Wasted opportunities are a thing that makes people angry when watching a game. It’s of course easy for us to sit here and talk about how the players should do this and do that, but to constantly have chances to score and not take advantage of them is how to make losing streaks happen. This game had plenty of chances for the Phillies to take advantage of, but again, the offense couldn’t do it, putting too much pressure on the pitching staff, pressure they couldn’t hold.
It started early for the team. Put into an early 1-0 hole by a Nico Hoerner home run off of Zack Wheeler in the second inning, the bottom of the inning saw Darick Hall draw a four pitch walk from Cubs starter Marcus Stroman.