Dominican Republic Is Here
The Phillies host the Dominican Republic at 1:05 p.m. today at Bright House Field.
Here is the Phillies’ lineup:
- Ender Inciarte, CF
- Kevin Frandsen, 2B
- Domonic Brown, RF
- Ryan Howard, 1B
- Darin Ruf, LF
- Laynce Nix, DH
- Cody Asche, 3B
- Erik Kratz, C
- Freddy Galvis, SS
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Jonathan Papelbon had been scheduled to pitch today, but he has been scratched because he is ill.
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The Phillies have to loan five pitchers to the Dominican Republic for today’s game. One is in big-league camp: left-hander Mauricio Robles. The other four are in minor league camp: right-hander Juan Sosa, left-hander Tom Cochran, right-hander Michael Cisco and right-hander Edgar Garcia.
Todd Zolecki
Cole Hamels just got kicked in the teeth by the Dominican WBC team. 8 runs in 2.2 innings.