This has been a miserable week. Facing the Diamondbacks and Giants was going to be a tough test as it always is going west at the end of the season. They played bad baseball for most of this week and though it didn’t happen as much today, they still limp home having lost six out of seven and needing to improve, quickly.
The game started as a pitcher’s duel for a little while. The Phillies were facing Carlos Rodon, who should be in line for a decent amount of middling Cy Young votes while the Giants were up against Ranger Suarez.