Antonio Bastardo News

Turns out, adding a productive Ryan Howard to this Phillies lineup makes a heck of a difference.

Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon is drawing trade interest from the Red Sox, Tigers and Cardinals, according to the Boston Globe .

Having just relinquished the tying run the half-inning prior, the Twins had runners on the corners and one out.

If he can, he should put serious heat on the left-handers currently in the Phillies' bullpen: Antonio Bastardo, Jeremy Horst and Joe Savery.

Clete Thomas had a career-high four hits for Minnesota and came home on a wild pitch for the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, giving the Twins a 4-3 victory over Philadelphia to stick the Phillies with their fifth straight loss.

Charlie Manuel did not flinch as chaos happened 10 yards in front of him Wednesday night.

MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH Mike Adams hadn't pitched since Thursday.

He's asked his hitting coach, and the best home-run hitter on the team. "Anyone who will listen, basically,'' he said.

RECAP: Justin Morneau greeted left-handed specialist Antonio Bastardo with a line single up the middle, scoring Jamey Carroll with the go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth.

Cliff Lee's left arm had thrown 101 high-stress pitches when he assumed his spot in the on-deck circle Friday.

The first inning nothing happened. The second inning, the Marlins get rockin with Casey Kotchman grounding out to shortstop scoring the en fuego Macell Ozuna to make the score 1-0 Fish.

Two home runs, including an 11th-inning walk-off grand slam, in consecutive at-bats, got John Mayberry Jr. a quality beating at home plate in the Phillies ' 7-3 victory over the Marlins on Tuesday night at Citizens Bank Park .

Amidst the numerous inconsistencies of this Phillies team that make you want to throw your memorabilia cup at the TV, none has been worse than the bullpen.

Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon, who is a perfect 11-for-11 in save opportunities this season, walked into the clubhouse at Citizens Bank Park before Sunday's game against the Brewers.

Baseball trade-deadline talk is like Christmas decorations at the mall. It starts earlier every year, and that is not a good thing.

Domonic Brown homered, tripled and drove in four runs to back up the effective pitching of Cliff Lee and the Philadelphia Phillies held on for a 7-5 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday.

If you turned off today's game after seven innings to clean the garage, mow the lawn, or take a nap, well done.

Dominic Brown homered twice to back six solid innings from Kyle Kendrick, and Philadelphia clipped Boston, 4-3, in the opener of a two-game interleague set.

Domonic Brown hit a pair of homers, Erik Kratz and Ryan Howard also had solo shots to back Kyle Kendrick and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Boston Red Sox 4-3 Wednesday night.

It seemed like the Phillies dodged a bullet by missing Boston ace Clay Buchholz on Monday.