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What a waste: Royals 5, Phillies 2

The hot weather in Kansas City appeared to agree with Aaron Nola. The Phillies’ starter pitched his best start of the season, going seven innings while giving up three runs. Unfortunately, it was wasted because the Phillies’ offense and bullpen came up small in a 5-2 loss. In the first inning, it didn’t look like […]

Royals beat Phillies on hot day in Sunday matinee

The Royals got 2 runs in the bottom of the first inning, tacked on one in the fifth inning and added two insurance runs in the eighth to take game two of the series 5-2. Bobby Witt Jr. singled with one out in the bottom of the 1st inning, he was on the move with […]

Royals vs Phillies, July 5 game discussion

The Royals have lost 4 in a row and 8 of their last 9, they are the worst team in all of the Major Leagues. If you told me that on March 25th, I thought you were crazy. Yes, they have a lot of key players hurt currently, but they weren’t that good when they […]

Gamethread 7/5: Phillies at Royals

The Phillies look to win their second straight game against the Kansas City Royals on Sunday afternoon in a nationally televised game. Aaron Nola gets the ball for the Phillies as he tries to turn his thus far shaky season around. The Royals will start righty Luinder Avila who has been used in both the […]

Phillies mock draft roundup, 3.0

The MLB draft is creeping ever closer, taking place exactly one week from today. This is our latest version of what the prognosticators believe will be happening. You can find each of the earlier roundups by clicking on the different links before you see how much things have changed. Mock draft roundup, 1.0 Mock draft […]

Phillies on the Pharm: 7/5/2026

There were some fireworks on the farm, so let’s check how they did. Rochester 2, Lehigh Valley 1 Andrew Painter had the start on the night and did quite well for the IronPigs. In his six innings, he allowed on a lone run and struck out six. The velocity on his fastball was good, averaging […]

Barbecue sauce: Phillies 6, Royals 1

Jesus Luzardo continued his good run of form with an Independence Day gem as the Philadelphia Phillies (50-39) cruised to a 6-1 victory in their series opener against the Kansas City Royals (35-54). Luzardo retired the first eight batters of the game, which included striking out the side in the second inning, before allowing an […]

Phillies bring all the fireworks to Royals’ fourth straight loss

The Royals fell to the Phillies 6-1 after Michael Wacha allowed four runs on three homers in six innings. This was Wacha’s first start after being named a 2026 American League All-Star. While it was among his worst starts of the season, it wasn’t a terrible start overall. He even struck out 7! But the […]

Brandon Marsh Announced as All-Star Starter, Other Phillies Elected as Reserves

Brandon Marsh has been announced as the lone Phillies starter for the National League All-Star team. This will be Marsh’s first All-Star Game appearance, and it is as deserved as anybody. Marsh is finally having his breakout year, slashing .315/.348/.523 with 15 HRs, 46 RBIs, 97 hits, 15 doubles, and a .870 OPS, while carrying […] The post Brandon Marsh Announced as All-Star Starter, Other Phillies Elected as Reserves appeared first on Crossing Broad .

Royals vs Phillies, July 4 game discussion

I don’t know about you, but whenever I think of Independence Day, I think about Independence Day, the 1996 film. And I always first remember President Whitmore’s grand speech ahead of the climactic battle against the aliens. What a speech. We used to be a gorram country with gorram movies. Anyway. The other thing I […]

Phillies Acquire $250K Of International Bonus Money From Guardians

1:17PM: The Phillies signed 17-year-old right-hander Ho Hua out of Taiwan for a bonus in the neighborhood of $500K, as initially reported by Francys Romero.  As per Scott Lauber of the Philadelphia Inquirer, the pool money obtained in the Degges trade helped the Phillies make the Hua signing. 11:24AM: The Phillies have added $250K of […]

Phillies series preview: Rebounding from a bad start

As the United States celebrates its 250th birthday, players representing the city where much of it began will arrive in Kansas City to play a three-game set. Of note to many fans will be the fact that the Phillies started the season 9-19. At that point, they fired their manager, Rob Thomson. They then hired […]

The rebuild appears to have stalled: Phillies vs. Royals series preview

After another World Cup-induced Friday off-day, the Phillies will take on the Kansas City Royals in a rare Saturday to Monday series. The Phillies and Royals have some history together, as they squared off in the 1980 World Series. (The Phillies won.) It seems unlikely that there will be a rematch in the 2026 World […]

Phillies on the Pharm: 7/4/2026

The kids are celebrating Independence Day, so let’s see how they did last night. Rochester 11, Lehigh Valley 5 So yeah, the Phillies are in trouble if someone in the rotation gets hurt, aren’t they? Kolby Allard allowed seven runs on eight hits in 4 2/3 innings for the IronPigs, dooming their game from the […]