pete mackanin taking a change in the new look bull pen next up in easter is coming.... and kmart's got the sweet deals you need. so hip hop in -- and get your groove on. ♪ >>> leslie in for don bell tonight and it is a great night to watch phillies. >> great weather, dollar dog night. >> yes, what could be better. >> what could be berth. phillies start a three game series with the mets, jared eickoff will get start for fightins, phillies enter on a two game winning streak. pete mackanin has replaced jeanmar gomez as closer, joaquin benier, he blew save giving up a three run home run to ryan zimmerman. jeanmar gave up a two run home run in the season opener in senate. pete mackanin explained yes is making the change. >> it is in the best interest of the game. i chose benoit because i didn't want to put undue pressure on gomez, he had a great year last year. he is doing very well last year. as valuable as he is in the eighth inky didn't want to put that on him where he had to be the closer. >> well well, pete rosies not eligible for hall of fame in cooperstown but new mem

manager pete mackanin called it embarrassing. >> as embarrassing its to get beat that badly.e you to forget about it and have a quick memory and move on. >> so what? we beat the brains out of washington 17-3 the other night and they turn around and come out and play again. the mets beat us last night it is what it is. shake it off and come back and play today. >> cameron rough told me 14 runs so what. and hopefully vince valesquez can keep the ball in the park. and the sixers nba action, the season is over tonight 8:00 in the new york against the knicks, we are trying to avoid ending the season on an eight game losing streak. >> and good news, ben simmons, he is good to go to resume basketball activities. hopefully next season he will be on the court when they open the season and he had a scan on the broken right foot and it kim back clean. and he can go back to five on five action. and he is looking forward to the next season and playing as a rookie after getting the positive news last night. >> also, i had my scan today. green check -- we live. so i'm looking forward to get

pete mackanin came out to argue and was tossed.nd later jay crush this foych upper deck second homer of game and mets go up 4-2. rookie brock stovey at the dis dish. solo home to center field and phillies lose first game of the series. heres pete mackanin why he was thrown out of the game. >> i deposit like the fast i got a warning tie in the 8th inning i don't expect a pitcher to do something like that i don't know the circumstances or history he threw me out for no reason. i did not think he should have thrown me out. it is what it is. >> pete rose got the call to the wall phillies wall of fame. fans selected pete as newest member of the wall. he'll be inducted on august 12. he helped lead philly positive first world series tight until 1980 and major league all time hits leader. the final home game of season tonight down at center for sixers taking on the pacers. brett brown's team plague role of spoiler and pacers looking to earn a place in the playoffs. the three ball was good. was able to cut that lead to 7. they led the sixer

gave up a three run bomb and that prompted pete mackanin to switch things up a little bit.t's right. gomez is out and ben wah is in he'll be the saver. guy is 39 years old of the an older guy but he's not sure how long this is going to last. if this is going to be his roll all season. but he just coming into this thing thinking, hey, i'm going to go in there and do my job. >> i'm 39. i don't know how much better i can get from that. i don't know what the purpose is. i'm just trying to enjoy myself. go in there and try to be as good as i can be. >> regardless of the closer, these guys are getting runs. 17 on saturday. clutch hitting yesterday. and a lot of that is because of matt stairs. new pitching coach has been getting it done and the guys have really flourished with him being here. >> he's very approachable. doesn't try -- doesn't try and call anybody much he's got to learn throughout spring what makes you tick want makes another guy tick, and work off that. >> we're hitting a lot better than we did last year already. we're not giving away at bats. that's one thing that

pete mackanin came out to argue and was tossed.nd later jay crush this foych upper deck second homer of game and mets go up 4-2. rookie brock stovey at the dis dish. solo home to center field and phillies lose first game of the series. heres pete mackanin why he was thrown out of the game. >> i deposit like the fast i got a warning tie in the 8th inning i don't expect a pitcher to do something like that i don't know the circumstances or history he threw me out for no reason. i did not think he should have thrown me out. it is what it is. >> pete rose got the call to the wall phillies wall of fame. fans selected pete as newest member of the wall. he'll be inducted on august 12. he helped lead philly positive first world series tight until 1980 and major league all time hits leader. the final home game of season tonight down at center for sixers taking on the pacers. brett brown's team plague role of spoiler and pacers looking to earn a place in the playoffs. the three ball was good. was able to cut that lead to 7. they led the sixer

