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Hamels Earns First Victory In New YorkPhillies pitcher Cole Hamels accomplished something on Saturday that he had never before in his career -- he won a game in New York. Hamels, one of the best left-handers in the game, had never beaten the rival Mets on the road before. "You've got to have it sometime," Hamels said after the 5-2 victory. "He's going to win some more," manager Charlie Manuel promised. "He's going to win a few more. You and I are going to get to watch him." Hamels allowed seven hits, two runs and struck out 10 in seven innings. He retired the final 11 batters he faced to improve to 7-1 with a 2.38 ERA in 10 starts since April 5. New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Game Recap Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Lidge Takes Step In Rehabilitation ProcessPhillies reliever Brad Lidge took another step in rehabilitating from his torn right rotator cuff on Saturday. He pitched one scoreless inning in an extended spring-training game in Clearwater, Fla., giving up one hit, struck out one batter and threw 24 pitches. Lidge is expected to make another appearance on Tuesday. He has been on the disabled list all season and is expected to make a couple of extended spring-training appearances before starting a minor-league rehab stint. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets RealGM's MLB Team Rankings Through 5/27/11The Opsera is a statistic RealGM's Chris Reina created in order to objectively rank teams by how well they hit (OPS) and pitch (ERA). In order to determine a team's Opsera, we take their OPS, multiply that number by 10 to move the decimal point over one place to the right and then subtract the team's ERA from that number. Below are the final rankings through Thursday, May 26th's games: Last week's ranking is in parenthesizes 1. (1) St. Louis Cardinals � 4.41 2. (2) New York Yankees � 4.19 The Yankees have won a few games with small ball as of late, but they still lead the majors in home runs by nearly 20 dingers. T3. (3) Cleveland Indians � 3.92 -- (4) Atlanta Braves � 3.92 5. (7) Philadelphia Phillies � 3.88 Their offense has woken up since Chase Utley returned to the lineup even though the second baseman is hitting just .143/.200/.357 with two hits in four games. 6. (6) Florida Marlins � 3.79 7. (10) Los Angeles Angels � 3.76 8. (T8) Texas Rangers � 3.73 9. (18) Boston Red Sox � 3.71 The Red Sox jumped up nine spots thanks to a tremendous week. They went 5-2 and outscored their opponents by an astounding 57-23 margin. 10. (5) Oakland Athletics � 3.63 The A�s still have one of the best pitching staffs in the league statistically despite all their injuries, but their bats haven�t done much of anything. They hit just .238 as a team (25th) and are tied with the Mariners for the fewest home runs in the game (27). 11. (14) Milwaukee Brewers � 3.62 12. (11) Toronto Blue Jays � 3.50 Jose Bautista has 10 home runs this month despite missing five games and earning 13 free passes. Since April 13, he hasn�t gone more than four games without a homer. 13. (13) San Francisco Giants � 3.49 14. (T8) Tampa Bay Rays � 3.46 15. (15) Colorado Rockies � 3.33 16. (17) Arizona Diamondbacks � 3.26 17. (21) Chicago White Sox � 3.17 The White Sox could use some speed. The have just two triples and 23 stolen bases (24th) this season. 18. (22) Pittsburgh Pirates � 3.07 19. (27) Seattle Mariners � 3.01 20. (20) San Diego Padres � 2.96 21. (12) Cincinnati Reds � 2.95 22. (16) New York Mets � 2.90 23. (19) Detroit Tigers � 2.84 24. (T23) Chicago Cubs � 2.81 The Cubs have only gotten 16 quality starts from their starting pitchers this season, by far the worst in all of baseball. 25. (T23) Kansas City Royals � 2.77 26. (25) Washington Nationals � 2.65 T27. (26) Los Angeles Dodgers � 2.61 -- (28) Baltimore Orioles � 2.61 29. (29) Houston Astros � 2.36 Houston�s pitchers have a .276 batting average against. 30. (30) Minnesota Twins � 1.45 Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Misc Rumor, Team Achievement Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Phillies Activate Jose Contreras From DLThe Phillies activated reliever Jose Contreras from the 15-day disabled list before their game against the Reds, according to an Associated Press report. Contreras had been out since April 25 with a grade one strain in his right elbow. He had been the closer before getting hurt, converting all five of his opportunities, but will now set up for Ryan Madson. Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Injury, Misc Rumor Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Phillies Go 19 Innings To Beat Reds; Wilson Valdez Gets 'W'Infielder Wilson Valdez wound up as the winning pitcher early Thursday when the Phillies needed 19 innings to outlast the Reds 5-4, according to an Associated Press report. A dwindling crowd at Citizens Bank Park saw Raul Ibanez hit a bases-loaded sacrifice fly to decide the longest major league game of the season. It ended at 1:19 a.m. after 6 hours, 11 minutes. Valdez threw a hitless 19th inning in his first major league pitching appearance. Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Game Recap Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Phillies May 2011 Archive
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