tonight they have to get back on track and they're going to do that with their guy their ace vince velasquez's been straight out dealing this year. dominating. four-one with 1.44 area coming out of nowhere. early in the season and everyone is straight loving the kid but right now he's just keeping his head down and trying to get a w. >> i'm just going with the flow. i'm not trying to get my hopes up. i'm not, um, really trying to get to a certain amount of wins or have a certain era. my job is to help the team win and whatever i got to do, go more than five innings, get to six, hold the lead, um -- you know, not allow any runs, help the team come back in the dug out, score more runs. i mean, whatever my job is to do as pitcher i got to do it. >> and the sixers might not like this move by ben simmons decided not to go to the nba combine. teams will not see him work out but don't worry, you still get to see him work out in individual sessions. number one guy he's got all the cards to hold. the big joker the little joker, the ace of spades. so everything is okay. he won't work out. sixers fans

vince velasquez the worst start of the career. seven earned runs and doesn't get out of the fifth. gives up two homers including this. way out of here. velasquez, how about two earned runs at home. 21 on the road this season. ben zobrist another one. phillies lose 7-2. they drop 7 of 9 and swept at wrigley the first time in 21 years. mike, have you given up on the phillies? >> no, i haven't given up on them but we talked about it last week, you have to temper. and when they get behind early they can't find their way out of it. they can't knock the opposing team's pitcher out within five innings. their office -- offense is going to be that way and the pitching staff has to overcome it every time out and it is impossible. >> not just the team, but ryan howard more time on the bench than the box. 27 years ago today mike schmidt had an emotional press conference announcing his retirement. should ryan howard do the same and retire? >> i think it might be the right thing to do, but i don't think that ryan howard possesses the self-awareness that mike schmidtz possessed. he knew when the

vince velasquez who would dig a hole for themselves early yet again in the series and it's been a recurring for them. anthony rizzo with an rbi single with the deck to fowler and coming home. it's 1-0 in the first and in the second miguel montero sends one deep to right and that one goes off the scoreboard with the 2-0 cubs lead. and deep to right. that's gone and things not going well at all for the phillies and they played this way out and this one safe, and still driving to make it 6-0 cubs and the phillies have a long bright spot and tommy joseph and joseph goes deep in the night, but it is not close to being enough. the phillies lose this one 7-2 and they get swept in fig fig. >> last night chase utley provided it for the mets and he was tossed for throwing at utley and utley hits a solo home run and a grand slam. utley has a long history of success dating back to his storied career with the phillies. we all know wikipedia can be edited by anybody so someone went in and put chase utley as the owner of the met. it's since been changed. the jersey he's wearing cannot go unnoticed. >> mov

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trouble for vince velasquez in the fifth. martinez and cabrera go back and -- back to back. lasts 4-plus innings. game tied at 3-3. colton murray comes in. and he lets the baseball get out. nick castellano crushes one. 4-3, tigers. in the seventh, victor martinez drives in cabrera. 24 hits between the two teams, but the runs are all that matter. the tigers win 5-4. >>> the eagles have had a special guest today. college basketball champion, the birds invited jaywritez to speak to the squad. the 'nova coach got to spend some time with carson wentz and head coach doug pederson. he feels pederson will do all right with those eagles. >>> the owls find themselves with a hole at point guard. senior guard josh brown suffered a serious achilles injury last week. the team says he will have surgery on wednesday. the school has not said how long he will be out. last season he averaged 8 points and 5 assists per game. his fellow teammate trey low suffered a car accident. there's a huge hole. >> reporter: a new solution could revolutionize the way women work. >> really navigate your own c

