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News: Phils split Sunday games with Tigers, Orioles

Good morning! Some quick links:

PHILLIES SPLIT: The Phillies split their squads Sunday and then split those split-squad games. They beat the Tigers 8-5 (Freddy Galvis, Andres Blanco and Ryan Hanigan each had two hits; Michael Saunders and Rhys Hoskins homered) but lost to the Orioles 3-2 (Cameron Rupp hit a home run, and Chris Coghlan added an RBI hit).

More interesting were the pitching performances. Clay Buchholz was battered by the Tigers early (three innings, three hits, four runs), while Adam Morgan gave up a run and three hits in two and change. Meanwhile Nick Pivetta pitched well against Baltimore (three innings, three strikeouts, two hits), and Alec Asher cleaned him up with a solid three innings (one run allowed).

A DAY OFF:

The Phillies are off today. Yup, no baseball. You could watch the World Baseball Classic!

CLAY THE VET: Here’s a Jim Salisbury profile of Buchholz, who is now a veteran on a pitching staff. He likes Vince Velasquez, apparently.

JOELY’S TURN: Matt Gelb talked to Joely Rodriguez, who is hoping to make the team out of camp as a lefty reliever. He has a decent shot.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: We have a couple big announcements today. Keep your eyes open!

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.