PHILADELPHIA -- Not a whole lot went right for the Phillies in a chilly rain-soaked game at Citizens Bank Park on Wednesday night. Johan Rojas dropped a routine fly ball on the very first play of the game. Cristian Pache later made a throw to second from the left-field wall

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NEW YORK -- Bryson Stott is currently the Phillies' hottest hitter, and his heroics in the late innings helped them defeat the Mets, 5-4, in 10 innings at Citi Field on Monday night. Philadelphia picked up its 14th victory on the road, tied with the Brewers, Yankees and Guardians for

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MIAMI -- The Phillies spotted Zack Wheeler a three-run lead before he threw his first pitch Sunday afternoon at loanDepot park. Hundreds of Phils fans sitting behind the visitors’ dugout likely figured the rest of the day would be a cakewalk, as did, surely, everybody watching on TV and listening

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MIAMI -- Somehow, Bryson Stott got his bat on the ball. Somehow, it stayed fair. Stott smacked a far-inside 2-2 sinker over first base and down the right-field line for a bases-clearing triple in the sixth inning of the Phillies’ 8-3 victory over the Marlins at loanDepot park on Saturday.

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MIAMI – Nick Castellanos is a feel guy, and Friday night just felt like a night he would hit the ball hard. He grew up and lives in South Florida. He spent Thursday’s off-day with his family. He watched his son Liam play baseball on his 10-and-under travel team. He

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PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies could have tied a Citizens Bank Park record on Wednesday with a 12th consecutive win at home. Instead, they lost to Toronto, 5-3. The Phils had not lost at the Bank since a Sunday afternoon game against the Pirates on April 14. They fell to 8-8

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The Phillies lost at home on Wednesday afternoon, and it was big news, because if they’d beaten the Blue Jays, it would have been 12 straight games they’d won at home. They still came away from that game with the best record in baseball, still in first place ahead of

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