SAN FRANCISCO — A month ago, the eighth inning of Sunday’s 6-1 loss may have felt like the start of a threatening rally as Odubel Herrera and Carlos Santana reached base to start the inning.
But if you’ve been watching the Phillies recently, there was little reason to believe this situation would yield runs. Nick Williams, Jorge Alfaro and Scott Kingery went down on a combined 10 pitches. The rally was finished without a threat.
The Phillies left eight runners on base Sunday and went 0 for 6 with runners in scoring position. They had just 15 hits in the three-game series, went 0 for 17 with runners in scoring position and and have gone 29 innings without a run from a position player after the lone run of the series was a solo homer from Jake Arrieta.