1B Tommy Joseph launched a 447-foot home run, his ninth of the season, to jumpstart the Philadelphia offense in a 5-3 victory Saturday. According to Statcast, it was the hardest ball Joseph has hit (111 mph) all year and the second-hardest home run he has hit in his career (112 mph on June 10, 2016). Joseph, whose batting average has fallen to .242 from .265 since May 19, now has three homers in his last nine games.

1B Tommy Joseph continued his red-hot month of May with a walk-off single and a solo homer Saturday against the Reds. Seven of Joseph's eight homers have come in his last 24 games and he has 17 of his 24 RBIs during that timeframe.

1B Tommy Joseph continued his strong May after going 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs against Colorado, driving in both of the Phillies' runs in a 2-1 victory over the Rockies on Thursday afternoon. In 70 May at-bats, he's hitting .328 with seven home runs and 15 RBIs. On the season, he's batting .255 with seven homers and 22 RBIs.

1B Tommy Joseph knocked in the Phillies' lone run on Monday for his 20th RBI of the season. He's having a strong May, hitting .345 (20-of-58) with 11 extra-base hits and 13 RBIs to raise his average to .256. He's also got at least one RBI in seven of his last 10 starts.

1B Tommy Joseph continued his hot hitting, going 1 for 3 and driving in a run. In his last 22 games, he has raised his batting average from .179 to .265.

1B Tommy Joseph hit a two-run home run in the ninth inning and has homered in four of his last eight games. He is batting .329/.405/.643/1.048 over his last 21 games dating back to April 20th.

1B Tommy Joseph went 2-for-4 with a double. His seventh-inning double made him the first Philadelphia baserunner to advance past first base. Joseph has raised his batting average 103 points over the last 20 games played to .264. Eleven of his 22 hits in that span have gone for extra bases.

1B Tommy Joseph has found his stride after a slow start. Since hitting .159 through the first 14 games, Joseph has raised his batting average 96 points over his past 18 games. Of his 19 hits since April 20, 10 have been for extra bases. In the first 12 games in May, he hit .400 with five doubles, four home runs and nine RBIs. He went 1-for-4 with two strikeouts against RHP Yu Darvish in the Phillies' 5-1 loss to Texas on Tuesday.

1B Tommy Joseph slammed his fourth homer of the month Sunday, hitting a solo shot in the seventh against Gio Gonzalez in the first game. "I feel more comfortable than I did," Joseph said. "I'm putting myself in better positions, better counts. I've been doing a better job of elevating the ball." He is hitting .255 after going 0-for-1 in the second game Sunday.

1B Tommy Joseph had multi-hit games on both Friday and Saturday. Joseph went 2-for-4 with an RBI double on Friday night, and he followed it up with a 2-for-4 performance on Saturday. Joseph has four multi-hit games this season, three of which have come against Washington.

1B Tommy Joseph broke out of a recent slump with a three-run first-inning home run and went 1-for-4 on the night along with a walk. Joseph was 0-for-8 over the last two games and 2-for-19 over last five. "At some point, I think he's going to start hitting and I'm giving him every opportunity to do that," said Phillies manager Pete Mackanin before the game.

1B Tommy Joseph was hitless entering Saturday night but finally broke out. Joseph recorded two hits in the first inning alone, helping the Phillies score 12 runs in the inning en route to a 17-3 win over Washington. Joseph drove in three runs and scored one himself.

1B Tommy Joseph, who went 0-for-4 in the opener, has the potential to hit 30 homers and drive in 80 to 100 runs, according to manager Pete Mackanin. Joseph hit 21 homers last season with 47 RBIs in 107 games. Mackanin has also been impressed with the improvements Joseph is making on defense. "I think he's sure-handed enough," Mackanin said. "He's got a strong arm. It just boils down to range. He's shown improvement in that area."

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Evan Gattis stayed red-hot and the Houston Astros kept pushing hard for a wild-card playoff berth in the American League on Wednesday at the Oakland Coliseum.Gattis hit his 29th and 30th home runs of the season, powering the Astros to a 6-5 victory over the Oakland A's. Gattis set career highs with each home run and now has 100 in his career. He has hit eight home runs against the A's this season and six home runs overall in Houston's past 10 games.The Astros, who are trailing Baltimore by one game for the American League's second wild-card spot, beat the A's for the seventh straight time and completed their second straight three-game series sweep of Oakland. They went 5-1 on their six-game road trip.McHugh (12-10) allowed two runs and six hits in 5 2/3 innings, striking out five and walking two. He won his 11th straight September game in 13 starts since 2014 with the Astros and improved to 6-1 in his career against Oakland.Dodgers 9, Giants 3LOS ANGELES -- Yasiel Puig... [More]

1B Tommy Joseph provided a positive early spark Wednesday night, hitting an RBI double in the first inning and a two-run home run in the third. For the night, the rookie went 2-for-4, raising his average to .262 with 21 home runs and 45 RBIs. "He's got a few things he's got to continue to work on, but to have that many home runs and he's starting to get some more RBIs and he's playing a pretty good first base for a guy that's never played there before," manager Pete Mackanin said. "So he's a positive item for the future."

1B Tommy Joseph took advantage of a rough Tuesday night by Chicago starter James Shields, going 2-for-3 with an RBI double to raise his average to .260. The RBI, his 42nd of the season, came on his 14th double in his 97th career game.

1B Tommy Joseph belted a two-run home run in the second inning, his 20th home run of the season. He becomes the first Phillies rookie to reach that mark since Ryan Howard did so in 2005. Before that, Scott Rolen was the last to do so in 1997. Joseph is just the sixth rookie in team history to reach that number.

1B Tommy Joseph lined a double to center field Thursday night to break up Chad Kuhl's no-hit bid. It was the 13th two-bagger of the season for Joseph, who has 19 homers.

1B Tommy Joseph got the start at first Saturday after Ryan Howard started the first two games of the series. He was 0-for-3 and stranded five runners as his average fell to .244.

1B Tommy Joseph went 0-for-3 Wednesday against the Nats. Joseph has platooned with veteran Ryan Howard most of the season, with Howard facing right-handers and Joseph starting against lefties, but manager Pete Mackanin said Joseph will face some righties in September. "Howard's going to get plenty at-bats the rest of the way," Mackanin said, "But he's not going to face every right-hander, because it's important to see Joseph." Howard's contract is up at the end of this season, and Joseph will get the first crack at being the everyday first baseman in 2017.