very first inning anthony rizzo with the blooper to left field, off vince velasquez.s down one to nothing to the cubs. second inning miggalmontero takes him deep and out. solo shot. phillies down two to nothing. velasquez, another miserable outing on the road, bottom of the third, ben with the three run home run. velasquez has worst start of his career, allows seven earned runs. phillies lose seven-two. they drop seven of nine. swept at wrigley for first time in 21 years. only thing the cubs lost this weekend was a hat in the stands. much more on the phillies, and time to hit panic button. we will discuss on "action news" sports sunday at 11:45. mike missanelli will join us in the studio. >>> first place nationals come to town tomorrow and jason werth, he will be in a good mood. werth hit a pinch hit grand slam against st. louis in the seventh. chase utley hit a grand slam last night against jimmy rollins. nationals win seven-to. they are three and a half games in front of the phillies in the standings. >>> the greatest spectacle in racing has caused a greatest pain f

how about vince velasquez he has been great this year on the bump.went five innings, giving up three hits, no runs, ten strike outs. phillies escaped a jam in the ninth inning and win it three-one your final score. >>> sammy b is speaking in south philadelphia. sam bradford answered questions today for the first time and he will offer guidance to carson wentz. he was frustrated by the eagles second pick and then finally, the quarterback says it was his agent's idea to demand a trade. >> tom co then has been my agent, for my entire career. he felt like that was the best option, and, for me, and, you know, given that i trust him and know that he has my best interest at heart, i'm always going to follow his advice. >> and that is it for sports, i'm don bell, have a great day. >>> and i saw that play out on twitter, don tweeting, details, a tweets about what is happening and a lot of people are mad that he placed the blame on his agent. you know, i have been team sam bradford. >> yes. >> you know, i feel like, you know, he can unfortunate thely do no goo

tonight vince velasquez, five shutout innings. philly pitchers with 17 strikeouts one short of the team record for a nine-inning game. >>> tommy boy, tommy joseph off the foul pole here. first major league home run. that is awesome. his family, they've been at the games. they can't wait to text everybody about it. phillies up 1-0. sixth inning now. tommy at the fish again. a run scores. so this guy tonight, three hits for tommy joseph. he accounts for two of the three philly runs. phillies beat the marlins 3-1. tommy's family loving every month of it. i'm john clark. we're right back. >>> time look at weather. >> yeah, so today we had the rain. tomorrow we're going to have the clouds and cooler temperatures. maybe a few popup light showers. i don't think it's going to be an all day rain by any means. 62 degrees. cloudy skies. overcast with popup sprinkles or light shower. thursday and friday the golden days out of the week and next five days. saturday and sunday a bummer over the weekend. saturday, heavy rain. we keep going forwar

vince velasquez has been phillies best pitch they are season.e find himself in the three to nothing hole in the second inning. martin prodo with the rbi single forced in a run. velasquez gives up four runs in six innings. peterberges, he comes through here. two run double. phillies are within one. it is four-three. fifth inning, they close the gap, miguel franco. day off yesterday. sixth home run of the season. game tied at four. franco with two hits on the night. we will go to the eighth, her tech nearest facing jean car low stanton, my goodness. he should ab rested for hitting a ball that hard, 475 feet, longest home run this season. phillies lose, six-four. >>> seven down, one to go, eagles now have just one draft pick left from having agreed to the contract and that topic carson wentz. two they lock up to day are guard isaac say mol owe taking in the third round and tackle, fifth round pick from tcu. both get four year contract. eagles have a three day rookie mini camp that begins next friday. >>> new eagles guard brandon brooks spent time i

the phillies go up two to nothing and how about vince velasquez on the bump he's been ridiculous this five innings, three hits, no runs, punched out 10. the fills escaped ninth inning jam and win it three-one. meanwhile sammy b speaks in south philly. sam bradford answers questions today for the first time since demanding a trade. here are the cliff notes. brad for says, he'll offer guidance to carson wentz. he was frustrated by the eagles trading for the second pick and finally the quarterback says, it was his agent's idea to demand a trade. >> tom condon has been my agent for my and tire career. he's the guy i really trust, you know, at the time when we were going through this process, he felt like that was the best option for me, and, you know, given that i trust him and know that he has my best interests at heart, i'm always going to follow his advice. >> interesting. >> all right. keep an eye on it bro. >> okay. >> thanks, don. >> graduation day i >>> answering the call in south jersey. >> 50 graduating high school seniors who are going directly into the military after graduation

