Alec Bohm knocks in six as Phillies blank White Sox

Alec Bohm hit two home runs and tied a career high with six RBIs, Spencer Turnbull had a no-hitter through 6 1/3 innings and the host Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Chicago White Sox 7-0 on Friday.

White Sox 0 Phillies 7: Bohm Floats like a Butterfly, JT Looks like a Bee

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Spencer Turnbull pitched seven shutout innings and will go right to the bullpen.

The Phillies overcame the awful City Connect uniforms and Ben Davis’s broadcasting for a casual Friday night win.

Garrett Crochet got the start for the White Sox and came into this game with a promising start to the season as their ace. He pitched to a 3.57 ERA in his first starts which included seven innings of one-run ball against the Atlanta Braves earlier in the...

Gamethread 4/19: White Sox at Phillies

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How about another chance at cracking the City Connect hex?

Here are the lineups. For the Phillies:

Back in our city's colors#RingTheBell pic.twitter.com/kxMfojCwcO

For the White Sox:

Tonight's starters in Philly ?? pic.twitter.com/Zwx7RLHX2O

Let’s talk about it.

What to do with Taijuan Walker and Spencer Turnbull

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Walker is nearly ready to return from the Injured List, meaning a decision must be made.

The Phillies starting rotation has been one of the true positive developments of the 2024 season thus far. They enter their three-game series with the woeful, three-win Chicago White Sox with the best ERA in the National League (2.54), 3rd-best in baseball, as well as a NL-best 1.06 WHIP, ground ball rate, and .207 batting average against.

The top four starters...

Where have you gone, Frank Thomas? Phillies vs. White Sox preview

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The White Sox and their star-deprived lineup come to town.

The Phillies’ 2024 schedule - on paper, at least - appeared to be easier on the front end than the back end. Not only would they have a lot of home games in April, but many of those games would be against some of Major League Baseball’s lesser lights.

The Phillies just completed a sweep of one of those lesser lights in the Colorado Rockies. This...

Bryce Harper: Gold Glove First Baseman?

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Don’t look now, but Harper has seemingly turned himself into an elite defender at first.

Let’s take a trip back to July 21st of 2023. Bryce Harper, a little over a month after a near-miraculous return from Tommy John surgery, took the field to start at first base for the first time in a Major League game. His only previous extensive infield experience was playing catcher in high school. He had logged over 10,000 career innings in the outfield over 11...

Rise and Phight: 4/19/2024

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Do not lose this series to the White Sox. Just....don’t.

The Phillies already took care of business against the Rockies, waking up a somewhat dormant offense in the process. This weekend, they can continue the same thing against the White Sox.

It’s another series that they need to win, not just for their own psyche, but also to bank wins that count just as much now as in September. All the teams that will be in the playoff chase in the National...

Phillies hope bats heat up in series opener vs. White Sox

Despite a lack of power by his team, Philadelphia Phillies manager Rob Thomson kept saying that the runs would start coming in bunches. Thomson was right.

Random off day thoughts about the Phillies

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There are some things I think I think

It’s an off day for the Phillies, which means there is finally some time to look at where the team is right now and see if anything is trending in the right direction. That means traipsing along the various statistical websites and finding little nuggets around the team that are pretty interesting. These are but a few random thoughts on this random Thursday off day.

Phillies Starting Rotation Dominating to Kick Off 2024

The Philadelphia Phillies starting rotation is dominating early this season, while other areas are not performing as well. Led by strong starts to the season for both Ranger Suárez and Spencer Turnbull, the Phillies have one of the best rotations in baseball.

New Mr. Rager merch from BreakingT

Time to pay the bills

There has been some talk in our TGP Slack channel about the lack of merchandise for Ranger Suarez. Walk into the Citizens Bank Park store and you can find anything on other currently, um, less than popular players, but scour for Suarez and you’ll be empty handed.

Well, now you can be empty handed no more! BreakingT has launched a new shirt for your favorite Phillies southpaw, one that plays on his nickname within the clubhouse.

That’s a sweet looking shirt that...

Rise and Phight: 4/18/2024

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An off day? Is that even allowed these days?

A much needed off day is happening today. Much needed due to the fact that the team needed to empty their bullpen last night thanks to a disastrous eighth inning. When you’re cruising along, leading by six late in a game, the last thing a manager wants to do is use his best bullpen pieces in the game, hoping to use the lower tier arms. Instead, three of Rob Thomson’s top arms were needed. Thanks to that, never...

7-6ers: Phillies 7, Rockies 6

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The bullpen made it harder than it should have been, but Kyle Schwarber’s two home runs allow the Phillies to complete the sweep of the Rockies.

When the Phillies started the game with back-to-back home runs, it looked like we might be in for a fun romp. When the bats quieted down over the next few innings, it looked like it wasn’t going to be quite that easy. When the Phillies extended the lead to six,...

Gamethread 4/17: Rockies at Phillies

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You’ve won the series, but don’t settle for that

Here are the lineups. For the Phillies:

Tonight's plans#RingTheBell pic.twitter.com/dMykgBKjvo

For the Rockies:

1? more in Philly pic.twitter.com/iySKsblKwD

Let’s talk about it.

Bryce Harper looks to send Phillies to series sweep of Rockies

The Philadelphia Phillies will look to record their first series sweep of the season on Wednesday evening when they play the finale of a three-game set against the visiting Colorado Rockies.

Rise and Phight: 4/17/2024

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Well done, Mr. Rager

The complete game shutout is a rarity these days, an exquisite thing of beauty that is being seen far less in the age of pitch counts. That’s why when you see them, as we did with Ranger Suarez last night, you savor them, no matter the end time of the game. There were some mild complaints that the game was too fast, but that’s the best way defenses like to play - on their toes, the pitcher ready to go as soon as he gets the ball. It...

Ice Gold: Phillies 5, Rockies 0

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Gold glove defense across the board made this one a breeze

Much was made of the mediocrity of the Rockies acting as the remedy for the Phillies’ recently anemic offense going into this series. Yesterday, they eked out a win in a game in which it felt like neither team had the drive to win. Tonight was a different story.

Behind a career best outing by their third starter and a bounce back performance from their stifled leading man, The Philadelphia...

Ranger Suarez goes the distance, Phillies blank Rockies

Ranger Suarez tossed a shutout and the host Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Colorado Rockies 5-0 on Tuesday. Suarez (3-0) allowed seven hits with eight strikeouts and one walk.

Gamethread 4/16: Rockies at Phillies

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Take the series, please

Here are the lineups. For the Phillies:

Tuesday at The Bank#RingTheBell pic.twitter.com/2VYddIrSeG

For the Rockies:

Tonight's lineup pic.twitter.com/95iRYpNdEK

Let’s talk about it.

How about that Yunior Marte fella, huh?

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Thus far in the season, he’s been a revelation

Let’s clear something up first.

It’s pronounced /JOON-yer/, not /YOON-yer/ Marte. It shouldn’t be that hard to look at Baseball Reference to figure this out, but apparently it is. For your future references in aggrieved complaining about whatever bullpen malady has laid waste, I give you the proper way to say this young man’s name.

All good? Ok, on with the show.

There is always someone in a bullpen...