SAN DIEGO - There are still 46 games to play in this Phillies season and seven weeks of pennant-race baseball to navigate, but on the night this team beat the San Diego Padres, 5-1, to move a game up on the Atlanta Braves for first-place in the National League East (see first take), it's worth providing this little progress report:
The Phillies' record is 65-51.
They are one win away from matching their victory total for all of last season.
"It's pretty awesome," said Aaron Nola, who lived through a last-place finish and a 66-96 record last season.