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Phillies, Velasquez head to Bradenton

    by Matt Gelb
    Published 

CLEARWATER, Fla. — The Phillies make their first of many trips across the Sunshine Skyway with a game at Bradenton against Pittsburgh this afternoon. Vincent Velasquez, who threw hard but was hit equally hard in his first Grapefruit League start, will pitch for the Phillies.

Andres Blanco, sidelined with a shoulder injury, is back in the lineup for the Phillies.

1. Peter Bourjos 8
2. Cesar Hernandez 4
3. Tyler Goeddel 9
4. Darin Ruf 3
5. Cameron Rupp 2
6. Ryan Jackson 6
7. Andres Blanco 5
8. Jorge Alfaro 0
9. Darnell Sweeney 7

After Velasquez, Brett Oberholtzer, Severino Gonzalez, Colton Murray and Gregory Infante are scheduled to pitch.

An audio stream of the game can be heard on MLB.com.

Back in Clearwater, the Phillies will throw David Buchanan, Edward Mujica, James Russell and Luis Garcia against a Japanese team. Minor-league position players will play.