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Phillies season provides plenty of answers | Marcus Hayes

Ah, the anguished voices, crying out in dismay over the Phillies' late-summer swoon. They claim that not only was the season lost, but that also it was wasted, because we learned next to nothing.

The Phillies stand at 78-79 with five games to play: in Colorado on Wednesday and Thursday, then home against the Braves this weekend. No matter what happens in those five games, they will have 12 more wins than 2017. That's an increase of 18 percent, and that's their most wins in the past six seasons. That might be of little solace in this moment.