in the first, vince velasquez to christian ye christian yellich. phillies come back in the fifth.irst homer in two weeks. that's a good sign. in the eighth now, 4-4. look out. john carlos stanton hits this one to ft. lauderdale. they estimate it could be 490 feet. it was going 115 miles an hour. two-run shot. marlins win 6-4. phillies lost three in a row. >>> eagles, we may be seeing sam bradford sooner than we thought. his agent said he won't attend voluntary camps but today on "philly sports talk" connor barwin told me he's spoken to bradford and believes sam could be back for minicamp in a week and a half. >> my feeling from talking to him was that he'll be here sooner rather than later. and obviously he'll be here when he has to be here for mandatory camp. he never had somebody drafted behind him like a lot of us have. i've had a first rounder drafted at my position almost every year and just get used to it. for him it was the first time it happened and he was caught off guard, maybe didn't have conversations prior with management. he was surprised it took him some time to kin

vince velasquez supposed to stop the streak. he didn't look too good.can't handle the ground ball right there. runner comes home and velasquez tough day six innings giving up four runs. skip to the top of the fifth. first pitch and maikel franco is doing it big. stepping up big. going to be a star. but still tied game of the now eighth inning jawn carlos doing what he does. big homerun shot to centerfield. look how far back that thing went. upper deck. phils lose six-four. they've lost four out of their last five games. >>> eagles trying to get contracts out of the way. carson wentz has not signed yet but he's basically waiting for the number one overall pick jared goff he'll sign for slightly bit less. they took care of other guys in the draft. isaac, got four year deal he should compete for starting job help out the guard spot that needs so much help. he can certainly play every position on the line if needed. we skip to the nba playoffs re really been awful. especially in the east the cavs are by far better than every team out there. it's been a cake

the phillies go up two to nothing and how about vince velasquez on the bump he's been ridiculous thisr, five innings, three hits, no runs, punched out 10. the fills escaped ninth inning jam and win it three-one. meanwhile sammy b speaks in south philly. sam bradford answers questions today for the first time since demanding a trade. here are the cliff notes. brad for says, he'll offer guidance to carson wentz. he was frustrated by the eagles trading for the second pick and finally the quarterback says, it was his agent's idea to demand a trade. >> tom condon has been my agent for my and tire career. he's the guy i really trust, you know, at the time when we were going through this process, he felt like that was the best option for me, and, you know, given that i trust him and know that he has my best interests at heart, i'm always going to follow his advice. >> interesting. >> all right. keep an eye on it bro. >> okay. >> thanks, don. >> graduation day in south >>> answering the call in south jersey. >> 50 graduating high school seniors who are going directly into the military after g

vince velasquez to christian yelich. upper-deck bomb. two-run shot.arlins up 4-0 after the first two. phils come back in the fifth. michael franco in the lineup. struggling but gets his first homer in two weeks. in the 8th. 4-4, hector nares for the phils. giancarlo stanton crushes it onto the concourse. 490 feet they're estimating. that's a two-run shot so the phillies lose 6-4. they've lost three straight. the eagles. we may be seeing sam bradford sooner than we thought. his agent said he won't attend any of the voluntary camps but yesterday on sports talk connor barwin told me he had spoken to bradford and he believes sam could be back for mini camp in a week and a half. >> my feeling from talking to him was that he'll be here sooner rather than later. obviously he'll be here when he has to be for mandatory camp. he never had somebody drafted behind him like a lot of us have. i have had a first-rounder drafted in my position every year. you get used to it. for him, i think it was the first time it happened and he was caught off guard. he didn't hav