this, throws a pitch over cabrera's head, they have bad history, both benches were warned and pete mackanin not like the warning. he was thrown out. after arguments, to add insult to injure, jay bruce with the home run, and to put the phillies down. they lose four-three. >>> pete rose finally getting respect that he deserves, before the game philadelphia is announce that had rose will be induct in the phillies 2017 wall of fame. >>> sixers and pacers this one was never in doubt, paul george hitting this jumper, right here, way too easy for him, 27 points. sixers lose 120-111. >>> eagles sign former penn state quarterback matt mcgloin to the one year deal, mcgloin will be the third string quarterback behind carson wentz and nick foles, that is sports in a minute. i'm sean bell. miry. >>> breaking overnight a man shot in cold blood whom police are looking for in this murder investigation. >>> charges dropped what officials say really happened inside of an applebees bathroom between a new jersey officer and a little boy. >>> and warning if you shop on amazon, why your account information could

pete mackanin not liking it. he was thrown out. adding insult to injure jay bruce with the home run, to put phillies down. they lose four-three. >>> pete rose finally getting respect that he deserves, before the game philadelphia is announce that had rose will be induct in the phillies 2017 wall of fame. >>> sixers and pacers this one , no doubt, paul george hit ting this jumper right here , the way, 27 points, the sixers lose 120-111. >>> eagles sign former penn state quarterback matt mcgloin to a one year deal, mcgloin would be third string quarterback behind carson wentz and nick foles, that is sports in a minute. i'm sean bell. >>> lets go back to baseball for a second and phillies, there was a special moment in last night's phillies game, rookie say stasi. >> do you say stasi. >> let's just call whole thing off. >> anyway, he got a littlee motional again do you remember he cried before the start of the season. we were all thinking it was fabulous. he made the team, out of spring training and he cried. he got a hit last night. h

. >>> people mackanin gets tossed, pete rose gets honored and a former penn state quarterback is now a philadelphia eagles. we will fill in the blanks next in sports in a minute. vanessa: i got hurt and was given painkillers. by the time the drugs ran out, i was addicted. it happened so fast. i ended up on the streets, where the drugs are cheaper and easier to get. i was a full blown heroin addict, selling my soul to get high. when i realized i needed help i didn't know where to go. but i got help and you can too. you're not alone. help is within reach. this is governor chris christie. call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj.gov. >>> good morning i'm sean bell phillies finally giving a legend his just due, pete rose will be induct in the phillies 2017 wall of fame. major league baseball approved of this a couple months ago. say what you want about pete, he is one of the five greatest hitters to ever swing the bat. >>> phillies taking on mets last night, ramos look at this , throws a pitch over cabrera's head, they have bad history. both were warned. pete mackanin gets thrown out of the ga

pete mackanin coming out of the dugout and getting tossed because of it. at got pete so so heated next in sports. ♪ whoa! you're not taking these. hey, hey, hey! you're not taking those. whoa, whoa! you're not taking that. come with me. you're not taking that. you're not taking that. you're not taking that. mom, i'm taking the subaru. don't be late. even when we're not there to keep them safe, our subaru outback will be. (vo) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. fill your basket with easter only at my giant. ♪ >>> phillies are about to see where they stack up early. they have back to back series again the nationals and the mets. by far the two best teams in the nl east. they surprised the nationals won two out of three. so if they can win a series against the mets, they can set the tone for the year early. mets pitcher had a little fun with the phanatic stealing his ride and drives away but it wasn't all fun for the mets in the first inning. bases loaded michael saunders with the single to right to bring home a run. the phillies were only able to get t

manager pete mackanin expects much more this year. >> we should be comfortable playing .500 and the rest the players improve. the prospects in the big leagues right now, and i consider them prospects, are in the process of developing, and i think they are going to show improvement and we'll see where we go from there. >> we're going to come out of the ballpark every day and step out on that field expecting to win, you know. whatever that is at the end of the year, we'll see, but we believe in ourselves and we believe we've got a winning ball club and we'll come out and play like it. >> jeremy helixon gets the call on the opening day for the second straight year and he talked tailed about his goal for this season. >> i've set a 200-inning, you know, goal, since i was a reek. if you make every start and, you know, you get to 200 innings, you know you probably look back and you'll probably like how your year went and haven't gotten there yet and definitely a goal as well as just making every start. >> that is your look at sports. denise, back for you. >> thank you, and so much and time to c

