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Mackanin on meeting with Herrera: 'He gets it' (Wed, 26 Jul 2017)
Phillies manager Pete Mackanin and outfielder Odubel Herrera met again on Wednesday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park, less than 24 hours after Mackanin pulled Herrera from a 5-0 loss to the Astros when Herrera didn't run to first base on a dropped third strike.
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Phillies blanked on 4 hits behind Pivetta (Wed, 26 Jul 2017)
Charlie Morton threw seven scoreless innings against his former team and rookie outfielder Derek Fisher capped a four-run sixth inning with a two-run single to lift the Astros to a 5-0 win over the Phillies on Tuesday night at Citizens Bank Park.
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Mackanin pulls Herrera for not hustling (Tue, 25 Jul 2017)
Odubel Herrera continues to baffle and frustrate. Phillies manager Pete Mackanin pulled Herrera from Tuesday night's 5-0 loss to the Astros following his at-bat in the sixth inning. Herrera struck out swinging on a 1-2 curveball, but never bothered to run to first base when the pitch hit the dirt.
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Moniak leads 6 Phils on Top 100 Prospects list (Tue, 25 Jul 2017)
MLBPipeline.com just released its midseason prospects rankings, and the Phillies have six players in the Top 100: outfielder Mickey Moniak (33rd), right-hander Sixto Sanchez (52nd), second baseman Scott Kingery (56th), shortstop J.P. Crawford (64th), catcher Jorge Alfaro (73rd) and first baseman Rhys Hoskins (74th).
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Phils can't corral Astros after lengthy delay (Tue, 25 Jul 2017)
Sparked by red-hot Jose Altuve's two-out, two-run single, the Astros erupted for five runs with two outs in the fourth inning -- moments after a 1-hour, 52-minute rain delay ended -- and ran away from the Phillies, 13-4, on Monday night at soggy Citizens Bank Park to improve to 36-12 on the road this season and 8-0 against the National League.
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