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Worley Called Up to the Big Club

Vance Worley, who has been scorching hot lately with the Double A Reading Phillies, was recalled by big league Phillies today. The Phillies, who began shuffling their pitching staff almost immediately after Kyle Kendrick's poor outing against the Cardinals in St. Louis on Monday, have made more moves. Kendrick was replaced by Drew Carpenter on Tuesday. Now, Carpenter, who entered Tuesday's game in relief of injured starter Jamie Moyer, has been replaced by Worley. Speaking after his latest start, a victory against Trenton where he threw 8 innings, allowed 0 runs, let up 1 walk and struck out 3, Worley, a right-hander, said that he would expect his name to pop up in trade rumors as the non-waiver deadline approached. A 20-pitch 8th inning led to substitute pitching coach Gorman Heimueller pulling Worley from the outing, preventing him from attempting to throw consecutive complete game shutouts. Worley realized, however, that there is a bigger picture and had a goal. "It was...

The Moves Begin...Kendrick Demoted

Following Kyle Kendrick's poor outing against the Cardinals in St. Louis on Monday evening, the Phillies have optioned the 25-year-old right-hander to Triple A Lehigh Valley. To fill the void in Philadelphia's pitching staff, the Phillies have called up Drew Carpenter to take Kendrick's place. On Monday, Kendrick served up 3 homeruns to the Cards, leading to 7 earned runs allowed in 5 innings. The rough performance by Kendrick left his season stat line looking like this- 5-4 record, 4.82 ERA, .271 batting avg. against. Through 17 starts with the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, the righty Carpenter has posted a 7-6 record with a .341 ERA and a .250 batting average against. Carpenter appeared in 3 games with the Phillies last season, surrendering 7 earned runs in 5 2/3 innings (11.12 ERA). It is unclear what Carpenter's role will be with the team, but the Phillies' next scheduled day off is August 2nd, so an opportunity to skip a spot in the rotation would not be approaching ...