The Phillies have gone on a brutal stretch the last couple weeks, dropping series after series to medicore and bad teams. In fact, aside from splitting a two games with the Red Sox, the Phillies have lost 5 of their last 6 series (including this one). Not only are they losing, but they’re losing in new and agonizingly creative ways. Just when you think you’ve seen their “worst loss of the season,” a day or two later they come through with an even more gut wrenching one.
Before the start of this game, they were (somehow) within striking distance of a playoff spot.