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Eighty-five of Cliff Lee's 115 pitches went for strikes as the veteran left-hander tossed his 12th career shutout to guide the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-0 victory over the Miami Marlins in the rubber match of a three-game series from Marlins Park.Lee (5-2) struck out five and surrendered just three hits for Philadelphia, which improved to .500 on the road (12-12). Lee also went 2-for-4 at the plate to raise his batting average to .316.Delmon Young homered for the second straight game and scored twice for the Phillies, while Ryan Howard and Jimmy Rollins collected two hits apiece.Marlins starter Kevin Slowey (1-5) left after five innings with an apparent strained left lat muscle. Slowey had allowed just one run on six hits while fanning six.Young's solo home run in the fourth, which landed in a similar spot in left- center as his homer from the previous night, gave the Phillies an early 1-0 lead.Following a Young two-out infield single in the sixth, Dominic Brown launched the ball of...
Unbeaten southpaw Tony Cingrani and the streaking Cincinnati Reds hope to keep the momentum going on Friday night when they visit Citizens Bank Park to begin a three...
Milwaukee Brewers shortstop Jean Segura has been selected as the National League's Player of the Week for the period ending May 12.The Dominican Republic native hit ...
Cole Hamels hardly looks like an ace worth a $144 million contract.Jason Kipnis hit a three-run homer, Nick Swisher and Mike Aviles also went deep to back Corey Klub...
Scott Kazmir had opposing hitters going back to the dugout talking about his fastball. He didn't throw it quite enough.Jonathan Pettibone pitched neatly into the sev...
Jimmy Rollins accounted for two of the three Philadelphia runs and Cliff Lee pitched seven stellar innings as the Phillies edged the Arizona Diamondbacks, 3-1, at Ch...
Kyle Kendrick is no longer flying under the radar; he's now a blip on opposing maps. Kendrick gets the nod for the Philadelphia Phillies Sunday in the finale of a fo...
The Arizona Diamondbacks look to remain first in the NL West when they resume a four-game series versus the Philadelphia Phillies Saturday night from Chase Field.Tie...
The Philadelphia Phillies rebounded from an embarrassing loss with a victory over one of the hotter teams in all of baseball. They'll try to make it two in a row on ...
Cliff Lee tossed eight innings of two-run ball in the Philadelphia Phillies' 6-2 win over the San Francisco Giants in the opener of a three-game set.Lee (3-2) fanned...
In Cliff Lee's last trip to San Francisco, throwing 10 scoreless innings wasn't enough to get him a victory.The former Cy Young Award winner would take a repeat perf...
There has been no sophomore jinx for Tampa Bay Rays hurler Matt Moore.The 23-year-old looks to make it six victories in six outings this season on Friday night when ...
Cliff Lee had never faced the team he began his career with until Tuesday.He may not want to return to Cleveland anytime soon.Ryan Raburn had four hits and two RBI, ...
The Philadelphia Phillies shoot for a series win over the Miami Marlins when the NL East foes clash Wednesday night.After the Marlins took Monday's opener by a 5-1 s...
The Cleveland Indians seem to be the flavor of the moment.And why not? After a miserable 2012 season the Indians find themselves atop the American League Central tha...
The run support, or lack there of, has reached its boiling point for Philadelphia Phillies "ace" Cole Hamels.Victimized once again by an ineffective offense, Hamels ...
The Philadelphia Phillies had a flair for the dramatics in their recent series win and look to carry that momentum into an upcoming eight-game road trip, starting wi...
Kyle Kendrick tries to win his fifth consecutive decision when the Philadelphia Phillies resume their three-game series against the Cincinnati Reds at Citizens Bank ...
Domonic Brown recorded the go-ahead RBI in the eighth inning, and the Philadelphia Phillies topped the Cincinnati Reds, 5-3, in the opener of a three-game series.Jim...
The high-octane offense the Cleveland Indians once displayed has gone cold of late and the club looks to end its punchless ways Wednesday afternoon against the Phila...