When a team is struggling to score runs like the Phillies have been, a one-run deficit can feel insurmountable — let alone a larger one.
But down a run late in Thursday afternoon’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field, the Phillies did themselves — and their ace pitcher Zack Wheeler — no favors in trying to keep the score within reach.
A fielding gaffe by third baseman Ronald Torreyes in a 1-0 game helped kick off a seventh-inning collapse as the Phillies lost 6-2, dropping all three in the series against the D-Backs and falling to four games out of first place in the National League East.