I’ll be blunt: The Phillies’ Western trip didn’t go so well. Going 1-5 against two non-contenders isn’t a good thing, especially when one of those teams appeared to be in freefall heading into the series.
But was the Phillies’ road trip all that bad? I mean, aside from the starting pitching getting lit up, the leaky bullpen, the lack of clutch hitting, and the poor defense, they generally did okay.
I know that many fans are in “Here we go with another September collapse” mode, but I’m not ready to declare the month to be a failure when it’s only six days old.