The Phillies won today. That's the first and most important thing you need to know about this game. After a nine-game losing streak, a win is something we need to celebrate in order to maintain sanity.
But, as you might suspect, simply reporting that the Phillies won a game does not suffice for a game recap.
You might have been surprised to read the headline of this post and see that the Phillies won by a score of 2-1 in a game in which the two starting pitchers were Sean O'Sullivan (5.08 ERA entering today) and Bud Norris (8.