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Former Phillies reliever Jeff Hoffman returned to Philadelphia Friday night as a Toronto Blue Jay, the team that drafted him with the ninth overall pick in the 2014 draft.
As good as The Bank is, it's not the best stadium in Pennsylvania. That honor, along with being the highest-rated stadium on Yelp, belongs to PNC Park in Pittsburgh with a 4.6 rating. Among the reviews:
The Philadelphia Phillies ride Ranger Suárez’s 7-inning shutout and Kyle Schwarber’s 22nd homer to an 8-0 win vs. the Toronto Blue Jays.
The free event on Sunday, June 22, will include food trucks, a beer garden, music and skills challenges for baseball and soccer fans.
Suárez's ERA since May 10, when he made his second start, sits at 1.16 — second-best in MLB, trailing only Pirates ace Paul Skenes (0.76).
The ball smacking into Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto’s mitt echoed throughout Citizens Bank Park in the early evening June 9. It was a sweet and welcomed sound for the growing crowd of 41,226 as it settled in for the start of a 3-game homestand against the Cubs that,
Otto Kemp’s improbable rise from undrafted Division II prospect out of Point Loma Nazarene University to signing a free-agent minor league deal with the Phillies in 2022 through four minor league stops finally brought him for the first time to Citizens Bank Park.
Kemp had been waiting a while. A lifetime for his major-league debut, Saturday in Pittsburgh. Perhaps just as long to lay down a good bunt.
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