At 17-13, the Phillies are down to the 7th best record in the NL. On the bright side, they’re still only a half-game out of the 2nd wildcard spot.
They’be been 6th best in both scoring and preventing runs:
The Phillies and Nationals have had the same ratio of runs scored to runs allowed, and so they have the same pythagorean record. Washington has only scored slightly more runs than the Phils (4.69 per game vs. 4.57), but that disguises the fact that they’ve been the much better hitting team so far, and one of the best in the NL, despite being without Daniel Murphy.