Topic: Raul Ibanez
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The Philadelphia Phillies gave new hitting coach Greg Gross a welcome boost when they exploded for a five run fifth inning to ease past the Colorado Rockies 6-0 on Friday. Gross replaced Milt Thompson as hitting coach on Thursday, and the team, who had been mired in a hitting slump, responded. Jimmy Rollins, Placido Polanco and Raul Ibanez ...
Roy Halladay cruised through eight innings, Raul Ibanez drove in three runs with three hits and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Colorado Rockies 6-0 on Friday night. Halladay (11-8) allowed five hits and a walk while striking out nine on a 92-degree evening ...
Ryan Howard had two hits and scored Philadelphia's first run in 31 innings on a triple by Raul Ibanez, Chase Utley drove in the go-ahead run and the Phillies snapped out of a dreadful slump to beat the Florida Marlins 3-2 on Friday night. Wilson Valdez ...
For a guy who hadn't gone deep this season, Carlos Ruiz took a couple powerful swings in the same at-bat. Fortunately for him, one of the balls he hit stayed fair. Ruiz hit a leadoff home run in the 10th inning and ...
Roy Halladay threw a three-hitter for his second shutout in three starts, Shane Victorino hit a three-run homer and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Mets 10-0 Saturday to end New York's eight-game winning streak. Halladay (5-1) struck out six, walked one and recorded his 17th career shutout in ...
Hideki Matsui tied the World Series record with six RBIs on a home run, single and double that each drove in two runs, and the New York Yankees led the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 after six innings in Game 6 on Wednesday night ...
Carlos Ruiz and Raul Ibanez both belted three-run home runs as World Series champions Philadelphia beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-6 in game one of the National League Championship series. Ruiz's homer highlighted a five-run fifth inning for the Phillies, while Ibanez's first career playoff homer, in the eighth, gave Philadelphia all the cushion they needed to get ...
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies made a confident start to the postseason with Cliff Lee throwing a six-hitter in a 5-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies in Wednesday's opener of their NL Division series. It took until the fifth inning for Philadelphia to get on the scoreboard at a windswept Citizens Bank Park when Raul Ibanez ...
Pinch-hitter Brett Carroll capped a two-run rally against closer Brad Lidge in the ninth inning with an RBI single, giving the Florida Marlins a 7-6 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night. Jorge Cantu tied it with a single off Lidge (0-8), who blew ...
Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, Jimmy Rollins and Raul Ibanez all hit two-run home runs to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 9-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday. Joe Blanton (7-4) had another effective outing, allowing two runs and he struck out six over ...