Your Philadelphia Phillies are doing just fine as they “enjoy” an off-day in Missouri today, fresh off winning two out of three against the Cardinals in St. Louis and awaiting a three-game series in the eagerly-anticipated 1980 World Series rematch in Kansas City against the sad-sack, 13-25 Royals.
Much of their early success is due to the offense. They outscored the Cardinals 16-1 in the final two games in St. Louis and are averaging 5.22 runs per game this year, 7th in MLB and 4th in the National League. That’s despite a slow start to the season by Bryce Harper who, despite hitting a key grand slam in Tuesday night’s 11-1 win, is still batting just .