After this past weekend’s thrilling Marlins series, the Phillies will take on another last place team when they welcome the Pittsburgh Pirates to Citizens Bank Park. For some teams, a visit from a last place team would be a good thing. But as the past few weeks have shown, there is almost no correlation between the quality of the Phillies’ opponent and their resulting performance.
Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 55-75, Fifth place in National League Central
The Phillies showed they sometimes can beat the teams they should by winning two out of three games in PNC Park.