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Nick Senzel hit a leadoff homer after a swarm of bees finally left home plate, and the rookie connected again his next time up Monday, leading Cincinnati to a 12-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants. The wild game included a record-tying four Reds getting plunked in one inning. Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval pitched the eighth and also hit a batter. Continue to Article

May 06, 2019 4:05:pm EST

Nick Senzel hit a leadoff homer after a swarm of bees finally left home plate, and the rookie connected again his next time up Monday, leading Cincinnati to a 12-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants. The wild game included a record-tying four Reds getting plunked in one inning. Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval pitched the eighth and also hit a batter. Continue to Article

May 06, 2019 4:05:pm EST

Phillies great Jimmy Rollins at retirement ceremony: 'We should have gotten three rings' originally appeared on nbcsportsphiladelphia.com Turns out that 2007 wasn't the only time Jimmy Rollins made a bold prediction and backed it up. Shortly after being selected by the Phillies in the second round of the 1996 draft, Rollins broke out the crystal ball for his mom, GiGi. "I got drafted, didn't know much about the city," Rollins said Saturday. Continue to Article

May 04, 2019 8:50:pm EST

Rhys Hoskins is making pitchers think twice about pitching around Bryce Harper. Hoskins hit a three-run homer, Jerad Eickhoff threw five crisp innings and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Washington Nationals 4-2 on Friday night. After Kurt Suzuki went deep off Seranthony Dominguez (3-0) to give the Nationals a 2-1 lead in the sixth, the Phillies rallied. Continue to Article

May 03, 2019 10:45:pm EST

Rhys Hoskins puts the numbers through the wood chipper, makes Nationals pay originally appeared on nbcsportsphiladelphia.com Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez went with the numbers in having a left-handed reliever face Phillies slugger Rhys Hoskins with the game on the line Friday night. Hoskins put those numbers through the wood chipper and when the night ended, the only number that mattered was this: Phillies 4, Nationals 2. Hoskins rescued his team from a one-run deficit with a three-run home run with one out in the bottom of the sixth inning. Continue to Article

May 03, 2019 10:14:pm EST