Heading into this series with the Cardinals, it felt like a good litmus test for the Phillies. They had faced some teams in the NL East that were down right now and it felt good to get out and see how they might fare against some of the other teams in the National League that they might end up fighting for a playoff spot in the next few months.
It did not start off very well.
In a nationally televised game on ESPN, the offense was DOA, only able to muster five singles against the outstanding Miles Mikolas and the rest of the Cardinals’ pitching staff.