Brandon Phillips

Rating the majors, Kentucky Derby style

2013-05-05 00:00:00

With a nod toward Saturday's Kentucky Derby, these are Times staff writer Kevin Baxter's rankings as the teams come out of the clubhouse turn. (Statistics through Friday's game. Last week's rankings in parentheses): Setting the pace 1; BOSTON Trying...

Angels pitcher C.J. Wilson hasn't eradicated erratic tendencies

2013-04-09 00:00:00

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Angels' high-wire pitching act ends badly in 9-5 loss to Oakland

2013-04-10 00:07:00

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Angels outlast Reds, 3-1, in 13 innings

2013-04-01 17:57:00

CINCINNATI--Chris Iannetta lined a two-out, two-run single to left field in the top of the 13th inning Monday to lift the Angels to a 3-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds in a marathon of a season opener at Great American Ball Park. Angels closer...

Angels hope bats warm up in series finale against Reds

2013-04-04 09:12:00

CINCINNATI -- The Angels will look to make better contact and to get the top and the middle of their batting order going Thursday when they close a three-game interleague series against the Cincinnati Reds in Great American Ball Park. Leadoff man Mike...

Dodgers' hearts stop at even thought of Yasiel Puig being injured

2013-03-22 16:30:00

And that’s how an entire organization suddenly gasps for breath. Not exactly the way Yasiel Puig did Friday, but he was very much at the center of it all. Puig has been something beyond sensational in his first major league camp, but after the...

Howie Kendrick says that staying with Angels was top priority

2012-01-10 17:09:00

Rockies are interested in signing Jamey Carroll; are Dodgers?

2011-11-06 16:36:39

Michael Young at first base for Phillies today

2013-05-19 09:39:00

A little different lineup trotted out by Charlie Manuel today as the Philadelphia Phillies try to win the rubber game of a three-game series against the Cincinnati Reds at Citizens Bank Park. Ben Revere is back in the lineup batting second and Michael...

Chase Utley is playing like a star again, thanks to new offseason regimen

2013-05-19 10:04:02

Chase Utley found serenity here, at a baseball diamond named for a coach who accepted a $1 salary for 16 years to save his college's team from abolishment. Dante Benedetti Diamond is squeezed into the corner of a sleepy neighborhood at the edge of the...

Second Thoughts: Fairmont has great arena, but can it win?

2013-05-19 06:14:02

The news coming out of Washington never ceases to amaze. The Benghazi scandal. The IRS scandal. Bryce Harper trying to run through an outfield wall. Not to be outdone, the Redskins plan to sign Tim Tebow to play quarterback and move RG3 to cornerback. And...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Bernie Miklasz column

2013-05-17 03:44:02

Beware of the NL Central. Here were the best records in the National League going into Thursday's getaway-day schedule: St. Louis 26-13 Cincinnati 24-16 Pittsburgh 23-17 San Francisco 23-17 The Cardinals' start to 2013 is even more...

The Cincinnati Reds' Brandon Phillips is tagged out by Miami Marlins catcher Rob Brantly as third base umpire C.B. Bucknor, left, and the Reds' Jay Bruce looks on in the third inning at Marlins Park in Miami, Florida, on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. (David Santiago/El Nuevo Herald/MCT) ORG XMIT: 1138808

2013-05-15 00:00:00

Alfonso Soriano slides safely into second base ahead of the tag by Brandon Phillips.

2013-04-23 00:00:00

Dodgers center fielder Yasiel Puig crashes to the ground after trying to make a diving catch on a fly ball hit by Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips in the fifth inning of an exhibition game Friday.

2013-03-22 00:00:00