Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Resting during afternoon game
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Castellanos will be on the bench for the afternoon portion of Saturday's doubleheader against the Mets.
The Phillies will be the fourth seed in the National League no matter what happens over the weekend, so their primary priority will be ensuring that nobody gets hurt or overworks themselves. Cristian Pache will get a start in right field in the afternoon game.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Takes seat Wednesday
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Castellanos is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against Pittsburgh.
It's a well-deserved day off for Castellanos after he made 51 consecutive starts, and he was productive at the plate during that span with 11 doubles, 15 homers, 46 RBI and an .860 OPS. Cristian Pache will man right field after Philadelphia secured its spot in the playoffs Tuesday.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Homers again, drives in four
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Castellanos went 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBI in Thursday's victory over the Mets.
Castellanos launched a 454-foot homer off Jeff Brigham in the sixth inning Thursday, the deciding blow in Philadelphia's eventual 5-4 victory. The 31-year-old Castellanos is now 4-for-8 with two homers and seven RBI in his last two games. He's up to 103 RBI on the campaign, a new career high. Overall, Castellanos is batting .274 with a .788 OPS and 28 home runs in an impressive bounce-back year with the Phillies.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Mashes two homers in win
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Castellanos went 2-for-5 with two homers and three RBI in Wednesday's victory over Atlanta.
Castellanos took Bryce Elder deep to lead off the second inning, putting Philadelphia up 2-0 early. But the right fielder wasn't done there, launching another homer off Elder in the fourth, this time a two-run shot, as the Phillies extended their lead. Castellanos now has five homers in his last eight games to go along with 10 RBI and eight runs scored. He needs just one more RBI to give him 100 for the season, a feat he's accomplished twice prior in his big-league career.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Knocks in two runs
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Castellanos went 1-for-3 with a walk, a stolen base and two RBI in Sunday's loss to the Cardinals.
Castellanos provided a clutch base hit in the eighth to knot things up at 5-5 and also notched a stolen base for the second consecutive game. The 31-year-old has 11 hits, 10 RBI and three steals over his last nine games, making it the first time in his 10-year career that he's reached double-digit steals (he has 10) in a season. Castellanos has resurfaced as one of the more dangerous bats in the Phillies' lineup this year. He's now slashing .272/.310/.458 with 24 homers, 95 RBI, 73 runs and a 33:173 BB:K in 629 plate appearances.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Slugs 21st homer
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Castellanos went 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBI in Saturday's 12-3 rout of the Nationals.
The Phillies were actually down 3-0 heading into the seventh inning, but Castellanos woke up his offense by launching a three-run homer to right-center field off Andres Machado. The 31-year-old slugger has been doing major damage in August when he makes contact -- despite a 1:21 BB:K, Castellanos is slashing .301/.307/.630 through his last 17 games with 18 RBI and seven of his 21 homers on the season.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Homers again in win
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Castellanos went 1-for-5 with a two-run home run in Thursday's 6-2 victory over Washington.
The 31-year-old outfielder padded Philadelphia's lead with a two-run shot in the seventh inning. Castellanos has now reached 20 homers for the fifth time in his career. In 10 games since the beginning of August, he has posted a stellar 1.039 OPS with six long balls and 12 RBI during that stretch.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Homers twice in win
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Castellanos went 2-for-4 with two homers and three RBI in Wednesday's win over the Nationals.
Castellanos extended the Phillies' lead to 3-0 with a two-run homer off MacKenzie Gore in the opening frame before adding a second long ball, his 19th of the year, in the third. Castellanos now has hits in 10 straight games -- he's gone 13-for-43 (.302) with five homers in that span. The hot streak has boosted the 31-year-old Castellanos' slash line to .277/.317/.467 with 70 RBI, 60 runs scored and seven stolen bases across 448 plate appearances this season.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Homers in win
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Castellanos went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer in Sunday's 8-4 win over Kansas City.
Castellanos extended Philadelphia's lead to 7-4 with a two-run, 429-foot homer off Jonathan Heasley in the fifth inning. It's Castellanos' 17th homer of the year and his third in six games. Overall, the 31-year-old outfielder is slashing .274/.315/.455 with 67 RBI, 57 runs scored and six stolen bases across 466 plate appearances this season.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Launches game-winning homer
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Castellanos went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Tuesday's 3-1 win over the Marlins.
Castellanos provided the big blow in Tuesday's comeback win over the Marlins, blasting a two-run homer off David Robertson in the ninth inning to put the Phillies ahead 3-1. The 31-year-old Castellanos had been slumping coming into Tuesday's contest, going just 4-for-38 (.105) over his last nine games. Overall, he's sporting a .273/.315/.449 slash line with 15 homers, 53 runs scored, 62 RBI and six stolen bases across 444 plate appearances this season.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Sitting Monday
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Castellanos is not in Monday's lineup against the Marlins, Corey Seidman of NBC Sports Philadelphia reports.
