When the Phillies fell behind the Orioles 2-0 in the first inning, fans began to panic.
It seemed that many fans had convinced themselves that the Phillies’ history of crapping the bed against bad teams was going to repeat itself, and the team was destined to suffer a deflating defeat.
As it turns out, they were right. While the pitching stabilized, the Phillies’ hitters did absolutely nothing against Orioles starter John Means and a couple of relievers. They had just four hits, one walk, and no runs as they suffered an inexcusable 2-0 loss to the team with the worst record in baseball.