The Washington Nationals make their first trip of the season to Philadelphia, and while the Phillies are still sitting in last place in the NL East, they’re starting to look dangerous. The Phils had won six straight before dropping the final two games of their interleague series with the Boston Red Sox, and they enter this series having climbed up to a .500 record.
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The Phillies have had 225 consecutive regular season sellouts at Citizens Bank Park, and Monday night's game with the Nationals doesn't figure to be any different. Except for the part about this being the first meeting between the two National League East contenders since left-hander Cole Hamels hit Nats phenom Bryce Harper with a pitch in a nationally-televised game 15 days ago.
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The roster is so awesome that Chipper Jones couldn’t make it. It excluded Jason Bay. Kevin Youkilis? Take a seat. Grady Sizemore was excluded simply because he seems perpetually injured – besides, there just wasn’t room for him. The list of relievers is so imposing that it ignores Huston Street, Carlos Marmol, Andrew Bailey, and David Robertson.
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Cliff Lee uncharacteristically struggled early in Sunday afternoon's rubber game against the Red Sox. Lee, who entered the game 0-1 with a 1.95 ERA, surrendered five runs in the first three innings in a 5-1 loss at Citizens Bank Park.
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The 2012 MLB regular season is well underway with a full month of baseball already in the books. It is still a long road to October baseball but paths are already starting to take shape and many surprises have already occurred along the way. The beginning of the year brings promise but at this point in the season anything can still happen.
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