CINCINNATI - Following his team’s latest listless defeat on Tuesday night, Ryne Sandberg was asked about the Phillies recent run of never-ending losses. The manager was hopeful with the change in weather, hot weather would give way to hot bats, and a change of fortune.
It was plenty humid on Wednesday at Great American Ball Park, where the Phillies and Reds put a wrap on the second three-games series between the two teams in the last two weeks. It was soupy, even.
It did not lead to an outpouring of offense from the visiting club.
For the second time in as many days, a Phillies starting pitcher put his team in a four-run deficit in the first inning and they were never able to recover.