If a baseball team scores a run but it is provided by a solo homer from the pitcher, has the offense really made a sound? The Phillies had a four-hour charter flight from San Francisco to Chicago to figure out that little riddle Sunday night. The answer, by the way, is no way. The Giants, after being swept in a four-game series by the Phillies last month at Citizens Bank Park, returned the favor with a three-game sweep at AT&T Park by outscoring the Phillies by 12-1 over the weekend. The Phillies’ only run of the weekend came in Sunday’s 6-1 loss when Jake Arrieta homered off Dereck “Son of Pudge” Rodriguez in the third inning.
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