Asking a team to win two games in a row isn’t a tall ask. Teams have been doing it for ages. It’s not something that is very hard, especially when that team sends their ace to the mound against another team that loses its best player to injury as the Brewers did with Christian Yelich. It seemed like the perfect time for the Phillies to begin winning games again.
Unfortunately, the start that the Phillies got off to didn’t portend great things. Aaron Nola struggled early with his stuff, giving up a leadoff double to Kolton Wong, then a one out single to Daniel Vogelbach to give the Brewers a 1-0 lead.