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Phillies (27-53) vs. Pirates (37-45) 7:05 p.m. on CSN; streaming live on CSNPhilly.com and the NBC Sports App The Phillies return home for the holiday week after going 4-5 on a road trip to Arizona, Seattle and New York. They're home for the final seven games of the first half to host the Pirates for four and Padres for three before the All-Star break. Let's take a look at Game 1: 1. Nola draws the Bucs Aaron Nola faced the Pirates on May 21 in Pittsburgh in his return from a month-long DL stint. He allowed just one run on four hits over seven innings in an inspiring start filled with quick outs. Nola's work since then has been up and down. He's allowed four runs or more in three of his last Continue to Article

July 02, 2017 8:23:pm EST

PITTSBURGH -- The San Francisco Giants' recent run of success hasn't surprised Brandon Belt. Belt also wasn't surprised when he helped continue that success Sunday. Trailing 2-0, Belt started San Francisco's comeback with an RBI single in a three-run seventh inning, then added a two-run homer in the eighth as the Giants beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3 Sunday at PNC Park for their season-high sixth straight win. "I think there's a confidence and expectation to win now," Belt said. "Whereas before, I don't think we had that. It actually might have been the opposite. Not sure what triggered it, but this is the way we feel we should've been playing the whole time. This is how our team should be playing." Continue to Article

July 02, 2017 7:19:pm EST

A year of personal highs continued for Phillies pitcher Pat Neshek when he was named to the National League All-Star team on Sunday. The Phillies are the worst team in the majors and no player other than Neshek has had a standout season. "Its been a long year," Neshek said after getting the news. Continue to Article

July 02, 2017 6:16:pm EST

A day after getting shut down by Mets ace Jacob deGrom, the Phillies will get back after it against Zack Wheeler and the Mets on Saturday afternoon (4:10 p.m./CSN/CSNPhilly.com/NBC Sports App). The most interesting change is rookie Nick Williams, fresh off his MLB debut last night, batting fifth behind first baseman Tommy Joseph. Williams gets the nod in left for the second straight game. He went 1 for 3 in his debut, lining a single up the middle off deGrom in the top of the seventh. Ty Kelly will get his third straight start at second base for the injured Cesar Hernandez. Kelly is just 2 of 9 in that span but has a homer and three RBIs. The Phillies have struggled against Wheeler. Wheeler Continue to Article

July 01, 2017 3:02:pm EST

NEW YORK -- Phillies president Andy MacPhail held a state of the team chat with reporters in the dugout at Citi Field before Friday night's game against the Mets. Here are the highlights: On the season "I’m disappointed like everybody else. I don’t think there’s any great surprise that I’m disappointed. I didn’t expect us to contend, quite honestly. I thought it was a stretch that we’d get to .500. The fact that we’ve struggled as much as we have is disappointing, particularly when we made some effort to avoid this very thing. We made some effort in terms of our payroll to sacrifice draft position in ’18, to bring some stabilizers in so we wouldn’t have to endure — our fans wouldn’t have to endure Continue to Article

June 30, 2017 7:34:pm EST

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