past Phillies
By The Citizen on April 5, 2025
By Anthony SanFilippo PHILADELPHIA — Roki Sasaki allowed one run while pitching into the fifth inning, Kiké Hernández and Michael Conforto homered and the Los…
Phillies Notebook: Dodgers Roki Sasaki impresses in brief start
By The Citizen on April 5, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — Because he made himself available to Major League Baseball execs while under the age of 25, Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki was going to…
Reading Fightin Phils drop their season opener to the Sea Dogs
By The Citizen on April 5, 2025
The Reading Fightin Phils fell to the Portland Sea Dogs 14-6 on Friday night at FirstEnergy Stadium in the first game of their season opening…
Bryce Harper, Phillies eager for ‘challenge’ of league-leading Dodgers
By The Citizen on April 4, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — The hype writes itself, from the records on down. The Dodgers, at 8-0, visit the Phillies, at 5-1 for a three-game series. Two…