Ranger Suárez struck out eight over six shutout innings, and the Phillies survived an injury scare to Bryce Harper to beat the Atlanta Braves.

The Phillies chose to put Nola on the 15-day injured list on May 16 to avoid another injury cropping up while he was favoring the ankle.

The Eagles general manager did the honors on the anniversary of one of the worst first pitches in baseball history.

Howie Roseman's dominant year has not ended, as the Philadelphia Eagles GM received a thunderous ovation for his first pitch at the Philadelphia Phillies game.

Nola sprained an ankle on May 8 during pre-game agility drills at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, but was previously scheduled to be activated by the end of this week. That plan would have had him on a bullpen mound Tuesday before the opener of a series against Atlanta.

The Philadelphia Phillies are leading the National League East, but the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves are not going to let them win the division uncontested.

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It gets overlooked because they didn’t raise a trophy or ride in a parade. But the Phillies won more games than any team in baseball over the last three postseasons. Really. It’s true. The