Monday Quickie Quiz & Single Digits - Eagles Training Camp, Rhys Hoskins, Aaron Nola, J.T. Realmuto, Phillies Burgundy Uniforms
MONDAY’S QUICKIE QUIZ
>>> The Eagles are holding their seventh consecutive Training Camp at the NovaCare Complex in South Philadelphia . . . Which three Pennsylvania colleges/cities have hosted the most Eagles Training Camps in the team’s history?
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MONDAY’S SINGLE DIGITS
>>> Rhys Hoskins’ seventh-inning home run Sunday snapped an 11-game homerless streak at Citizens Bank Park . . . He had last homered there on June 25 against the Mets.
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>>> Aaron Nola had the first multi-hit game of his career Sunday . . . The Phillies are now 10-1 in the last 11 games in which he has gotten a hit.
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>>> J.T. Realmuto Sunday became the 11th Phillie to hit a grand slam as a catcher since divisional play began (1969) . . . Darren Daulton (5), Mike Lieberthal (4) and Bo Diaz (2) are the only ones with multiple slams as a backstop in that time.
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>>> The Phillies have worn their all-Burgundy uniforms twice in their history . . . Over the last five innings of the first time they did so (May 19, 1979) and the first five innings of Saturday’s game, they were outscored, 24-2.
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QUICKIE QUIZ ANSWER
>>> West Chester University (1938, 1940, 1944-45, 1980-95) has hosted 20 Eagles Training Camps . . . The city of Hershey (1951-67) and Lehigh University (1996-2012) have each hosted 17.