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Phillies Wire Vol. 1 · No. 41 · 2026-05-09
17-22
Season
PHI 17-22 ■ Rockies @ Phillies · Game 2 of 3 · 6:05 PM ■ Aaron Nola vs Kyle Freeland ■ NBCSP · 94 WIP ■ 56° · Clear · gusts 10 mph ■ signed free agent RHP Ronaldson Estevez to a minor league contract. ■ SS Matthew Ferrara assigned to Philadelphia Phillies. ■ C Lou Albrecht assigned to Philadelphia Phillies. ■ LHP Wesley Moore assigned to Philadelphia Phillies. ■ PHI 17-22 ■ Rockies @ Phillies · Game 2 of 3 · 6:05 PM ■ Aaron Nola vs Kyle Freeland ■ NBCSP · 94 WIP ■ 56° · Clear · gusts 10 mph ■ signed free agent RHP Ronaldson Estevez to a minor league contract. ■ SS Matthew Ferrara assigned to Philadelphia Phillies. ■ C Lou Albrecht assigned to Philadelphia Phillies. ■ LHP Wesley Moore assigned to Philadelphia Phillies. ■
Live pending Updated May 9, 2026, 8:47 PM ET
Injury report uses fixture baseline plus live transactions when the MLB injuries endpoint is unavailable.
Rehab assignment notes are refreshed from the MLB transactions feed.
Live

PHI 7, COL 3

Top 8th · 2 outs

Willi Castro is up against Chase Shugart. Series: COL leads 1-0.

Venue
Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia
Broadcast
NBCSP · MLB.TV · 94 WIP
Weather
56° · Clear
Tomorrow
Cristopher Sánchez vs Tomoyuki Sugano · PHI vs COL · Sun, May 10 · 1:35 PM
Willi Castro at the plate
Chase Shugart on the mound
Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia

Issue sections

Starters Aaron Nola (RHP) vs Kyle Freeland (LHP)
SEPTA Broad Street Line to AT&T Station
Live Live score starts at first pitch
Pregame
PHI Aaron Nola (RHP)
COL Kyle Freeland (LHP)
1. Trea Turner
SS · Bats R
2. Kyle Schwarber
DH · Bats L
3. Bryce Harper
1B · Bats L
4. Adolis García
RF · Bats R
5. Edmundo Sosa
LF · Bats R
6. Brandon Marsh
LF · Bats L
7. J.T. Realmuto
C · Bats R
8. Alec Bohm
3B · Bats R
9. Bryson Stott
2B · Bats L
1. Edouard Julien
2B · Bats L
2. Mickey Moniak
CF · Bats L
3. Hunter Goodman
DH · Bats R
4. TJ Rumfield
1B · Bats L
5. Troy Johnston
RF · Bats L
6. Willi Castro
SS · Bats S
7. Jake McCarthy
LF · Bats L
8. Kyle Karros
3B · Bats R
9. Brett Sullivan
C · Bats L

Official batting orders confirmed for today's COL at PHI game.

May 9
Aaron Nola
vs COL
5.14 ERA · 2-3
live
May 10
Cristopher Sánchez
vs COL
2.42 ERA · 3-2
live
May 12
TBD
vs BOS
fallback
May 13
TBD
vs BOS
fallback
As of May 9, 2026, 8:47 PM ET
Justin Crawford
CF · Rookie · Made Opening Day club
active
Andrew Painter
SP · #28 MLB prospect · Starts Mar 31
active
Ronaldson Estevez
RHP · signed free agent RHP Ronaldson Estevez
milb
Patrick Crotty
RHP · signed free agent RHP Patrick Crotty
milb
Sergio Alcántara
SS · signed free agent SS Sergio Alcántara
milb
NL East standings
TeamWLPctGBStrk
ATL 26 13 .667 — L2
WSH 19 21 .475 7.5 L1
MIA 18 22 .450 8.5 W1
PHI 17 22 .436 9.0 L2
NYM 15 23 .395 10.5 W1
Max Lazar · RHP
Left oblique strain. sent RHP Max Lazar on a rehab assignment to Reading Fightin Phils
As of May 9, 2026, 8:47 PM ET
60-day IL
Zach Pop · RHP
Right calf strain.
As of May 9, 2026, 8:47 PM ET
15-day IL
Kyle Backhus · LHP
Left elbow inflammation.
As of May 9, 2026, 8:47 PM ET
15-day IL

Injury status is rebuilt from the MLB transactions feed when the injuries endpoint is unavailable.

Lehigh Valley IronPigs open against Toledo Mud Hens at Coca-Cola Park. Game 1 of 3 runs Mar 27–29. Stream on MiLB.TV. Manager Anthony Contreras returns for Franchise-record 5th season.

Last confirmed Mar 28, 2026, 10:00 AM ET
Zack Wheeler · RHP
Rehab start today — first live outing post-surgery
rehab
Orion Kerkering · RHP
1 IP rehab outing today after Wheeler
rehab
Christian Cairo · INF
Contract selected + optioned to LV. Near-term recall candidate.
new
Liover Peguero · INF
Established Triple-A depth piece
new
Chase Shugart / Seth Johnson · RHP
40-man experience · Near-term recall options
new

Aaron Nola draws the assignment for Philadelphia against Kyle Freeland in Rockies @ Phillies · Game 2 of 3.

First pitch is 6:05 PM at Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia. COL leads 1-0.

Aaron Nola vs Kyle Freeland drives today's matchup.
Sun, May 10 Cristopher Sánchez vs Tomoyuki Sugano · 1:35 PM · NBCSP
Tue, May 12 TBD vs TBD · 6:45 PM · NESN
Wed, May 13 TBD vs TBD · 6:45 PM · NESN