Shane Victorino slapped his hands together after rounding first base, pumped his fist and braced himself for a beating. A game-ending hit can be a painful experience sometimes. Victorino's two-out RBI single in the ninth inning lifted the Philadelphia Phillies over the New York Mets 3-2 on Friday night.

After Cole Hamels fell one out shy of his bid for a second shutout of the Braves this season, Phillies manager Charlie Manuel's emphasis turned to protecting the young left-hander for the rest of the year. Hamels, who earned his first career shutout against the Braves on May 15, gave up his only run with two outs in the ninth, and Philadelphia beat the Braves 4-1 on Thursday night to complete its...

No first baseman in the major leagues has more errors than Ryan Howard's nine, and that worries Charlie Manuel. No player in the National League can match Howard's 71 RBIs, and that makes Manuel feel better. Howard hit a three-run homer before his two errors in the ninth inning gave Philadelphia a scare, Pat Burrell added his second homer of the series and the Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 7-3...

Kyle Kendrick and the Philadelphia Phillies emerged from their interleague blahs to resume their mastery of the Atlanta Braves, ruining the surprise return of Chipper Jones. Shane Victorino hit a home run and drove in four runs and Kendrick and the Phillies beat the Braves 8-3 on Tuesday night to remain unbeaten at Turner Field this season.

Texas rookies Eric Hurley and Chris Davis are quickly getting the attention of some of their more established teammates. Hurley pitched into the sixth inning to earn his first major league win and Davis homered to lead the Texas Rangers past the Philadelphia Phillies, 5-1 Sunday night. Texas second baseman Ian Kinsler, who is hitting .429 over his last 12 games, has been impressed with the recent...

The big hitters finally showed up again for the Philadelphia Phillies. Chase Utley and Ryan Howard hit 400-foot home runs only pitches apart in the third inning, both ending long homerless droughts, and the Phillies went on to an 8-6 victory over the Texas Rangers on a rainy Saturday night. "I've said it all along, we've got to hit to win," manager Charlie Manuel said.

Chris Davis is already giving the Texas Rangers a glimpse of their future -- and helping them win. The 22-year-old slugger hit a two-run homer to the opposite field and made some impressive plays at first base in his first major league start Friday night as the Rangers beat the slumping Philadelphia Phillies 8-7.

Rich Harden deliberately didn't rear back and throw as hard as he could against the Phillies. The result: a career-high 11 strikeouts. Harden was dominant over eight innings, allowing two hits to lead the Oakland Athletics over Philadelphia 5-0 Thursday. "Sometimes when I get into trouble I do try to reach for something extra instead of pitching to location," Harden said.

Kyle Kendrick never thought about a shutout. He was happy with the win. Kendrick pitched eight strong innings, allowing only four hits in the longest start of his career, to help the Philadelphia Phillies end a season-worst, six-game losing streak with a 4-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night.

The way Jamie Moyer was going, Emil Brown just hoped to see a high pitch he could drive. And Moyer finally made a rare mistake. Brown hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the seventh inning to spoil a strong outing by Moyer, and Joe Blanton ended a four-start losing streak as the Oakland Athletics beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-2 Tuesday night.

Jered Weaver picked up where his teammates left off, pitching another road gem for the Los Angeles Angels. Weaver held Philadelphia in check into the sixth inning, Casey Kotchman homered and the Angels beat the Phillies 3-2 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep. Weaver (7-7) allowed one run and four hits in 5 1-3 innings for AL West-leading Los Angeles, which has won eight of its last nine road...

Joe Saunders showed the Philadelphia Phillies what they could've had if they'd just offered him more money nine years ago. Erick Aybar hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the eighth inning, Vladimir Guerrero connected twice to back another strong performance by Saunders, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Phillies 6-2 on Saturday night.