At what moment did the confidence completely fall?
Was it after Devin Mesoraco squibbed the most ridiculous non-bunt bunt single to put two one with one out in the ninth inning? Or was it even before that, when Dalier Hinojosa surrendered a clean stroke single by Eugenio Suarez to lead off the ninth?
Either way the Phillies lost a second consecutive game thanks to a bullpen implosion. Monday it was the Kingston Trio of David Hernandez, James Russell and Hector Neris. Wednesday night at a rainy Great American Ballpark, it was just Hinojosa, all alone, the Closer Of The Night whose hot spring didn’t quite translate to the regular season.