warning to the benches, pete mackanin thrown out for questioning the warning. and pete was not happen bye that. today he hopes there will not be any ill will with the mets. >> i hope it isn't, we have 18 more games and i don't want to have any kind of, anything like that to brew, especially as tough as they play us. we don't want them, really wanting to beat us up. i think if what he can get past yesterday i think we will be good. >> one bright spot for phillies last night rookie brooke stasi with his first major league hit a home run and, of course, he was feel good story of the spring, making team after being drafted in the 33rd round of the 2011 draft he is just happy to get this out of the way. >> get it out of the way. it has been a long hard week and a half without even a hit, so, it is a relief for sure i can get back to what i do. >> after 81 games and injuries sixers season will come to a close tomorrow night with the knicks. last night tempers flared, against pacers. gerald henderson and paul george got in the scuffle with three minutes left. henderson

strike out tyler flowers with two on to get his second save, society phillies won four to three but pete mackanin ready to give the closing trolly hector just yet. >> we don't have anybody that i would name as a closer or setup man. i think they're all setup men and we have a few guys that can close so we're just going to go along and see what happens. >> bring football wrapping up up -- spring football wrapping up for the temple owls. nice handoff to armstead to busts through the middle. cheery beat white 17-14. the highlight coach collins awarding a full scholarship to walk on tight end chris myrik. congratulations to him. very cool. >>> now to beaver stadium james franklin and the nittany lions held their annual spring game. andre robinson goes in for the score and takes a big hit. later stevens connecting with brandon polk for the touchdown as the blood pressure handled the white 26 to nothing. >>> nfl draft just five days away. eagles with the 14th pick in the first round. they have many needs and one of them is a running back. several mock drafts have the birds taking stanford running back

. >> talk a little baseball specific bowel phillies manager pete mackanin hand add teachable moment forng young club last night he passed on making an important point that could have resonated throughout the clubhouse. i'll lay it out for you. my commentary next. with tomorrow's traffic here's bob kelly. >> reporter: good evening everybody. get ready closure martin luther king drive in effect overnight until about 5:00 o'clock this morning. cleaning out some of the drains doing pacing all part of that long-term project. of course it comes along with the delays and construction of the staging here on the art museum and the steps of the art museum so watch for construction delays. lane restrictions. it's been a hot mess along the parkway and around the art museum area try to avoid it if you can. avoid the drives kelly drive down to one lane coming into the city during rush hours and then east and west on 422 tomorrow watch for extra construction out near trooper road v great night. we'll see you bright and errly tomorrow morning. ♪ >>> so ron burke has been thinking long and thinking hard

on the mound for the phils is jeremy hellickson who manager pete mackanin penciled in as his openingarter has been a bright spot for the phillies ever since. >> it gives us a chance to win every time he takes the mound. every fifth day he's out there he goes deep into the ballgame and keeps their offense to a minimum. gives us a chance to win and that's all you can ask for from your starting pitcher. >> i expect him for one to have a good outing every time he goes out and he'll have his moments here and there it's good to see especially after within two out of three from the mets to come back home and start the home stand. >> starting to feel that buzz about the draft in town. >> eagles have the 14th pick? >> thirteenth. >> thirteenth. >> and week from -- >> excuse me it is the 14th i apologize you were right. >> i should know that. >> any picks, you? >> i want weapon for carson wentz. >> yeah. >> wide receiver a running back somebody on offense for him. >> wants that, too. >> definitely. >> exactly. >> all right. it's not a complete washout. but it's not a terrific weekend. >> below

so pete mackanin and the players talk today about not liking this team and needing to salvage a gamewe beat the brains out of washington 17-three the other night, and, you know, they turn around and come out and play again. mets beat us last night. it is what it is, and shake it off and come back and may today. >> we'd like to salvage one game as you said to stop the flood waters. so, um, one good thing about it is, we play them three times and win or lose tonight we got day off tomorrow went start fresh after that. >> some sixers news. they're playing their last game this season but some good news, ben simmons just announced he's cleared to play. he's cleared to do whatever he wants. so he's on the right track to get back next season and give it his all. but, we got little other funny news to show you. check this out. in the marlins game little cat gets in the stadium and look at this. he's just running around. how does that happen? then look at this. the cat has who hospitals he's climbing the wall and it's all good for him. he's having fun. just sitting there. just hanging out. th

