Veteran pitchers give Phils rotation options  ...more ?
Veteran pitchers give Phils rotation options
Phils add Dobbs, Gload to active roster  ...more ?
Phils add Dobbs, Gload to active roster
Chase is on: Utley, Phillies gain on Braves  ...more ?
Chase is on: Utley, Phillies gain on Braves
Manuel unsure of Monday's second starter  ...more ?
Manuel unsure of Monday's second starter
Phillies take Rookie Gulf Coast League title  ...more ?
Phillies take Rookie Gulf Coast League title
Gillies' lawyer enters 'not guilty' plea  ...more ?
Gillies' lawyer enters 'not guilty' plea
Schneider starts as Ruiz gets breather  ...more ?
Schneider starts as Ruiz gets breather
Phils see big series with Braves down road  ...more ?
Phils see big series with Braves down road
Phillies Red invades San Diego  ...more ?
Phillies Red invades San Diego
Oswalt flirts with no-no as Phils top Dodgers  ...more ?
Oswalt flirts with no-no as Phils top Dodgers
Brown's trip home a hit with teammates  ...more ?
Brown's trip home a hit with teammates
Phillies even Gulf Coast championship series  ...more ?
Phillies even Gulf Coast championship series
Hoover called up from Triple-A Lehigh Valley  ...more ?
Hoover called up from Triple-A Lehigh Valley
Romero happy to be Phillies' working man  ...more ?
Romero happy to be Phillies' working man
Howard homers to end drought, lead Phils  ...more ?
Howard homers to end drought, lead Phils
Catcher Hoover to join Phils from Triple-A  ...more ?
Catcher Hoover to join Phils from Triple-A
No start for Brown as Manuel stands by lineup  ...more ?
No start for Brown as Manuel stands by lineup
Howard to appear on 'Entourage' finale  ...more ?
Howard to appear on 'Entourage' finale
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NL Capsules (AP)  ...more ?
Alfonso Soriano and Blake DeWitt hit three-run homers, and Chicago beat New York 7-6 on Friday. David Wright hit a two-run double and scored in the first inning as the Mets took a 3-0 lead against Randy Wells. Then, with the Cubs ahead 7-4, Wright homered off Andrew Cashner leading off the seventh, giving him three hits.
Phillies minor league pitcher suspended 50 games (AP)  ...more ?
Philadelphia Phillies minor league pitcher Alvaro Bacil has been suspended 50 games after a positive drug test. The right-handed Bacil was suspended Friday after testing positive for a metabolite of Boldenone, a performance-enhancing substance that violates the minor league drug program. Bacil went 2-1 with a 2.70 ERA in 11 appearances for the Phillies' Dominican summer league team.
MLB end of season and playoff trivia questions (Associated Content)  ...more ?
For the closing month of the MLB regular season, some real challenges (and no peeking at the answers or sources below): No. 1: Now that we all have computers, we're all able to share some truly useless baseball statistics such as the following: Going into this September, according to STATS L.L.C. and The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Pirates' Charlie Morton had the third worst ERA since 1952 among pitchers who had at least 10 decisions, 10.03.
Phillies Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)  ...more ?

Charlie Manuel doesn't want any of his players worn down, especially at the beginning of September, with every game carrying more meaning and a playoff berth on the line. With all of that in mind, the Phillies manager rested starting catcher Carlos Ruiz for the second time in three games.

The Phillies are at the tail end of a stretch where they play 25 games in 24 days.

"I just gave Chooch a day," Manuel said, using his catcher's nickname. "I kind of have to watch him, because we still got 29 games to play. I definitely don't want to wear him down."

Ruiz, who is hitting .288 in 96 games this season, has been out of the starting lineup in four of the Phillies' last eight games.

