Antonio Bastardo

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH One of the things that the inconsistent Phillies could least afford to happen to them would be a number of injuries to some of their key players. Well, it is already starting...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Phillies 3, Reds 2 Phillies 3, Reds 2: Erik Kratz and Freddy Galvis hit back-to-back homers in the ninth inning off Aroldis Chapman as Philadelphia took two of three at home from Cincinnati. Delmon Young drew a walk to open the...

The Sports Xchange Phils stun Reds, 3-2 PHILADELPHIA -- Freddy Galvis was thinking fastball. With Aroldis Chapman, the Cincinnati Reds' fireballing closer, on the mound, a hitter has to think fastball. "I said if the fastball's right there, I'm going...

The last two springs, reliever Jake Diekman has caught the eyes of some pretty influential members of the Philadelphia Phillies organization. Major league pitching coach Rich Dubee was smitten with the long-armed left-hander during spring training in...

The Sports Xchange Phillies 3, Reds 2 PHILADELPHIA -- Erik Kratz and Freddy Galvis hit back-to-back home runs off fireballing closer Aroldis Chapman in the bottom of the ninth Sunday afternoon as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-2....

LHP Antonio Bastardo, pressed into service as the set-up man because of Mike Adams' back problems, surrendered a game-tying home run to Joey Votto in the eighth Friday night. Bastardo, 1-1 with a 2.70 ERA to date, has 13 strikeouts in 13 1/3 innings,...

MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH They say that numbers never lie. But when you look at the case of the Phillies after 25 percent of the season has been put into the books, the numbers don't give you any kind of idea of why they...

The Sports Xchange Phillies 5, Reds 3 PHILADELPHIA -- Domonic Brown drove in the go-ahead run with a fielder's choice in a two-run eighth inning Friday night, as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-3. With one out in the eighth and the...

Phillies rally late, beat Reds 5-3 PHILADELPHIA - Cincinnati Reds manager Dusty Baker said his team was done in by "a series of bad events" Friday night. The Philadelphia Phillies turned a walk, infield single (by slugging first baseman Ryan Howard,...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH There is a chance that Roy Halladay could still pitch this season for the Phillies. Team doctor Michael Ciccotti said it is very possible the two-time Cy Young Award winner could...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH There are some guys who would look at facing the American League co-leader in home runs in a tight game as the go-ahead run in the eighth inning when you've just been called...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH Maybe it was a veiled threat. Or perhaps, it was an innocent slip of the tongue by a manager that is known to occasionally get the words mixed up. But when the subject of whether...