phillies did lose, seven-four, but pete mackanin says he sees positive things from this team and he sure is excited for opening day. >> opening day is always special, no matter where we are at and being the manager of the philadelphia phillies for me, it is a highlight of my career. it is, thrilling to be here, and i hope weather holds up, but i think everybody is excited. >> reporter: well, everyone is excited, maybe chilly, fans are getting hats today, they will need them. we will send it back to you in the studio. >> all right, leslie, thank you. >>> well, if you are heading out to the game be prepared for a chilly first pitch. meteorologist katie fehlinger has her first forecast, phillies forecast of the season, katie. >> i do, yes, and bundle up out there. umbrella necessary, at least, for right now, we do have a couple of showers, that are currently working their way across philadelphia they are very, very light, and they are out there this is all on the heels, of a storm that brought the soaking rain yesterday. so the chillies also, working its way in here with more west to northw

we're a week into the season and pete mackanin has decided to change his closer.omez who had 37 saves last season has been demoted. he had two appearances so far. gomez struggled at the end of last season. he'll go were joaquin ben with in that role o pete explains his message. >> i told joaquin i'm not designating him also a the closer for the rest of the season but i would like him to pick up the slack now while i get gomez out of the frying >> not trying to make it harder than it is. three outs, sometimes it doesn't go as well as we want it to. but i approach the game the same way. doesn't matter it's in the sixth or the ninth. >> he's been in that role before. >>> this is no surprise but it is official. pete rose is the 2017 wall of fame inductee t the ceremony will take place prior to the august 12th game against these same mets. larry bowa says the honor is well deserved. expected to be special night. >> it's going to be electric. these people loved the way he played. he's a blue collar player. i don't think that record of hits will ever be broken. >> i'd ha

phillies manager pete mackanin was ejected last night after arguing during the matchup.sn't enough for the phillies who lost four to three. >> and the sixers lost for the seventh straight time last night. they fell one went 20 to 111 toe pacers. they play the knicks at madison square garden tonight for their final game of the season. >> there's always next year. >> there's always next year. [laughter] >> 5:18. still to come, the fight against bed bugs is getting a bit more difficult. >> plus a lehigh valley boy explains how he helped a classmate who was choking at lunchtime. that's up next after the break. stay with us. >> ♪ hello moto. it's time to reimagine the smartphone. snap on a speaker. a projector. a camera that actually zooms. get excited world. the moto z with moto mods. save at least 20% on select moto mods when you buy any moto z droid. >> arm lehigh valley boy helped to save a classmate who was choking at lunch. this all happened at lehigh township elementary school on friday. 11-year-old aiden pucio says he knows add girl choking so he jumped in to hem he s

. >>> it won't knock your socks off phillies manager pete mackanin believes phillies are good enough to be a, 500 baseball team. trust the process, right. that would be a 10 game improvement from a year ago. phillies open up tomorrow in cincinnati, and that is where we will find our phillies as we speak, working out at great american ballpark tonight. jeremy hellickson will make his second day start at 4:10. it is almost time to say, let's play ball. >> i think we should be very capable playing 500 and rest depend on how much the players improve during the course of the season. they have all learned from last year from spring training there was a lot of competition they know there is a lot of kid, that are knocking on the door. >> we expect to win. we come out, to the ballpark, and, when we step on the field we expect to win. whatever that is at the end of the year, we will see but we believe in ourselves. we believe we have a winning ballclub. we come out and play like it. >> much more with the phillies tonight on "action news" sports sunday at 11:45. we will talk about the concern

he can be an enigma at times and pete mackanin describes what he wants to see. >> go deep in the game and conserve pitches and get early counts. and he'll be solid. >> phillies looking good right now. they are back to the .500 mark at 9-9. i'm jaime apody, channel 6 "action news" back to you. >> thank you. >> meantime some needy families in spring garden will sleep better tonight because of a generous donor, lisa mattress company donate the 372 mattresses to the rescue mission on north 16th street. it helps women and children find housing in emergencies and shark tank -- was there. last year the mission provided 62,000 nights of emergency shelter. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. maybe that's why we've been ranked highest in customer satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. and now you can love fios too. get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. all for $79.99 per month online, for the first year with a two-year agreement. it's the only internet with equal upload and download speeds. cable only offers upload speeds that are a fraction of their download speeds. plus get hbo for

