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"He's in there cleaning the guacamole and mayo out of his hair," Cameron Rupp said with a laugh. Eventually Mark Leiter Jr. made it out of the shower and over to his locker where equipment man Phil Sheridan presented him with three game balls, souvenirs from not only his first big-league start but his first big-league win, as well. "It's something I'll never forget," the 26-year-old right-hander from Toms River, N.J., said after pitching six shutout innings to backbone the Phillies' 6-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on Friday night (see Instant Replay). Continue to Article

June 24, 2017 2:36:am EST

Imagine that you’re a young baseball fan again, maybe 10 years old, and you’re at the stadium to see your favorite baseball team play a game. Before the Diamondbacks faced the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field, first baseman Paul Goldschmidt decided to give out autographs to fans. Continue to Article

June 23, 2017 12:15:pm EST

Phillies reliever Pat Neshek is having a tremendous, All-Star season, but the restrictions on his usage have become a real concern. Neshek, who has a 0.63 ERA and 30 scoreless appearances out of 31, induced an inning-ending double play Thursday to get the Phillies to the ninth with a two-run lead. "I asked him to go back out," manager Pete Mackanin said. Continue to Article

June 22, 2017 5:08:pm EST

A few fellow ball writers and I have taken to celebrating draft day by recalling our favorite old scouting descriptors, some of which are real, some made up but close enough to sound sort of legit. Think of these being side-mouth mumbled by a well-tanned Continue to Article

June 22, 2017 11:18:am EST

Anyone who has already signed up for the 2017 Phoenix Race for the Cure in October — typically the organization's biggest fundraising event of the year — will receive a refund, the email also noted. The announcement — signed by Komen Arizona executive director Christina Mencuccini and board of directors president Jill Bray — cites the organization's financial woes as the reason for the shutdown. "Closing Komen Arizona was a difficult decision, but was based on financial challenges and current downward trends in overall fundraising and event participation which limited our ability to continue to fulfill our mission locally," they write. A call to the organization's office on Wednesday afternoon wasn't immediately returned. Continue to Article

June 21, 2017 5:42:pm EST

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