Posts Tagged ‘NL’

Phillies Clinch Playoff Spot

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

The Philadelphia Phillies clinched a playoff spot for the 5th straight year and a franchise fastest of 146 games.  Roy Halladay (18-5) tossed a complete game shutout and beat the Houston Astros 1-0 Wednesday afternoon.  Phillies are the first team in MLB to clinch a playoff spot and remain 11 games over the Braves in […]

NLCS Game 4 - Phillies @ Giants Preview

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

PHI: J. Blanton (0-0, NA)
SF: M. Bumgarner (0-0, NA)
San Francisco, Ca - 7:57pm EST
The Phillies will look to rebound from a 3-0 Tuesday loss and a 2-1 series lead held by the Giants.  The Phillies will start RHP Joe Blanton and the Giants will lean on rookie Madison Bumgarner.  Blanton […]

2009 World Series Preview - Philadelphia Phillies vs NY Yankees

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

The Champs vs The Evil Empire.  Philadelphia vs New York.  A team with over 10,000 losses vs a team with 26 Championships.  There are many subplots to the 2009 World Series that make this an intriguing matchup.  This has all the makings of an “instant classic” World Series that can attract just about any baseball […]