The Philadelphia Phillies will enter the third game of their four-game series with the New York Mets Wednesday evening tied for the second National League Wild Card spot and on a two-game winning streak. Things have calmed down from the fever pitch they were at Sunday night – when, after a lifeless loss, some speculated that manager Gabe Kapler’s job could be in jeopardy if the Phillies laid in an egg in a four-game series against Mickey Callaway’s dysfunctional Mets. But the Phillies are still 8-14 in June, so criticisms of Kapler are likely to re-emerge the second the Phillies are no longer on a winning streak.
Gabe Kapler: ‘I can’t and won’t manage based on online polls’