. >> hey guys, phillies manager, pete mackanin called last night's loss to the met an embarrassing. and hope they they can keep it in series finale. last night it looks like a home run derby, the mets seven homers against the phillies. the third time in history the mets had three or more seven homer games against the phils that is a record. adding insult to injury there were mets here cheering and the phillies fans were forced to do nothing but the wave. the only way to silence the mets fans to play better tonight. >> it's not fun when are you getting beat and you hear cheering when are you getting beat. it's not what you want to hear. but you know they travel well and we have got some good fans ourselves that travel. >> there are games you play and you can't dwell on games like yesterday. you know, you have ups and downs during the course of a season and you can't get too high when are you up and you can't get too down when you are down. >> the phillies starter, buck -- we are trying to avoid the only straight to end the season. some good news for the sixer, ben simmons the number

pete mackanin had the short stop right back in the starting line up. galvis single in the third.wo for four. phillies down in the eighth. saunders about to change it two out sip guess scores aaron. new ballgame tied at three. but in the next half inning jay bruce who homered earlier repeats the feat and goes clubbing again two run shot. drives in all five mets run and five-four win over the phillies. >>> that was game winning blast. here's walk off game winner brewers/cubs tied at four. addison russell steps in and steps out with a three run homer to end it. the defending world series cha champs goes win it seven-four over the brewers. >>> we already know serena williams super woman, right? get this. she was pregnant when she won the australian woman back in january. that's right. williams announced today she's now 20 weeks pregnant and expecting first cooled with her fiance' in the fall. her pursuit of a grand slam title will have to wait williams putting down her rack until sometime in 2018. the capitals were super men during the nhl regular season but the in danger of dropping

pete mackanin was tossed for arguing after the game pete spoke to ramos and ramos said it wasn't on purposem at his word. any time something like this happens, it can carry over into the next game. >> something like that, you know, pitch so close to somebody's head, um, you know, that's just one of those things parts of the game that nobody wants to be a part of. um, you know, i think, you know, after that happened i think the club did a good job of handling the situation. >> we got 18 more games with them and i don't want to have any kind of -- anything like this to brew especially as tough as they play us. we don't want them really wanting to beat us up. if we can get past yesterday i think we'll be good. >> this is an nl east baseball, baby. this is what we want to see. we like it. again, later in sports, we're going to talk more about this rivalry and what can happen today as retaliation. that's coming up later. >> all right, sean, see in you a couple of moments here. >>> terrifying moments at a carnival. what happened that left a woman flying through the air and dangling by her feet. >

phillies manager pete mackanin watch jeckd last night, was ejected last night.llies lost four to three. >>> the sixers lost for the seventh straight time last night. they fell 120 to 111 to the indiana pacers. sixers play the knicks at madison square garden tomorrow night for their final game of the season. >> and if you're monitoring your heart rate during exercise some devices are better than others. fitness trackers you wear on your wrist are great for counting steps but not for measuring your heart rate. researchers tested four brands and compared them to an ekg. during exercise, the trackers were off by 23 to 41 beats per minute. devices worn around the chest are more reliable. >> good to know. >> it's 6:23 and bill cosby's children's books make the list for most banned books. >> katherine scott is lie at police headquarters as officers investigate a murder in west philly. katherine. >> reporter: jeanette, that's right. police are looking for witnesses as they investigate a homicide in west philadelphia overnight. we're live with all the latest details from

