>>> What player scored the longest touchdown in Eagles history?
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>>> Every Phillies game remaining this season is in the Eastern Time Zone, where they are 47-41. They finish 8-5 in the Central, 2-5 Mountain and 3-7 Pacific.
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>>> The last time the Phillies had double-digits hits and walks in a nine-inning game and lost was July 26, 1956 (10H, 12W) in a 14-9 loss to the Cardinals at Connie Mack Stadium . . . They had won 20 straight of those games since then.
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>>> The Phillies are 1-6 this season when Bryce Harper starts and bats first . . . The Phillies are 3-9 when Rhys Hoskins starts and bats second.
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>>> The much-maligned New York Giants scored 31 points in their preseason opener . . . The rest of the NFC East scored 29 points (Eagles 10, Redskins 10, Cowboys 9).
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>>> Rookie Josh Huff returned a kickoff 107 yards for his first career touchdown in 2014, the longest TD in Eagles history.