on fire, against the phillies, third inning, two on, he hits a 369-foot bomb, to right field, vince velasquezrds inning giving up seven earned runs. they have lost nine out of their last 13, hopefully they cannery bound today against the nationals. >>> and in the indy series 100 interest yams 500 we will kick off, at lap 646789 juan pablo man toia spins out of control a huge crash right there he would be done for the day. final lap alexander rodney, separated himself from the rest, first rookie since 2001 to win the indy 500. that is sports in a minute. i'm sean bell. >> it is saturday night, so good we want to play it again. i just still like chase utley. >> as long as he is tormenting the mets. >> it is even better against the mets. >> dodgers taking on the mets over weekend, chase with the big night saturday. the excitement started in the third inning when mets pitcher throws behind him. you know, he was tossed out by umpire, that was a over reaction. manager goes nuts. he later denies he threw at chase in retaliation for playoffs last season when chase slid into ruben to had a. you can se

vince velasquez to christian yelich. upper deck bomb. two-run shot.he marlins up 4-0 after the first two. phils come back in the fifth. michael franco in the lineup. he gets his first homer in two weeks. in the 8th. 4-4. hector nares for the phils. look at this! giancarlo stanton crushes it onto the concourse. 490 feet they're estimating. a two-run shot. the phillies lose 6-4. they've lost three straight. the eagles. we may see sam bradford sooner than we thought. his agent has said he won't attend any of the voluntary camps but yesterday an comcast sportsnet phillies sports talk connor barwin told me he had spoken to bradford and he believes sam could be back for mini camp in a week and a half. >> my feeling from talking to him was that he will be here sooner rather than later. and obviously he'll be here when he has to be here for mandatory camp. he never had somebody drafted behind him like a lot of us have. i have had a first-rounder drafted in my position almost every year. you get used to it. for him i think it was the first time it happened and

vince velasquez usually great not today.iving up seven earned runs. phillies lose seven-two. they have lost nine out of 13. just awful. hoping to rebound with the nationals today. >>> in the french open fourth round andy murray, first set murray puts it in the corner. isnor hits it back but, lit tool long. right there, murray gets it back. now, we will go to match point murray with the great serve, look at this, perfect, spot, he goes on to win and advance to the next round. that is sports in one minute. i'm sean bell. >>> all right. let's head to indianapolis an exciting finish in the 100 running of the indy 500, more than 350,000 people on hand to see this race, first time it has been sold out. we will pick it up on lap 64, last year winner juan pablo montoya gets loose and crashes in the wall. that would be the end of his day. >>> final lap, rookie alexander rossi, who? alexander rossi, he wins, a gutsy call not to pull over for a pit stop, he companies is a cross the line for the win and rossi is first rookie to win, the

vince velasquez takes the mound for phillies.htins won five in a row, eight out of nine thanks to their pitching staff lead majors in strike outs. last night they took game two from the indians. jared eickoff got early run support in the first inning, freddie galvis hits his third home run of the year, two run shots that scores object dub he will herrera. eickoff helped his own cause with the single to center driving in darren rupp. that is three to nothing. jared could not hold three run lead in the fifth. jason kidness hit a line drive to score lonnie and that will tie the game. then in the seventh freddie galvis came up clutch. is bloop single to right will score david row with the go ahead run as they win their fifth straight, four-three the final. >>> eagles front office and scouting departments can now take a rest, draft has come and gone. yesterday eagles made six picks, and they addressed problems on both side of the ball, possibly added depth. new bird will be at novacare complex may 13th to start a three day rookie camp

marlins are hot so is vince velasquez.d one with a 1.44 era out of five starts he held opponents scoreless. >>> then there was one. the eagles signed seven of their eight draft picks. carson wentz the last man standing. today the team agreed to terms on four year deals with third round picks isaac sumol and their tackle. you were laughing. you can't hear it. we'll learn his name. fifth round pick from tcu. we'll get to see these guys in action one week from today. wentz should be signed by then. >>> big man brandon brooks signed big. the offensive lineman inked a five year, 40 million-dollar deal with the birds in march. today imto speak at whitemarsh today. brooks played a game called financial football with these kids and i had a chance to catch up with him about eagles football. is he excite about getting to work? >> very exciting. got the number two pick in carson wentz him coming in, getting the work and learning from both sam and chase, you know, both guys who have done good things in this league and i think in the l

