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Kyle Kendrick threw a seven-hitter for his first career shutout, winning his first game of the season and putting the Philadelphia Phillies on the verge of their first four-game sweep in St.

"Hard to Believe!" is the game-by-game story of the 2008 Philadelphia Phillies, from the first pitch on Opening Day to the final pitch of the World Series.

It's Friday, and that means a couple of things. First, the weekend is nearly upon us .

You could almost see the heavy weight of expectation in their swings, and you certainly could hear it in Roy Halladay's voice as he stood in the center of the clubhouse after the latest Phillies loss.

Remember a couple weeks ago when we voted on whether it was awesome or super-totally-wickedly-awesome that a teammate and I were going to be wearing #00 and #0 on our softball team, respectively? Well, congratulations to everyone that picked "Nice try, Bryz, but that other guy is NOT going to be wearing #00 for your team," because that's exactly ... (more)

Major League Baseball has suspended Bob Davidson one game for "repeated violations of the Office of the Commissioner's stanards for situation handling." While MLB says this is a culmination of several incidents it would appear Tuesday's incident with Phillies manager Charlie Manuel put it over the top.

Philadelphia Phillies catcher Brian Schneider receives congratulations from Phillies center fielder Shane Victorino after scoring a run in the bottom of the fifth inning against the San Diego Padres at Citizens Bank Park.

What a fun, uneventful, exciting, tense game to lose. The Astros continue their trend of losing extra innings game with their now fifth loss in extras.

It took 37 games but the 2012 Philadelphia Phillies have finally--phinally--put together a three-game winning streak.

Phillies outfielder Juan Pierre kisses his son Joshua, 4 months old, as his wife Liz Pierre, left, looks on before the Mother's Day game.

Brian Schneider hit a two-out single in the sixth. Freddy Galvis followed with a high drive off the wall in left-center that scored Schneider to give the Phillies a 3-2 lead.

Charlie Manuel's bench could be quite short for Wednesday's series finale against New York.

It was the Thursday lull in Major League Baseball as many teams had the day off while they got ready for their coming weekend series.

The stationary bike beeped twice, and Joe Blanton stepped off after 15 minutes exactly.

"But why do the Phillies need three catchers?" Brian Schneider wondered as the shadow of Ruben Amaro ominously collected itself around him.

Philadelphia Phillies' Kyle Kendrick throws in the third inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Sunday, April 29, 2012, in Philadelphia.