Philadelphia Phillies

05/17/2008

Jayson Werth would not remember ever being this productive in a game, that is that included Little League. Werth homered in his 1st 3 at bats and tied a Phillies record with 8 RBIs in a 10-3 triumph over the Blue Jays Friday. "Anything can happen on any given day, I guess", Werth said.

05/16/2008

Cole Hamels in the end finished what he started. The Philadelphia left hander pitched his 1st career shutout, Ryan Howard homered and the Phillies beat the Braves 5-0 Thursday. "I am always wanting to go out there and finish it", mentioned Hamels, who lowered his ERA from 3.36 to 2.89.

05/15/2008

Tom Glavine plans to keep his eyes off the scoreboard next time he takes the mound. Glavine pitched 5 2-3 effective innings to earn his 1st triumph for Atlanta in 6 years and the Braves held on for an 8-6 win over the Phillies Wednesday.

05/14/2008

Jayson Werth almost ruined a strong hitting display with an untimely miscue in the field. Brad Lidge bailed him out. Werth drove in 4 runs, Kyle Kendrick pitched 6 effective innings and the Phillies beat the Braves 5-4 Tuesday. Kendrick (3-2) shook off a shaky 1st inning and allowed 3 runs and 6 hits.

05/13/2008

It is not official Phillies policy. It is a preference. GM Pat Gillick prefers not to talk about contract extensions until after the season, which was the case last year with centerfielder Aaron Rowand.