Victorino Strains Left Hip, Exits Game

With Shane Victorino out yesterday with what he called a “bruised” hip, Charlie Manuel elected to start Eric Bruntlett in the outfield against the left-handed Clayton Kershaw. What occurred was an 0-for-4 game, lowering Bruntlett’s average to a team-worst .122. His OPS+? 2. Simply put, even if Bruntlett was an outstanding defender, that type of offensive [...]

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Philadelphia Phillies center fielder Shane Victorino left Wednesday night's game a...

The Phillies pushed their win streak to six and road record to 19-6 tonight at Petco, where J.A. Happ became the latest young lefty to stifle the Padres' lineup. Happ, who improved to 4-0, pitched seven shutout frames, getting early aid from Ryan Howard's two-run, first-inning shot, his 16th. Fresh off his suspension, reinstated reliever J.C. Romero pitched an inning and...

JA Happ should have been the fifth starter from the beginning. Or so it would seem as the Phillies completed a three game sweep of the San Diego Padres, winning last night by a score of 5-1.Happ pitched seven brilliant innings, allowed zero runs to score, walked only two batters and struck out four. Defensively the Phillies were outstanding last night as well. Everybody was chipping...

David Foley, a west coast-based Philadelphia sports fan is here to contribute an account of last night's game in San Diego and a chance encounter with the World Series MVP. In addition to several past Fan Reports here at the Level, David is also part of the Phinally Philly team. Here's his story from Petco Park:Last night the Phillies rolled into San Diego fresh off a sweep...

About the last thing any Phillies fan wants to hear right now is that one of the Fightins has a hip injury. After Chase Utley pushed through one last year and had off-season surgery, Brett Myers was lost for the rest of this season with a frayed labrum and some bone spurts, also requiring surgery. Hip labrum injuries are the new sports hernia it seems. So when Shane Victorino had...

As a lefty myself, its nice to see the Phillies adhering to the idea of “lefties do everything right.” The Phils defied common baseball logic by stacking three left handed hitters in a row in the middle of the line-up. But Utley, Howard and Ibanez have combined for 46 home runs and 130 RBI in the first 50 games. That is some pretty impressive production. Charlie Manuel deserves...