PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies’ Triple-A affiliate Lehigh Valley IronPigs have been on a bit of a roll lately, so when manager Anthony Contreras called a…
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Phillies Notebook: Jesus Luzardo stays hot, Phils able to get first one against Cardinals
By The Citizen on May 14, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — During the offseason, not much was made of the Phillies acquiring 27-year-old lefthander Jesús Luzardo from the Miami Marlins. General manager Dave Dombrowski…
Phillies Notebook: At 32, ‘complete hitter’ Kyle Schwarber still improving
By The Citizen on May 12, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — The last time Kyle Schwarber failed to reach base safely in a regular-season game was Sept. 22, 2024. That was 47 games ago,…
Harper homers and has 3 hits, Suárez bounces back in Phillies’ 7-1 victory over Guardians
By The Citizen on May 10, 2025
By JOE REEDY, AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND — Bryce Harper homered during Philadelphia’s six-run eighth inning, Ranger Suárez allowed only three hits over seven scoreless…
Mick Abel strong again to lead first-place IronPigs over Worcester
By The Citizen on May 10, 2025
Buddy Kennedy hit a two-run home run and Gabriel Rincones broke out of a 9-for-44 funk with three hits to lead the Lehigh Valley IronPigs…
IronPigs’ Nabil Crismatt pitching his best while feeling his worst
By The Citizen on May 10, 2025
Nabil Crismatt was excited beyond words when he finished his bullpen session in miserable, raw conditions late Friday afternoon at Coca-Cola Park. For the first…
IronPigs bunt it off to beat Worcester
By The Citizen on May 9, 2025
Garrett Stubbs bunted in a run in the first inning of Friday night’s game against the Worcester Red Sox. The catcher then bunted again in…
For IronPigs debut, Phillies prospect Andrew Painter lives up to his name
By The Citizen on May 8, 2025
ALLENTOWN — Just like the Rolling Stones, Phillies top prospect Andrew Painter painted it black. Dotting the black edges of the plate, the 6-foot-7, 215-pound…
Cristopher Sanchez quiets the Rays, Phils’ bats loud again
By The Citizen on May 7, 2025
TAMPA, Fla. — Cristopher Sánchez allowed one hit over six innings, Trea Turner, Bryson Stott and Bryce Harper each drove in two runs, and the…
Phillies play longball in little Steinbrenner Field, beat Rays
By The Citizen on May 6, 2025
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Kyle Schwarber, Alec Bohm and Nick Castellanos all homered, and Zack Wheeler pitched seven solid innings as the Philadelphia Phillies beat…
Reading Fightin Phils win on walk-off home run in 10th inning
By The Citizen on May 5, 2025
Felix Reyes hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Reading Fightin Phils a 4-3 win over the…
Phillies Notebook: Solid soldier Taijuan Walker returns to bullpen, but more help is needed
By The Citizen on May 4, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — Taijuan Walker is moving to the Phillies bullpen, a process that manager Rob Thomson hopes will be seamless for the pitcher. For the…
Phillies’ dramatic 9th-inning rally not enough as they fall in extra innings to Diamondbacks
By The Citizen on May 4, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — Josh Naylor hit an RBI single in Arizona’s three-run 10th inning, and the Diamondbacks topped the Philadelphia Phillies 11-9 on Sunday to salvage…
Despite stiff neck, Aaron Nola loosens up, beats Diamondbacks
By The Citizen on May 4, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — Through his first five tries this season, pitching was kind of a pain in the neck for Aaron Nola. The longest tenured Phillie…
Senators beat Fightin Phils in rain-shortened game
By The Citizen on May 4, 2025
The Reading Fightin Phils fell to the Harrisburg Senators 9-1 in a six-inning rain-shortened game on Saturday night at FirstEnergy Stadium. Harrisburg (13-13) came out…
J.T. Realmuto, Max Kepler go deep, Phils beat the D-backs
By The Citizen on May 3, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — J.T. Realmuto homered, doubled and drove in three runs, Aaron Nola pitched six shutout innings for his first victory of the year and…