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The Sports Xchange Howard homers again as Phillies defeat Marlins PHILADELPHIA - Ryan Howard is beginning to awaken. So too are the Philadelphia Phillies. Howard went 2-for-3 with his second home run in as many days Friday, as the Phillies beat the...

PHILADELPHIA — After Ryan Howard was thrown out trying to stretch a double into a triple in the third inning Friday night, it became obvious that his Achilles injury has forever robbed him of the title, "a big guy who can run." The extensive...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH Normally, a player questioning a struggling team's effort -- especially in a big market city like Philadelphia -- would be enough to cause sports talk radio lines to light up...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Phillies 4, Marlins 1 Phillies 4, Marlins 1: Rookie Jonathan Pettibone pitched into the seventh inning and was backed by three solo home runs as Philadelphia continued its mastery at home over Miami. Domonic Brown homered for...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH In every locker room, there is one guy who usually ends up taking the brunt of the jokes and scorn from teammates and fans alike. Since 2007, Kyle Kendrick has been that guy...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH The first impression was a positive one. In his first at-bat in a Phillies uniform, Delmon Young swatted at the third offering from Cleveland starter Zach McAllister and launched...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH Roy Halladay said he was not discouraged. But when the game was six innings in and he was long gone and the scoreboard was decorated with a trio of "4's" on the home half of...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH Normally, it's Phillies' slugger Ryan Howard who has to wait to face someone fresh entering the game in the late innings. But when the New York Mets decided that Jonathon Niese's...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH There have been other points in Carlos Ruiz's career when he has been forced to sit on the sidelines and watch a large number of games due to injury. But the 25-game suspension...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Pittsburgh Pirates - INSIDE PITCH Francisco Liriano has been a paradox throughout his seven major-league seasons. Take 2011, for example. The left-hander was good enough to throw a no-hitter that year but ended...

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 MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH Ben Revere was limping around the Phillies clubhouse on Thursday afternoon, looking all the while like a man in serious pain from a quad injury. However, the new Philadelphia...