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DENVER -- Philadelphia Phillies starter Adam Morgan was optioned to Triple-A Lehigh Valley after another rocky outing. Buy Nike Huarache Australia .Manager Pete Mackanin broke the news to the 26-year-old left-hander in the clubhouse after the Phillies fell to the Colorado Rockies 11-2 on Thursday night.You never like to send anybody out, said Mackanin following a 40-minute meeting with Morgan. He knows what he has to do to improve. I believe hes going to improve.Morgan (1-7) allowed six runs on nine hits in five innings and dropped to 0-7 in his last nine starts.Morgan gave up runs in the first three innings, starting with Nolan Arenados RBI double in the first.Reynolds then led off the second with his ninth home run, and in the third, with LeMahieu and Carlos Gonzalez aboard, Story drove a 3-2 offering from Morgan into the left-field bleachers for his first homer of the game and a 5-1 Rockies lead.Story put the Rockies up 6-2 in the fifth with his second homer of the game.To me lately it hasnt been fun, Morgan said. Ive been putting a lot of pressure on myself. This break coming up I feel like will be good. And also going down (to Triple-A) and being able to work on things and not feel so much pressure ... it can really go up from here.Ryan Howard homered in the second, his 12th of the season and 369th of his career to tie Ralph Kiner and former Rockies first baseman Todd Helton for 78th place on the career list. Maikel Franco doubled and singled but had his home run streak snapped at four games.Story, one of five players on the ballot for the last NL All-Star spot, joined Dave Kingman (1972) and Albert Pujols (2001) as the only NL rookies to hit 21 home runs prior to the break.Chad Bettis (7-6) allowed two runs on seven hits in 6 2/3 innings for Colorado.PHILS STAY POSITVE AFTER BLOWOUT LOSSThe Phillies won five of six games on their recent homestand only to get shelled in the opener of a four-game set in Colorado.Mackanin stayed positive, looking at the bigger picture.Theres a long-term goal, and thats what this year is all about, Mackanin said. Now weve been successful, especially recently -- the first two months and then recently weve been successful. The guys are starting to swing the bats well. Were getting there little by little. Were taking baby steps. A lot of encouraging things are going on.TRAINERS ROOMPhillies: RHP Andrew Bailey (left hamstring strain) should be activated Saturday when he is eligible to be reinstated from the 15-day disabled list. ... RHP Aaron Nola, who was scratched from his scheduled start Thursday to give him a breather before the All-Star break, was scheduled to throw a two-inning simulated game Saturday.UP NEXTPhillies: RHP Vince Velasquez (7-2) has won his last two starts since being reinstated June 27 from the 15-day disabled list. He spent time on the DL because of a right biceps strain.Rockies: RHP Jon Gray (5-4) is slated to make his seventh start this season at Coors Field, where he has gone 3-0 with a 5.05 ERA. Nike Huarache Australia .J. -- Pitcher Carl Pavano is retiring after 14 major league seasons. Nike Huarache Run Print Black/White Mens|Womens . If ever they start actually putting pictures beside words in the dictionary, the Blue Jays left-handers mug will appear beside “Consistency. http://www.ontopone.com/ . -- Hunter Smith scored the winner with just 12 seconds remaining in the third period as the Oshawa Generals edged the host Sarnia Sting 5-4 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. PHILADELPHIA -- As Ryan Howards time in a Philadelphia Phillies uniform counts down, fans are going to see more of the former MVP at Citizens Bank Park.Howard has been platooning with fellow first baseman Tommy Joseph for the majority of the season, and Joseph has been getting most of the starts lately. But manager Pete Mackanin said Thursday he plans to use Howard in all three games against the Marlins -- a series which starts Friday night at 7:05 p.m. in Philadelphia.I spoke to Joseph and Howard. Joseph will play today and Howies going to play the next three unless we see a lefty, Mackanin said. I re-thought that and decided that Howie is going to play a little bit more because this is possibly his last year here.Howard is in his final year of a five-year, $125 million deal, and he has just eight home games left with the Phillies. Mackanin added he wants Howard to also play in the final three when the Phillies close out their season against the Mets at home on Sept. 30-Oct. 2.A three-time All-Star, Howard is the last remaining piece of the Phillies 2008 World Series team still on the roster. Philadelphia fans have seen Chase Utley, Cole Hamels, Jimmy Rollins and Carlos Ruiz all traded in the last two seasons. Mackanin is hoping Howard will get a warm send off in what could be his final games at Citizens Bank Park.Hes really meant a lot to this organization, Mackanin added.Howard, 36, has made only eight starts in September. For the season, he hhas 19 homers and a . Nike Air Huarache Womens. 78 OPS in 103 games. Meanwhile, Joseph has had a solid rookie campaign, belting 19 homers in his first 92 major league games.The Marlins are scheduled to throw three right-handed pitchers in the weekend series, starting with Tom Koehler on Friday.Koehler (9-11, 3.97 ERA) will be making his 30th start of the season, his fifth of which has come against the Phillies. In his first four outings against Philadelphia in 2016, Koehler is 2-1 with a 2.19 ERA and has gone at least seven innings in three of them.Koehler was not so sharp his last time out, allowing four earned runs and three homers in five innings against the Dodgers.The Marlins, who were off Thursday, enter the series in fourth-place in the National League Wild Card race. The Marlins are on a two-game winning streak, and at 73-73, they cant afford many losses in their remaining 16 games.Obviously, it was a big game because every win is big, Marlins manager Don Mattingly told MLB.com after his team beat the Braves on Wednesday.The Marlins will be facing Phillies left-hander Adam Morgan (2-10, 5.73 ERA). Morgan shut down the Marlins earlier in the month, holding them to one run on five hits in six innings on Sept. 5.Morgan has gone at least six innings in each of his last three starts and has a 2.41 ERA and 0.696 WHIP in that span. Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Wholesale Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys China NFL Cheap Jerseys ' ' '
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