National League Game Capsules

4 July 2008, 12:23 am

Alfredo Amezaga blasted a two-run go-ahead homer in the seventh inning for the Florida Marlins in a 4-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Wednesday to take the rain-soaked rubber match of a three-game ...... read more

Swindle happy to make big leagues

3 July 2008, 7:53 pm

R.J. Swindle and his 55-mph curveball arrived at Turner Field on Wednesday afternoon.... read more

Phillies' Benson makes first Triple-A start

3 July 2008, 3:18 pm

Rehabbing pitcher Kris Benson has paid attention to the Phillies since they left Clearwater, Fla., to start the regular season while he remained there for extended spring training.... read more

on Deck: Philadelphia Phillies

3 July 2008, 6:56 am

RHP Jair Jurrjens , Braves > Hamels update: The left-hander is 3-1 with a 2.61 ERA and .187 opponents' average in his past five starts, with 34 strikeouts and eight walks in 38 innings.... read more

Fifth-inning fade-out

3 July 2008, 1:45 am

Even with Brett Myers cloaked in a Lehigh Valley IronPigs uniform Wednesday night, the trouble that repeatedly found him on big league mounds this season tracked him to Coca-Cola Park.The bottom line was a mixed-results outing for the 27-year-old right-hander who was making the first of an unspecifi... read more

Howard homer powers Phillies by Braves

2 July 2008, 9:05 pm

ATLANTA - Ryan Howard hit a three-run homer, Pat Burrell added his second homer of the series and the Philadelphia Phillies survived a ninth-inning scare to beat the Atlanta Braves 7-3 on Wednesday night.... read more

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