Castellanos is receiving his first day off in two weeks. Johan Rojas will slot into the lineup in center field with Brandon Marsh sliding over to right field.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Mashes 14th homer
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Castellanos went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 5-3 loss to the Brewers.
He got the Phillies on the board by taking Colin Rea deep in the fourth inning for his 14th homer of the season. Castellanos has gone cold in July, and over his last 12 games the streaky slugger is slashing .122/.140/.245 with an alarming 1:18 BB:K and only two homers and three RBI.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Sitting out Sunday
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Castellanos is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Padres, Alex Coffey of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
Castellanos is coming off a day to forget, having gone 0-for-10 with four strikeouts across both games of Saturday's doubleheader. An All-Star this season, Castellanos is just 3-for-his-last-31 in his last seven games sandwiched around the break. Brandon Marsh will start in right field and Johan Rojas will start in center, assuming the game is played as scheduled and not postponed due to weather concerns.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Two hits, homer in loss
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Castellanos went 2-for-5 with a double, a home run and two RBI in Sunday's 5-4 loss to the Nationals.
Castellanos opened the scoring with a two-out homer off Trevor Williams in the opening frame before adding a second RBI with a seventh-inning double. The 31-year-old Castellanos has been on fire of late, going 12-for-33 (.364) with four home runs over his last eight games. He's boosted his slash line to .316/.358/.516 with 12 homers, 54 RBI, 50 runs scored and six steals through 346 place appearances in a bounce-back campaign with the Phillies.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Knocks in four runs Wednesday
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Castellanos went 2-for-5 with a home run, a double, two total runs and four total RBI in an 8-5 win over the Cubs on Wednesday.
Castellanos keyed a big offensive day for the Phillies, knocking a three-run homer in the second inning and notching another RBI with a double in the fourth. The veteran outfielder has tallied six multi-hit performance in his past 13 games, batting .327 (18-for-55) with three homers, 13 RBI and two thefts over that span. Castellanos had a disappointing first season in Philadelphia last year, but he's turned things around with a .314/.359/.498 slash line, 10 long balls, 47 runs, 49 RBI and five steals over 303 plate appearances so far this season.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Belts ninth homer
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Castellanos went 3-for-3 with a walk, a solo home run and a stolen base in Saturday's 4-2 loss to the Mets.
The 31-year-old slugger was one of the few bright spots in the Phillies' lineup, taking Max Scherzer deep in the fourth inning. Castellanos has been on fire in June, slashing .395/.429/.618 through 19 games with 10 runs and 16 RBI, including four of his nine homers and three of his five steals on the season.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Returns from illness
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Castellanos (illness) is back in the lineup Tuesday against Atlanta.
Castellanos will play right field and bat third in Tuesday night's series opener at Citizens Bank Park after missing the final two games of the Phillies' three-game weekend series against the Athletics because of a stomach bug.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Not starting Saturday
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Castellanos (illness) isn't in the Phillies' lineup Saturday against the Athletics.
Castellanos is currently in the middle of a six-game hitting streak and has tallied a home run, six RBI and five runs scored in that span. He's reportedly battling a stomach bug, per Scott Lauber of The Philadelphia Inquirer, but it's still possible Castellanos will be available off the bench Saturday. In the meantime, Kody Clemens will start in right field, moving Alec Bohm to first base and allowing Edmundo Sosa to pick up a start at third while batting ninth.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Tallies three RBI
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Castellanos went 2-for-6 with two doubles, three RBI and two runs scored in Tuesday's 15-3 win over the Diamondbacks.
Castellanos doubled home a run in the first frame and then doubled two more home in the eighth. His two doubles brought him up to 23 on the year, putting him behind only Freddie Freeman for most in the majors. Castellanos now has three straight games with multiple hits and has seven such games already in June. The 31-year-old is slashing a healthy .316/.361/.502 with eight homers, 41 RBI, 43 runs and a 20:69 BB:K over 295 plate appearances this year.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Stays hot Sunday
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Castellanos went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run in Sunday's 7-3 win over the Dodgers.
Castellanos notched his fifth multi-hit game over his first 10 June appearances and has totaled three home runs and 10 RBI during that stretch. The slugger has been stellar all season long for Philadelphia, slashing .312/.358/.498 with eight home runs, 38 RBI and 40 runs scored across 64 games (269 plate appearances).
