PHILADELPHIA — Perhaps injuries can be a good thing. For obvious example, we reintroduce Brandon Marsh. The Phillies’ now former starting center fielder was back…
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Harrisburg Senators sink the Reading Fightin Phils 6-4
By The Citizen on May 3, 2025
The Reading Fightin Phils fell to the Harrisburg Senators 6-4 Friday night in the fourth game of the series. The Senators (12-13) took the lead…
Phillies Notebook: Johan Rojas continues to turn his game into guessing game for critics
By The Citizen on May 2, 2025
PHILADELPHIA >> The sometimes baffling Johan Rojas has more than a few people wondering again. Only this time, the question seems to be whether Rojas’…
Taijuan Walker pitches into bad luck, Nationals Lord over Phils in series finale
By The Citizen on May 1, 2025
PHILADELPHIA – Luis Garcia Jr. singled, doubled and drove in a run, Brad Lord pitched into the sixth inning and the Washington Nationals avoided a…
Phillies Notebook: Ranger Suarez returns Sunday; what happens if he pitches well?
By The Citizen on May 1, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — Ranger Suarez had a team translator next to him in the Phillies clubhouse Thursday. That didn’t mean he misunderstood the question when it…
DeFranco: Johan Rojas’ continued presence for Phillies a head-scratcher
By The Citizen on April 30, 2025
For the last two years, a mystery has surrounded the Philadelphia Phillies. Nobody has been able to solve it. To paraphrase Joe Pesci in “JFK,”…
Lead lost, then regained as Phillies win a wild one
By The Citizen on April 29, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — Bryson Stott scored on a wild pitch with two outs to cap an adventurous ninth inning in the Phillies’ 7-6 win over the…
Phillies Notebook: Power still a drain, but make it three straight wins
By The Citizen on April 29, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — Confident a five-game losing streak was indeed behind them, the Phillies were back home again Tuesday night seeking to finish the first full…
Mick Abel shutting off his brain, shutting down IronPigs foes
By The Citizen on April 27, 2025
Mick Abel lied down Wednesday night and closed his eyes. While his body was ready for the rest after throwing 82 pitches in seven innings,…
IronPigs’ extra-inning setback ends five-game winning streak
By The Citizen on April 26, 2025
Dom Nunez hit a two-out, three-run home run in the top of the 10th inning to give Columbus an 8-5 victory Saturday night over the…
Jesus Luzardo helps Phils snap streak, beating streaking Cubs
By The Citizen on April 26, 2025
CHICAGO — Jesús Luzardo pitched six effective innings, and the Phillies stopped a five-game slide with a 10-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday.…
Phillies rout Cubs as offense stirs, Luzardo stars
By The Citizen on April 26, 2025
CHICAGO (AP) — Jesús Luzardo pitched six effective innings, and the Philadelphia Phillies stopped a five-game slide with a 10-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs…
Brandon Marsh 1 for 4 as IronPigs win fifth consecutive game
By The Citizen on April 25, 2025
Brandon Marsh singled in a run, stole a base and scored as part of a five-run first inning that propelled the Lehigh Valley IronPigs to…
Superstitious Brandon Marsh not making any harsh changes to get out of funk
By The Citizen on April 24, 2025
Brandon Marsh gave himself a buzzcut in 2017 during his rookie-ball season in Orem, Utah. A year later, the admitted late bloomer surrounded by friends…
Otto Kemp delivers again for IronPigs, who beat Columbus for second night in a row
By The Citizen on April 23, 2025
Otto Kemp experienced more pain Wednesday night by being hit by a baseball. But the IronPigs infielder delivered the night’s most painful moment for the…
Cristopher Sanchez feeling OK after exit; Phillies add Wilson, DFA Clemens
By The Citizen on April 23, 2025
NEW YORK — Kody Clemens, son of seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens, was designated for assignment Wednesday by the Phillies. Phillies manager Rob…