The Phillies lost to the Padres last night 8-2 in San Diego.

Manny Machado hit a grand slam home run in the bottom of the of the sixth as part of San Diego’s seven-run inning. Aaron Nola was fine up until that sixth inning, where his final line was 5 1/3 innings with six runs off eight hits to go along with five strikeouts.

Jay Bruce also made his Phillies debut, going 1-for-3.

But that was because Andrew McCutchen got hurt. Which is the bigger story from last night:

Right now, the Phillies are calling it a sprained knee but McCutchen left Petco Park on crutches. He sounded optimistic. But this does not optimistic:

We’ll see what happens.

Phillies play the Padres again tonight at 10:10 PM on NBC Sports Philadelphia. Jerad Eickhoff goes up against Chris Paddack.

In other current Phillies news, Major League Baseball has extended Odubel Herrera’s Administrative Leave to June 17.

In last night’s MLB Draft, the Phillies selected UNLV shortstop Bryson Stott in the first round.

The Roundup:


We have some Flyers news! The team acquired Winnipeg Jets (and former New York Rangers) center Kevin Hayes in exchange for a 2019 fifth round pick. He had a career-high 55 points in 71 games last season. While with the Rangers, he played under current Flyers head coach Alain Vigneault.

Hayes will be an unrestricted free agent on July 1, but the Flyers can negotiate with him exclusively before next month.


Eagles OTAs continued yesterday, and Doug Pederson expects everyone to be at the mandatory portion next week. That includes Malcolm Jenkins.

They might be looking at some safety help:

Does Carson Wentz need to prove anything to fans? The answer is no, according to Kevin.


Don’t sleep on Tobias Harris, who has a lot more to give the Sixers (or somebody else) next season.


In other sports news, the Blues tied up the Stanley Cup Final series at two games with a 4-2 win over the Bruins. Ryan O’Reilly scored twice for St. Louis.

Phil Martelli is now an assistant coach at Michigan.

WIP has a new logo and branding.


In the news, James Holzhauer, aka “Jeopardy James”, lost.

President Trump and UK Prime Minister Theresa May held a joint press conference.