manager pete mackanin decided to make a change at the closer season.uin benoit. tonight's game 7:05 first pitch against the mets. jerad eickhoff take on jacob degram. they have pep in their step after taking two out of three over the nats. yesterday's win walkoff fashion. the way the schedule lays out the phillies are in the midst of 18 straight against divisional opponents. it's early but this is an important stretch of games. >> we're going to be sick of seeing them, the nationals and the mets here pretty soon. but you know, it's part of it. it's the division we play in. we got to attack them, go hard and see what happens. >> 18 straight games against division opponents. do you put more weight on this part of the schedule. >> you can. obviously it has a -- a lot goes into it especially playing the mets and nationals who have incredible pitching staffs, so, you know, it's a tough test for us. to go with their pitching staff, obviously the lineups can definitely score some runs. they've got some thunder in those lineups so it's definitely going to be a

so later in sports pete mackanin talks about what they need to do to salvage this series and not getvanessa: i got hurt and was given painkillers. by the time the drugs ran out, i was addicted. it happened so fast. i ended up on the streets, where the drugs are cheaper and easier to get. i was a full blown heroin addict, selling my soul to get high. when i realized i needed help i didn't know where to go. but i got help and you can too. you're not alone. help is within reach. call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj.gov. the road to recovery starts now. just head & shoulders? (gasp) i thought it was just for, like, dandruff new head & shoulders. cleans, protects and moisturizes to... ...get up to 100% flake-free and unbelievably beautiful hair it's not head & shoulders, it's the new head & shoulders ♪ we buy any car ♪ any make, any model, any age, any price ♪ ♪ from 50 bucks to 100 grand ♪ we buy any car ♪ any, any, any, any at webuyanycar.com, the gimmicks stop with our ads. trading in our selling your car is hassle-free with just three easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two

here's pete mackanin on the rally >> i'm happy the way guys battled back, to be down 7-0, for the guysy they did, including the closure was huge. i think it's a good omen for things to come. >> round two, battle for the green jacket picked back up in augusta georgia, most would do anything to win golf's most prestigious prize. yesterday it was a comfortable day at the course, 65 and sunny and here is the shot of the day, brendan grace on his third shot on 15 and watch this, a beautiful shot. the bottom of the cup for eagles, that's a good feeling there. sir gee yo garcia, he would go on, sir gee yo along with two others check out the current leader board and this weekend will be awesome golfing that's for sure. you watch golf on tv? >> no. >> missing out, four plays tied at minus four and two other players is freddy boom boom. >>> seattle, i want to say congratulations to peril jam who were inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame and to to tell you about a new food that you can now get at seattle mar in her's games >> how about hosted grass hoppers? >> i'm good. >> that's tasty. t

pete mackanin says i just want to play around 500 until august and see what happens. when a manager says that he is basically telling you don't get your hopes up. they are with the mets, national, 500. >> but still excitement. >> well, thank you, what is harden's first name. >> thanks, james harden. >> i'm working on it, i'm trying to get to that level. >> is that beard goals. >> fill in here, and a little bit on the top. >> but you see, i was hoping you would come back looking like freeway, okay. philly freeway, that is what i was hoping. we have to work on that. >> i want you to be able to go like this. >> i thought you were going to say tom hanks in cast away but freeway works. >> just call me off ramp. >> i want you to grow one of those baseball hat mulets. >> yes. >> i need that in my life. >> yes. >> we will see. >> service road, front stage road. we will be right back. creamy, crunchy, chocolatey, hershey's. packed with cookies or almond pieces. hershey's has the taste you love in every bite. careful joe, they've got you outnumbered. the dinosaurs' extinction..

after yesterday manager pete mackanin said he had talked to jeanmar about his role, going forward. we will see what happens tonight. >> well, let's talk what happened on saturday. they set a club record for most runs scored in the first inning in team history. >> yes. >> they had 12. >> twelve runs. >> most they have ever scored. that was 13 back in 2013. >> yeah. >> they had 13 in one inning but didn't happen to be the first. >> okay, i get it now. phillies beat the nationals 17 -three. >>> here's the deal, if you have to go to one of those games which one do you want to see, 12 to nothing in the bottom of the first and then you have rest of the game to sit there and bloat up on treats. it is basically over. >> yes. >> or do you go from a game from yesterday where you are up by three, they blow the lead in the top of the ninth and then win it, with a walk off. >> you can relax saturday sit there, enjoy your friend, family. >> you can say you watched history. >> yes. >> so karen said she would like to relax and watch 12 to nothing. >> so exciting, twitter went wild. it is another o