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Everyone's entitled to a clunker every now and then. For Carlos Carrasco , the Phillies ' top pitching prospect, his first one in 10 Triple-A starts came on a brilliant summer-like Sunday afternoon when he lasted just 22/3 innings in Lehigh Valley's 7-4 loss to Pawtucket in front of a capacity crowd of 10,000. It was Carrasco's shortest non ...

Everyone has a clunker once in a while. For Carlos Carrasco, his first one at Triple-A came this afternoon when the Phillies top pitching prospect lasted just 2 2/3 innings in a 7-4 IronPigs loss to Pawtucket before a capacity crowd of 10,000 on a beautiful afternoon at Coca-Cola Park.

Just four games into a winless season, IronPigs manager Dave Huppert already hinted that there could be personnel changes ahead for his bullpen, which was mostly rocked for four straight days by the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, who finished off a season-opening sweep with a 14-4 romp on Sunday.

Iron Pigs Rich Thompson runs back to the dugout after being thrown out at first base during a 11-3 loss to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. A two inning implosion by the Lehigh Valley bullpen turned a close game into a runaway as Scranton/Wilkes-Barre ruined the IronPigs home opener with a 11-3 win at Coca-Cola Park.

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FORT MYERS, Fla. - At one point yesterday afternoon, Phillies pitching coach Rich Dubee picked up the phone in the visitors' dugout and placed a call to the bullpen in right-centerfield at City of Palms Stadium.

Cole Hamels pitched two scoreless innings in his first spring start and Raul Ibanez drove in three runs, as the Philadelphia Phillies routed Team Canada, 9-2, in an exhibition contest.

As Brad Lidge meets the press, Mike Koplove sits by his locker at the Carpenter Complex.The reliever, raised at 19th and Shunk, is trying to win a job in a crowded field.

Several former Orioles players a ' in the major leagues, as well as the minors a ' have recently signed minor league contracts with other organizations , according to Baseball America .

Ten players, including two Lehigh Valley IronPigs' regulars last year, have been invited to Phillies spring training in Clearwater, Fla., next year as nonroster invitees, the Phillies announced this afternoon.

The Phillies added 10 players to their spring training roster as non-roster invitees.

The Phillies announced the invitation of 10 players to Spring Training as non-roster invitees on Wednesday.