When runners are on base and ahead in the count, the Phils have been coming up short.
On Sunday, the situation became grotesque.
The Phillies were beaten in their series finale against the Reds 9-4. That's not terrible in and of itself. The Phils won two out of three and hey, you can't win 'em all. But it was how they lost that made it frustrating.
The Phils knocked out 12 hits, all but one of which was a single (a double by Maikel Franco), and in the process went 3-for-18 with runners in scoring position.