Utley drives in 6 runs in Phillies' win (AP)  ...more ?
The blurry-eyed Philadelphia Phillies didn't mind that they wouldn't get a lot of shuteye after making their one-night stopover in Denver so worthwhile. Chase Utley drove in six runs and hit a grand slam to cap a nine-run seventh inning Thursday night as the Phillies overcame a four-run deficit to beat the Colorado Rockies 12-11 in a makeup of a May rainout.
Does another team have a Houston-type spoiler effort in them? (Yahoo! Sports)  ...more ?
If this were a perfect world, the Houston Astros would be entering September with a slate full of important...
Phillies in a familiar place, just different (Yahoo! Sports)  ...more ?
Continuity, experience and starting pitching has Philadelphia in the chase for another NL pennant.
Roy Oswalt pitches Phillies past Dodgers 5-1 (AP)  ...more ?
Roy Oswalt has been one of baseball's most consistent winners down the stretch -- which is exactly what the Philadelphia Phillies were bargaining for when they obtained him just before the July 31 trade deadline. Oswalt pitched one-hit ball into the seventh and the Phillies used leadoff homers by Jimmy Rollins and Shane Victorino in the first two innings to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 on...
Ryan Howard beats ailing ankle, smacks first homer since July 27 (Yahoo! Sports)  ...more ?
Make no mistake: One home run isn't going to vaporize all the talk about whether Ryan Howard returned from...
Braves' Lowe gets cortisone shot (Yahoo! Sports)  ...more ?
The Atlanta Braves have been playing at a feverish pace for the last month, holding off the Philadelphia...
Phillies beat Dodgers 8-4 on pair of 3-run homers (AP)  ...more ?
After enduring his second-longest home run drought of the season, Ryan Howard wasn't expecting anything big at the plate. After all, most of the balls he'd hit lately ended up in someone's glove. But that changed against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Brian Schneider and Howard each hit a three-run homer to power the Philadelphia Phillies to an 8-4 win Tuesday night, keeping them three games...
Why the Philadelphia Phillies will make the playoffs again (Yahoo! Sports)  ...more ?
The bits and bytes were hardly dry on Alex Remington's playoff case for the Atlanta Braves when I heard from...
Meddlesome beach ball tries to help Phils break Kuroda's no-no (Yahoo! Sports)  ...more ?
Was a wayward beach ball responsible for Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hiroki Kuroda losing a no-hitter in the...
NL Roundup: A look at Monday's games (The Canadian Press)  ...more ?
Hiroki Kuroda felt he let down the Los Angeles Dodgers' fans when he lost his no-hitter, but the standing ovation he received told a different story.
Dodgers beat Phillies 3-0 behind Kuroda's 1-hitter (AP)  ...more ?
Hiroki Kuroda didn't realize he had a no-hitter going until the fifth inning. It should have come as no surprise, though. He's been at his best against Philadelphia. Kuroda took his no-hit bid into the eighth and Rod Barajas homered in his home debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who won 3-0 Monday night to move within 5 1/2 games of the Phillies in the NL wild-card race.
AccuScore: Cardinals take a dip (Yahoo! Sports)  ...more ?
AccuScore uses past performance statistics to describe how players perform under different environmental,...
Hamels shuts down hometown Pads in 5-0 win (AP)  ...more ?
Cole Hamels wouldn't mind another trip to his hometown this season. That, of course, would mean a Phillies-Padres playoff series. "It'd be special," Hamels said after shutting down the Padres on four singles in eight innings to lead Philadelphia to a 5-0 victory Sunday that completed a three-game sweep of the bumbling NL West leaders.
NL Roundup: A look at Saturday's games (The Canadian Press)  ...more ?
The Philadelphia Phillies probably wish they played in the National League West.
Victorino's 2 RBIs carry Phillies past Padres, 3-1 (AP)  ...more ?
The Philadelphia Phillies have gone from inexplicably losing four straight home games to the Houston Astros to taking two close road victories against the San Diego Padres, who have the NL's best record. Shane Victorino had two of Philadelphia's three hits at spacious Petco Park, including a go-ahead triple off Jon Garland in the seventh inning, and the Phillies beat the Padres 3-1 on...
Phillies' Durbin: What Strasburg should expect (Yahoo! Sports)  ...more ?
The news that Stephen Strasburg likely will need Tommy John surgery was unsettling. But while the procedure...