PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies recalled right-hander Chase Shugart from Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Tuesday to replace right-hander Seth Johnson, who was optioned.

PHILADELPHIA -- Kyle Schwarber kept calm and stayed ready to hit the fastball. So many people outside the Phillies’ clubhouse lately have wanted to see something different or drastic happen following the team’s slow start. They wanted to see bat racks and helmets smashed, the spread flipped in the clubhouse

PHILADELPHIA – Phillies left-hander Cristopher Sánchez hadn’t been his best in his previous two starts, allowing 11 hits last week in five innings against the Giants, and walking four batters earlier this month in 5 1/3 innings against the Nationals. He looked better in Monday night’s 13-7 victory over the

PHILADELPHIA – The Phillies placed right-hander Jonathan Bowlan on the 15-day injured list with a strained right groin on Monday. They recalled right-hander Seth Johnson from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to take his place on the roster.

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PHILADELPHIA -- Phillies rookie Andrew Painter had a bad Sunday morning. A few hours later, the Phils’ baserunners had it even worse.

PHILADELPHIA -- Kyle Schwarber considered the question for a second. Did the Phillies badly need a big inning like the third in Saturday afternoon’s 4-3 victory over the Diamondbacks at Citizens Bank Park? The Phils had scored in only one of the previous 31 innings they had played. They ranked

PHILADELPHIA – Phillies manager Rob Thomson suggested on Wednesday that he might tweak his lineup before Friday’s series opener against Arizona at Citizens Bank Park. The Phils had not scored a run in 20 consecutive innings. They ranked 24th in baseball, averaging 3.5 runs per game. He needed to do

PHILADELPHIA -- Zack Wheeler is scheduled to make two more rehab starts before he rejoins the Phillies rotation. If he makes both, he likely will make his season debut during the series in Atlanta on April 24-26. “He’s on track,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson said Friday afternoon at Citizens Bank

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Nobody is trying to overreact here. It’s only 12 games, but the Phillies know 12 games still mean something. They still count. They matter. They also know people are frustrated by their 6-6 start, which included Wednesday’s 5-0 loss to the Giants at Oracle Park.

SAN FRANCISCO – Zack Wheeler made his third rehab start on Wednesday night in Triple-A Lehigh Valley. He will make at least one more.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Cristopher Sánchez didn’t help himself on Tuesday night, but he deserved better anyway. He wasn’t his Cy Young-caliber self in the Phillies’ 6-0 loss to the Giants at Oracle Park. He allowed 11 hits in five-plus innings, the second-most hits he had allowed in his career. He

SAN FRANCISCO -- Phillies catcher. J.T. Realmuto is one of the toughest players in baseball, but he left Tuesday night’s 6-0 loss to the Giants at Oracle Park shortly after Rafael Devers fouled a ball off the top of Realmuto’s right foot in the first inning. The Phillies said that

SAN FRANCISCO – The last time Bryce Harper played at Oracle Park, he told everybody that he’s still “one of the best in baseball.” He looked like that guy again on Monday. He went 3-for-4 with two doubles, three RBIs and a walk in the Phillies’ 6-4 comeback victory over

PHILADELPHIA -- Cristopher Sánchez pitched so well on Opening Day that the Rangers called him a “bonafide superstar.” But even superstars aren’t perfect every day. Sánchez didn’t have his best stuff in Wednesday afternoon’s 6-5 comeback win in 10 innings over the Nationals at Citizens Bank Park, grinding through 5

PHILADELPHIA -- Justin Crawford flung his helmet into the air. He had just laced a walk-off single to right field in the 10th inning of Wednesday’s 6-5 victory over the Nationals at Citizens Bank Park, capping a remarkable week that he never could have imagined. But he ran with it,

PHILADELPHIA -- Andrew Painter stepped out of the Phillies’ dugout shortly before 6 p.m. on Tuesday. He was less than an hour from his highly anticipated MLB debut. The fans that noticed him at Citizens Bank Park applauded as he walked to the bullpen to begin the final preparations for

PHILADELPHIA – Andrew Painter Day is here.

PHILADELPHIA -- No pressure on Andrew Painter, but the Phillies need somebody to step up on Tuesday. Manager Rob Thomson said before Monday night’s 13-2 loss to the Nationals at Citizens Bank Park that he would be thrilled to get six innings from Painter in his highly anticipated MLB debut

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PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies know how it looked this weekend at Citizens Bank Park. They certainly know how it sounded. They heard boos during a pair of losses to the Rangers, including Sunday’s 8-3 loss in the series finale. Fans expressed their frustration about the offense and the sloppy play

PHILADELPHIA -- It’s new, but Kyle Schwarber knew enough to take his shot in the 10th inning. The Phillies had rallied from a three-run deficit with two outs in the ninth inning in Saturday’s 5-4 loss to the Rangers in 10 innings at Citizens Bank Park. They allowed two runs

PHILADELPHIA -- Phillies manager Rob Thomson got choked up on Sunday when he talked about Garrett Stubbs' future with the franchise. The team had announced that Stubbs would not make the Opening Day roster, and that it would try to trade him in the coming days. If Philadelphia could not

The Phillies haven’t had a pitching prospect like Andrew Painter since Cole Hamels more than 20 years ago. Hamels couldn't have been more hyped. Then, he won 2008 World Series and NLCS MVP honors, made four All-Star teams, finished top eight in NL Cy Young voting four times and threw