After the Phillies reached the top of the NL East for a brief time, their offense completely shut down. For two weeks from May 27 to June 9, they held the league’s second-worst weighted on-base average (.267) and OPS (.602). They had the third-fewest home runs (nine) and second-fewest runs scored (39). The team struck out more often than anyone else in this time.
During these offensive struggles, Philadelphia had a 3-10 record, falling from first place all the way to 4.5 games behind the division lead. At often times during this stretch, they had plenty of opportunities to score runs, but simply failed to convert.