Found June 06, 2005 on Phuture Phillies:
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The Phillies front office will be busy tomorrow with the first-year player draft that will start at 1 p.m. and run to approximately 6 p.m. However, the Phillies will not draft in the first round due to them forfeiting their first round pick to the New York Yankees because of the signing of "Type B" free agent pitcher Jon Lieber. The first pick they have will be the 65th overall and Mike Arbuckle has acknowledged that they will choose the best overall player available and will not be looking at just one position.The Phillies players will be busy trying to start another win streak after their 6-game streak was snapped by the Arizona Diamondbacks today who beat the Fightin's 10-8. Cory Lidle, the Phillies starter, took the loss (5-4) as he only lasted 3 innings giving up 7 runs (6 earned) on 8 hits. 5 of those 7 runs came in the first inning which included a Shawn Green triple that scored Luis Gonzalez and Tony Clark. The Phils got one back in the 1st and made a comeback in the 9th. Th...
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