When Gabe Kapler went striding to the mound with one out in the top of the sixth inning Saturday, the Phillies were leading by one run. By the time he took reliever Adam Morgan out of the game in the top of the seventh, they were trailing by seven.
And it all took only 35 pitches.
Between them, Arrieta, Luis Garcia and Morgan combined to allow eight runs in a span of nine batters against the Milwaukee Brewers. As “Anchorman” Ron Burgundy might have said, “That escalated quickly,” just like the Phillies’ slide in the National League East.