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Phillies setup man Mike Adams has a "very mild" back strain and is day to day, general manager Ruben Amaro Jr.

Domonic Brown drove in the tiebreaking run on an infield grounder in the eighth and the Philadelphia Phillies snapped the Cincinnati Reds' six-game winning streak with a 5-3 victory on Friday night.

Unbeaten southpaw Tony Cingrani and the streaking Cincinnati Reds hope to keep the momentum going on Friday night when they visit Citizens Bank Park to begin a three-game series with the Philadelphia Phillies.

WITH THOUSANDS of fans attending the 24th annual Phillies Phestival at Citizens Bank Park yesterday, the club raised thousands of dollars to support the fight against ALS.

I've been running this scenario in my brain for a few weeks now, and I'd be fairly surprised if a plurality of you all haven't been doing the same thing: if the Phillies are totally out of this thing -- this thing being the ever-ethereal postseason hunt -- by the trade deadline, who will stay and who will go? Put differently, if Ruben Amaro, Jr.

The fact that Indians starter Cory Kluber did his job on the mound Tuesday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park opened the door for plenty of talk about his hitless day at the plate.

Roy Halladay on Wednesday had surgery to repair his $20 million shoulder, which, with the rest of him, was 36 years and one day old.

It was about a month ago that Philadelphia and Cincinnati met for their first series of the season, and it was a rough one for the visiting Phillies, who scored just four total runs on the way to being swept out of town.

The three-time All-Star agreed to a minor league contract with Philadelphia on Wednesday and will report this week to Clearwater, Fla., for extended spring training.

The Cleveland Indians have won 13 of their last 16 games a ' a stretch which includes a pair of easy victories over the Philadelphia Phillies .

There is little argument that Kendrick has been one of the most mystifying and frustrating players on the Phillies since he came up in 2007.

Do you think the Phillies will add a starter while Roy Halladay is on the disabled list? -- Brad N., Philadelphia General manager Ruben Amaro Jr.

Philadelphia Phillies' Second Baseman Chase Utley and wife, Jennifer Utley, will host the 6th Annual Utley All-Star Animals Casino Night on May 15, 2013 at the Electric Factory .

Kyle Kendrick has been more than a pleasant surprise so far this season for the Phillies.

Four teams are already at least 7.5 games out of a playoff spot and two of them, the Angels and Blue Jays, were expected to be two of the top contenders in baseball.

Some might find fault with that argument. Coming into his start Sunday against the Phillies, McCarthy was winless in his National League appearances , and sported an ERA near seven runs per game.

DISCLAIMER: I knew full and well that it is barely mid-May, and it is probably way too early to be talking about possible deadline news, but in the spirit of "We don't know anything about what the future holds," how's about we get a little speculative.

The Philadelphia Phillies are starving for aces, with Roy Halladay injured and Cole Hamels stuck at 1-5. The Phillies used to have three aces, yet the only one still standing tall at the moment is Cliff Lee .

It's no secret why the Diamondbacks have emerged as one of the best defensive teams in Major League baseball.

On Saturday, the Phillies' offense once again sputtered. Somehow, it was just enough.