Coming off of a two-game series in which they lost when scoring 2 runs and 12 runs, the Phillies were in desperate need of a win.
It’s been nearly a week since they last won a game (a 13-6 takedown of the San Francisco Giants), and quite honestly, it feels even longer.
Dropping both games to the Washington Nationals at home hurts even more because now the path to a W is much more insurmountable: a 4-game series in New York against the first-place Mets, beginning with this lovely doubleheader.