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Phillies’ bats come alive against Braves to close out June on a high note

PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies offense looked lifeless on Wednesday night. They drove in only one run and four hits. On Thursday, they woke up, put on their powder blues, and decided to score a season-high 14 runs in a 14-4 win over the Atlanta Braves.

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Bullpen deflates Phillies in 5-3 loss to Braves

PHILADELPHIA — It stands to reason, with Bryce Harper scheduled for thumb surgery Wednesday, that a popular talking point is whether the Phillies will be able to make a trade to boost the offense in the MVP’s absence.

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Bryce Harper set to undergo thumb surgery Wednesday; ‘no timeline’ for his return, Phillies say

PHILADELPHIA — On the eve of thumb surgery, Bryce Harper made clear through Phillies interim manager Rob Thomson what he expects between now and the end of the season.

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Phillies put it all together in 8-5 win over Padres, even without Harper

SAN DIEGO — Winning the day after your best player was placed on the 10-day injured list was never going to be easy, but the Phillies pulled it off of Sunday, with a 8-5 victory over the San Diego Padres. Everything seemed to click, with the exception of a poor…

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Former No. 1 overall pick Mark Appel called up by Phillies, finally gets his shot at the majors at age 30

PHILADELPHIA — Mark Appel’s wait is over.

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Zach Eflin makes early exit from Phillies’ sweep-spoiling 9-3 loss to Nationals

WASHINGTON — Until a few days ago, the Phillies didn’t know for sure if Zach Eflin would be able to pitch Sunday.

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Hoskins delivers in the 10th inning in 2-1 win over Nationals; Nola brilliant for 8 innings

WASHINGTON — For two and a half weeks, as the Phillies pumped life back into their season, the bats were the defibrillator. But some of the paddles needed to be recharged Saturday.

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Phillies sweep doubleheader against Nationals with crazy nightcap

WASHINGTON — It took 27 players, to say nothing of a savvy move by a veteran third base coach, over 19 innings that spanned more than seven hours by day and by night.

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Phillies hold off Nationals, 5-3, for third straight win

WASHINGTON — Two outs into the seventh inning of the opener of a doubleheader Friday, César Hernández surprised the Phillies by bunting for a hit.

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Phillies stun Marlins, 3-1, on dramatic ninth-inning homer by Garrett Stubbs

PHILADELPHIA — Garrett Stubbs was an unlikely hero. At 5-foot-10, 170 pounds, he doesn’t look like a ballplayer, and is constantly reminded of that, by spectators who call him a Little Leaguer and a bat boy and a clubhouse attendant. He says he hears this just about every time he’s…

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Hoskins’ time to shine as his walk-off single gives Phillies a 3-2 win over Miami

PHILADELPHIA — The tying run stood on third base. A left-handed pitcher trotted in from the visiting bullpen. Nick Castellanos waited to hit.

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Phillies’ win streak snapped by Diamondbacks, 13-1

PHILADELPHIA — On Saturday, Phillies interim manager Rob Thomson said that when a team is winning, things just seem to go right. Nick Castellanos will drive in a run with a check-swing double. First-time second baseman Matt Vierling will have six ground balls hit to him, and will field them…

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Phillies hold off Diamondbacks to win eighth straight and climb to .500

PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies’ 7-5 win on Friday night was not as triumphant of some of their previous victories. Their didn’t win it on a walk-off or score double-digit runs. But they scored just enough to protect their lead against a seventh-inning bullpen implosion, and, with that, took their eighth…

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Red-hot Phillies sweep Brewers for seventh straight victory

MILWAUKEE — It’s been a week since Dave Dombrowski woke up, went for a jog, and decided to fire Joe Girardi.

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Bryson Stott leads the way as Phillies dominate Brewers, 10-0, for sixth straight win

MILWAUKEE — Bryson Stott can admit the truth now. He put too much pressure on himself at the beginning of the season. Not only did he make the team out of spring training, but he was the Phillies’ opening-day third baseman. It was a lot for a rookie who had…

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Marcus Hayes: Dave Dombrowski exterminates Phillies’ dysfunction

PHILADELPHIA — When the Phillies got rid of Joe Girardi before breakfast on Friday morning, they found themselves. They scored 26 runs in three games, their second-highest run total in three straight games this season. Except this time they did it without their starting second baseman, their starting shortstop, and…

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Bohm and newly-arrived Vierling power Phils to fifth straight win, 3-2, with 9th-inning homers off Brewers ace Hader

MILWAUKEE — Just when you thought the Phillies had run out of ninth-inning magic, or that they left Rob Thomson’s pixie dust at home, they recorded their most improbable victory of the season against the most unhittable closer in baseball.

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Joe Girardi struggled to trust the Phillies’ young players. Will Rob Thomson be any different?

Part of the problem with rebuilding a team primarily through free agency is that it tends to leave a shortfall in homegrown talent. And because the expectation to win grows in lockstep with a skyrocketing payroll, it can be difficult to show patience with the few young players who are…

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Fantasy Notebook: Bryce Harper Gets Hot, Takes Shot at Joe Girardi

Phillies slugger hints that new manager means more opportunities for Bryson Stott and other younger players.

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Larry Bowa on Joe Girardi’s firing, Rob Thomson, and the Phillies' players taking a ‘look in the mirror’

PHILADELPHIA — When Larry Bowa is asked how to describe this 2022 Phillies team, he responds with one word: inconsistent. Bowa has spent more seasons in a Phillies uniform than anyone on earth. He’s witnessed 29 years of ups and downs, success and failure, as a player, as a manager,…

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Phillies rout Angels, 10-0, and hit five homers in interim manager Rob Thomson’s first game

PHILADELPHIA — Bryson Stott stutter-stepped across home plate. He gave a two-handed high-five two Alec Bohm and elbow-bashed with Kyle Schwarber. Then, as Stott walked down into the dugout, he was met by Rhys Hoskins, arms aloft and jumping up and down.

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Marcus Hayes: Phillies fire Sleepy Joe Girardi as desperation mounts for a playoff run

PHILADELPHIA — When the Phillies finally fired Sleepy Joe Girardi just 51 painful games into a dying 2022 season, it sent a message to the public that sloppy, stupid baseball no longer will be tolerated at Citizens Bank Park.

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Phillies fire Joe Girardi; Rob Thomson named interim manager

PHILADELPHIA — In a desperate attempt to turn around the season, the Phillies fired manager Joe Girardi on Friday, the team announced.

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3 MLB managers who could be the next to lose their jobs after the Phillies fired Joe Girardi

Who needs to step it up before they join Joe Girardi on the curb?

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Phillies fire manager Joe Girardi

Expected to contend for an NL East title, the Phillies are 22-29 and 12 games behind the first-place New York Mets.

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