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Cliff Lee pitched and hit well enough to earn a win. He had to settle for being picked up by his teammates.

While they slip, slide and fall in their modest pursuit of reaching .500, the Atlanta Braves and Washington Nationals have failed to pull away.

Scott Kazmir had opposing hitters going back to the dugout talking about his fastball.

No team's offense performs consistently well all season. There are too many games, too many chances for lapses of attention and gaps in maintaining optimum swing mechanics.

The Indians embarrassed the Phillies in a two-game sweep at Progressive Field, outscoring the visitors by a wide 20-2 margin.

A scheduling quirk has the Phillies off Monday and Thursday this week, with a two-game series against the Cleveland Indians coming Tuesday and Wednesday, followed by a three-game weekend series with the Cincinnati Reds.

It's easy to be anxious to call up a minor league prospect who is doing well in AAA, especially when your big league outfield is doing this Yeah, it's easy to see why people aren't really thrilled with how things have been going with the current gang in the outfield.

Brandon McCarthy had his best outing of the season, putting himself in position to win for the first time since a horrific head injury last year.

Pablo Sandoval splashed a home run into McCovey Cove to back Tim Lincecum's strong pitching performance, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Atlanta Braves 5-1 on Sunday to wrap up a 7-3 homestand.

The Phillies had their pink bats to the wall on Sunday, but it was the pink shoes worn by Ryan Howard that may have saved the day for them.

The first-year Phillie was demoted in the batting order after struggling mightily atop it, but after going 7 for his last 16 , Charlie Manuel has him leading off today against Arizona in the Phillies' final game of their seven-game road trip.

The decision was made long before Tyler Cloyd allowed just two runs in 61/3 innings and pitched well enough to win Friday's 3-2 Phillies loss.

Pat Burrell, right, is one of the few Phillies homegrown outfielders to become an impact player.

Frank Cacciatore is in his sixth season as hitting coach for the Reading Fightin Phils, and has been in professional baseball for 26 seasons.

One start it's there, and the next it's gone. The Arizona starter allowed only one run and three hits but walked four, threw 96 pitches and lasted only five innings Saturday night.

Patrick Corbin scattered four hits over 6 1/3 innings as the Arizona Diamondbacks edged the Philadelphia Phillies, 2-1, in the opener of a four-game set at Chase Field.

Miguel Montero clubbed the go-ahead homer in the eighth inning to lift the Arizona Diamondbacks past the Philadelphia Phillies, 3-2, in the second of a four-game set at Chase Field.

Tonight's game just kind of sucked, guys. Really. It sucked all around. The Phillies pretty much beat themselves, and I don't have the energy to write too much about it.

Patrick Corbin threw six-plus strong innings and drove in a run to help lead the Arizona Diamondbacks past the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 on Thursday night.

After just making the club as the team's fifth starter out of Spring Training, left-hander Patrick Corbin will go for a D-backs record when he takes the mound vs.