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The Sports Xchange Phillies 4, Diamondbacks 2 (10 innings) PHOENIX -- Ryan Howard broke an 0-for-18 slump with a two-run single in the 10th inning, and Chase Utley had four hits as the Philadelphia Phillies salvaged a split of a four-game series with...

The Sports Xchange Howard gets key hit in Phillies 10-inning win PHOENIX -- Ryan Howard rated his frustration level Sunday somewhere between upset and PO'd, but it was nothing that a game-winning hit could not salve, at least temporarily. "You just...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH Late Friday night, Justin De Fratus arrived in Phoenix to join the Phillies bullpen. He wasn't needed Saturday. On Sunday, the 25-year-old right-hander was asked to get an...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH Charlie Manuel became the winningest manager in club history when the Phillies completed a regular season-ending, three-game sweep of the Braves in 2011, which also gave the...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH Cliff Lee had a 7.30 strikeouts-to-walks ratio in 2012, the best mark of any major league pitcher. Lee also had a 3.16 ERA (15th best in the National League) and a 1.11 WHIP...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH There's good news and bad news for the Philadelphia Phillies. The bad news first? Okay. Right-hander Roy Halladay will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder and it...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH The Phillies basic construction over the past three years has been centered around the fact that they are anchored by three $20 million pitchers in Roy Halladay, Cole Hamels and...

The Sports Xchange By Dave Del Grande, The Sports Xchange Phillies 6, Giants 2 SAN FRANCISCO -- Cliff Lee continued his mastery of AT&T Park with five-hit pitching over eight innings and Michael Young provided him with more than sufficient offensive...

The Sports Xchange By Dave Del Grande, The Sports Xchange Lee, Phils snap Giants' winning streak SAN FRANCISCO -- There's something about a sellout crowd that inspires Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Cliff Lee. Yes, even if that big crowd is rooting...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH Ruben Amaro Jr. had just broken one bit of bad news -- the ailing shoulder of Roy Halladay -- when another sore subject was broached by a member of the Phillies' media corps. And...

By Dave Del Grande, The Sports Xchange SAN FRANCISCO — Cliff Lee continued his mastery of AT&T Park with five-hit pitching over eight innings and Michael Young provided him with more than sufficient offensive support with three hits and two RBIs...

For years, he's been one of the most feared pitches in MLB -- a surgeon with two Cy Young Awards to his name and the boundless respect of hitters everywhere for having pinpoint control that never escaped him. But as Roy Halladay stood at the center...