The Philadelphia Phillies are coming off of a West Coast road trip that was mostly ugly. However, the Phillies did go 5-5 on the trip and have won two straight games. For a team looking to get the season going, the upcoming schedule is critical. The next five opponents that the Phillies face set up nicely for them in terms of making a move in the National League East.

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The Washington Nationals have played all season without cleanup hitter Michael Morse. Now their No. 3 hitter, Ryan Zimmerman, might join Morse on the disabled list.

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SAN DIEGO (AP) The San Diego Padres have put pitcher Micah Owings on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right forearm and called up right-hander Dale Thayer from Triple-A Tucson.

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The Philadelphia Phillies struggled during their now completed 10 game Western road trip. In fact, Phillies fans like myself were quite frustrated just two days ago when they had an ugly three-game losing streak. Yet while the road trip was up and down for Philadelphia, Cole Hamels was one of the few to find it invigorating.

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SAN DIEGO (AP) The scoreless innings streak by Washington starters ended at 26, the longest in Nationals history.

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The San Diego Padres could finally be removing the term “Petcoed” from the vocabulary of National League hitters.

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Arizona: RH reliever Joe Martinez was called up from Class AAA Reno and LH reliever Mike Zagurski’s contract was purchased from Reno. Martinez will be used as a long man in the bullpen, manager Kirk Gibson said, after LHP Wade Miley was moved from the ‘pen to the rotation when Daniel Hudson (shoulder) was placed on the disabled list Saturday. Martinez was 0-1 with a 4.42 ERA in three starts at Reno. Zagurski was 0-0 with a 2.90 ERA in six appearances at Reno, holding opponents to a .103 batting average. …

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The Philadelphia Phillies don’t have much that they can count on at the moment. In fact, Phillies fans like myself can mostly only take comfort in the Philadelphia starting rotation. Without Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, Cole Hamels and even Vance Worley and Joe Blanton to bail out the offense, no one would have any hope that this early slump would go away.

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This week, Yahoo! Sports fantasy expert Brandon Funston looks at nine intriguing fantasy baseball players still available on the waiver wire in more than half of Yahoo! fantasy leagues.

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Maybe I’m going out on a limb here, but I’m pretty confident when I say that the 2012 Chicago Cubs will never have to worry about accusations of steroid usage amongst the players on their roster. What I’m starting to wonder is whether Sammy Sosa will be recognized for hitting more home runs in one season than this entire 2012 roster.

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