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Having looked masterful at times, Charlie Morton sauntered off the mound and headed to the dugout in the seventh inning staked to a one-run lead. He left hoping the bullpen would be able to string together seven more outs to secure the Phillies first home win of the season.

 Entering Tuesday, the Phillies' bullpen had tossed 10 scoreless innings dating back to Saturday's contest in New York. The relief corps pushed that scoreless streak to 12 1/3 inning on Tuesday night, sealing a 3-0 win for the Phillies over the Padres at Citizens Bank Park.

 Prior to their new found success, the Phillies bullpen surrendered 15 runs in its first eight innings.

This creates a rather large hole in the suddenly ever-changing broadcast team (remember the years of Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn, Chris Wheeler, Andy Musser, and very little change for forever?). Since Andersen will still be around, the radio booth will likely take on a similar form as the TV booth, with rotating analysts. Maybe L.A. shares the duties with one other commentator. Perhaps it's a trio working at various times with Franzke (which seems like too much, but there are three TV analysts currently in Ben Davis, John Kruk, and Mike Schmidt).

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 "Everyone is doing a really good job," Gomez said. "We're trying to stay together. We're trying to speak more during the game and focus on that game. That's really important because all seven of us are focused on the game. And that gave us a good result."

 Already ahead by a run, the Phillies scored a pair in the ninth as Cedric Hunter scored on a fielder's choice and Emmanuel Burriss came home on a throwing error by Padres second baseman Cory Spangenberg.

 Odubel Herrera drove a two-out triple to right field in the sixth inning, scoring Tyler Goeddel from second to give the Phillies a 1-0 advantage. Goeddel reached earlier in the frame by collecting his first major-league hit, a single to left.

 Morton threw 100 pitches, 59 of which were strikes. He did a fine job of locating his fastball and his sinker kept Padres' hitters off-balance for much of the night.

 "I feel like we're going to be in every game with our starting pitching," Mackanin said. "And the way the bullpen seems to be shaping up, we're pretty pleased with the way it looks."

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PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
ALL-DECADE TEAM 2000-2009
Pos	WAR	GP	Name
C	13.3	719	Mike Lieberthal
1B	18.9	732	Ryan Howard
2B	40.3	891	Chase Utley
3B	13.8	379	Scott Rolen
SS	33	1406	Jimmy Rollins
LF	16.8	1306	Pat Burrell
CF	13.4	607	Shane Victorino
RF	34.4	1050	Bobby Abreu
DH	13.1	387	Jayson Werth
SP	15.2	116	Cole Hamels
SP	14.8	169	Randy Wolf
SP	11.8	183	Brett Myers
SP	8.1	111	Vincente Padilla
RP	5.8	356	Ryan Madson
RP	3.6	120	Billy Wagner

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Having looked masterful at times, Charlie Morton sauntered off the mound and headed to the dugout in the seventh inning staked to a one-run lead. He left hoping the bullpen would be able to string together seven more outs to secure the Phillies first home win of the season.

Wendle Smith courtesy of The Chairman of the Board

Entering Tuesday, the Phillies' bullpen had tossed 10 scoreless innings dating back to Saturday's contest in New York. The relief corps pushed that scoreless streak to 12 1/3 inning on Tuesday night, sealing a 3-0 win for the Phillies over the Padres at Citizens Bank Park.

 Prior to their new found success, the Phillies bullpen surrendered 15 runs in its first eight innings.

This creates a rather large hole in the suddenly ever-changing broadcast team (remember the years of Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn, Chris Wheeler, Andy Musser, and very little change for forever?). Since Andersen will still be around, the radio booth will likely take on a similar form as the TV booth, with rotating analysts. Maybe L.A. shares the duties with one other commentator. Perhaps it's a trio working at various times with Franzke (which seems like too much, but there are three TV analysts currently in Ben Davis, John Kruk, and Mike Schmidt).

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 "Everyone is doing a really good job," Gomez said. "We're trying to stay together. We're trying to speak more during the game and focus on that game. That's really important because all seven of us are focused on the game. And that gave us a good result."

 Already ahead by a run, the Phillies scored a pair in the ninth as Cedric Hunter scored on a fielder's choice and Emmanuel Burriss came home on a throwing error by Padres second baseman Cory Spangenberg.

 Odubel Herrera drove a two-out triple to right field in the sixth inning, scoring Tyler Goeddel from second to give the Phillies a 1-0 advantage. Goeddel reached earlier in the frame by collecting his first major-league hit, a single to left.

 Morton threw 100 pitches, 59 of which were strikes. He did a fine job of locating his fastball and his sinker kept Padres' hitters off-balance for much of the night.

 "I feel like we're going to be in every game with our starting pitching," Mackanin said. "And the way the bullpen seems to be shaping up, we're pretty pleased with the way it looks."

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Jerad Ecihkoff tossed send innings on Sunday in a Phillies 6-1 win over Toronto..

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Managing Editor

Ahe Caps – specifically Alex Ovechkin, whose 50 goals further cement his reputation as the greatest goal scorer of his generation – appear to be a team on a mission. Ovechkin is basically unstoppable from the left circle on the power play where he simply overpowers goalies with his shot.

The Flyers reward for a two-month run at the Stanley Cup is a dance that many people may never have saw coming.

The Flyers' chances to win rest on three factors: It is a dance with a partner that is well-rested and one that has been able to hone its game to a sharp edge at the same time the Flyers were scrambling wildly just to get to the dance.

 Odubel Herrera and Cesar Hernandez had RBI singles for the Phillies, who have been outscored 26-12 in losing their first four games. "We're not the best-hitting team in the league, but we're certainly better than we're showing," Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said.

"We've got to get everybody going. It seems like they're trying too hard." Most Important Play Trailing 1-0, Herrera lined a single to left to score Eickhoff and tie the contest (+.163 WPA).

Eickhoff originally reached with an inning-opening double and advanced to third on a Freddy Galvis groundout to short. Conforto's double in the home portion of the sixth was

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hael Conforto delivered an RBI double in the sixth and a two-run single in the seventh.

 Odubel Herrera and Cesar Hernandez had RBI singles for the Phillies, who have been outscored 26-12 in losing their first four games. "We're not the best-hitting team in the league, but we're certainly better than we're showing," Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said.

 "We've got to get everybody going. It seems like they're trying too hard." Most Important Play Trailing 1-0, Herrera lined a single to left to score Eickhoff and tie the contest (+.163 WPA). Eickhoff originally reached with an inning-opening double and advanced to third on a Freddy Galvis

groundout to short. Conforto's double in the home portion of the sixth was

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