Fortunes can shift quickly in baseball. Three days ago, the San Francisco Giants were one of the hottest teams in baseball. They came into town having won four straight and seven of eight.
Consider them sufficiently cooled off. After Wednesday night’s 11-3 win, the Phillies have now outscored the Giants by a cumulative score of 26-5 through the first three games of the series.
An eight-run victory will provide a fair share of heroes, but the most prominent were a couple of players who many fans thought were struggling only a few days ago.