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Zack Wheeler pitched no-hit ball for 7 1/3 innings, Brandon Marsh homered and the Philadelphia Phillies extended their winning streak to five by beating the struggling Chicago White Sox 9-5 on Saturday night. Wheeler (1-3) didn’t give up a hit until rookie Korey Lee’s one-out single on a hard grounder into right field that just eluded diving first baseman Bryce Harper. Manager Rob Thomson said Wheeler's cutoff was 120 pitches, which would have matched his career high, and the right-hander aimed to be more efficient in the later innings.
J.T. Realmuto had two hits and scored two runs and Aaron Nola pitched six innings, leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday. “He got it done,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson said about Hoffman.
The calendar still says March, so that's prime time for the Braves to beat up on the Phillies. Atlanta still has six months to figure out how to best the Phillies in those final October games after losses the last two years have proved fatal to the Braves' World Series goals. Matt Olson tied a career high with three doubles, including a bases-loaded drive in a seven-run eighth inning that rallied the NL East champion Braves past Philadelphia 9-3 in Friday's season opener.
Whit Merrifield was willing to sign with the Philadelphia Phillies for less guaranteed money and perhaps less playing time than he could get elsewhere. Watching some of these playoff games in Philadelphia, I wanted to be a part of it. Merrifield gets a $7 million salary this year, and the deal includes a $8 million club option for 2025 with a $1 million buyout.
Bryce Harper wants to finish his career with the Philadelphia Phillies, playing into his 40s and perhaps gloving a throw at first base for the final out of a World Series. Harper arrived at spring training on Sunday, and the two-time NL MVP said he accepts his move to first from the outfield, a makeshift decision last year that got him back on the field following Tommy John surgery. “I want to be here for a long time and understand playing into my 40s, that’s the biggest thing for me,” the 31-year-old said Sunday in the Phillies' spring training clubhouse.
Phillies outfielder Brandon Marsh had surgery on his left knee Friday and was expected to return to play in three to four weeks. The Phillies said Marsh would be ready by opening day on March 28 at Citizens Bank Park. Marsh was expected to open the season as the Phillies starting left fielder.
Corbin Carroll went 3 for 4 with two RBIs and two runs scored, and the Arizona Diamondbacks advanced to the World Series for the first time in 22 years Tuesday night by stunning the Philadelphia Phillies 4-2 in Game 7 of the NL Championship Series. Arizona will play the Texas Rangers in an all-wild card World Series no one saw coming, with Game 1 set for Friday night at Globe Life Field. In their only other trip to the Fall Classic, the Diamondbacks won a seven-game thriller against the New York
Trea Turner had the moment that could have pushed the Phillies toward the World Series waiting for him. Philadelphia — with an electric offense grounded by strikeouts and unproductive at-bats — put the potential tying runs on base against Arizona’s bullpen in the seventh inning. Here it was, the first Game 7 in the Phillies' 141-year history, and Turner simply needed to keep the rally going as his team tried to erase a 4-2 deficit.
Bryce Harper got pitches to hit. With a World Series berth at stake, Harper took a called strike three in the third inning. The two-time NL MVP was at the forefront of another cold NLCS outing for Phillies hitters.