. ♪ >>> vince velasquez takes the mound this afternoon for phillies.t out of nine thanks to their pitching staff who leads majors in strike outs. the last night they took game two from the indians. jared eickoff got early run support, freddie galvis hits his third home run of the year. he scold odubel herrera and in the second eickoff helping his own cause, with the single to center. that will drive-in darren ruff. his second rbi of the year. jared could in the hold 39 run lead in the fifth, they have hid a line drive that will score a run and that will tie the game. in the seventh freddie galvis came up clutch. his bloop single to right will score david lowe with the go ahead run as they win their fifth straight four-three the final. >>> eagles front office and scouting department can take a rest, draft has come and gone. yesterday eagles made six picks, and they have draft problems on both side of the ball and added depth. new bird will be at novacare complex may 13th to start three day rookie camp. howie roseman says draft was hard because of the pi

freddy galvis drove in three games, vincent velasquez, vince threw six shut-out and struck out six, retired the final nine, hector came in and got his first career save. back to back for the first time in almost three years. 2-1 the final. eagles, they've not heard from sam after he asked for a trade. he's skipping the voluntary work-outs. that's going to be a problem because doug pederson is installing offense could this cost him the starting job. depends on when sam decides to show up and how fast he can learn it. we're going to talk more about the sam bradford standoff with eagles management and grade the birds draft when jeff mcc lain joins us. >> how much longer will he be out? . >> that's the point. >> thank you, hit you up -- lesley needs to know. stay with us. still ahead brand new photos of the >>> the royal family will celebrate the birthday. princess charlotte is fourth in line. >> and the best wardrobe ever. >> she's looking very nivea in-shower body lotion. first i wash. next, i apply it to my wet skin and rinse. i get 24 hour moisture, with no sticky feel. then, i'm ready to g

freddy galvis drove in three games, vincent velasquez, vince threw six shut-out and struck out six, retired the final nine, hector came in and got his first career save. back to back for the first time in almost three years. 2-1 the final. eagles, they've not heard from sam after he asked for a trade. he's skipping the voluntary work-outs. that's going to be a problem because doug pederson is installing offense could this cost him the starting job. depends on when sam decides to show up and how fast he can learn it. we're going to talk more about the sam bradford standoff with eagles management and grade the birds draft when jeff mcc lain joins us. >> how much longer will he be out? . >> that's the point. >> thank you, hit you up -- lesley needs to know. stay with us. still ahead brand new photos of the >>> the royal family will celebrate the birthday. princess charlotte is fourth in line. >> and the best wardrobe ever. >> she's looking very . >>> i think tomorrow afternoon at times for some of us, 71 will be warmer spotty showers in the morning, spotty thunderstorms in the afternoon, showe

they tried to stop that losing streak with their ace on the mound, vince velasquez but it just wasn'tsquez went six innings giving up four runs. they still had a chance, bottom of the eighth, tied up with jean carlos stanton, two run bomb in center field. straight power. phillies lose six-four. they have lost four out of their last five games. >>> to the eagles they took care of their draft picks, except carson wentz and isaac seumalo, who should compete for starting position and can play every position on the line. >>> to the nba playoffs which have been awful, cavilers have been dominating the eastern conference. lebron james with the step back fade away, good. that is always going to be good. calves win 121-108. they lead three to nothing. that is sports in a minute. i'm sean bell. we continue to follow breaking news this morning morning. three people were killed two adults and one child. fire started just before 4:00 in the 800 block of dekalb street in norristown, montgomery county. so far no word on the cause of that fire. >>> and another story, from that same area, in norristow