The Phillies needed to win this game today. They needed to win at least one game from Atlanta to show that the September swoon is not imminent.
They could not do that.
Using a leaky bullpen to help prop up a dormant offense, the Phillies dropped another game to the Braves to head home having been swept almost within a game of being out of the wild card. Luckily, the Yankees were able to take a game from Milwaukee, but we’re not here for that.
It was a pitcher’s duel for a bit, but it also felt somewhat inevitable that the Phillies were going to get pushed around a bit by Spencer Strider.