This will be the fourth time the Phillies take on an American League opponent in a two-game series. They had a “home and home” against the Texas Rangers and lost all four games. And when they travelled to Toronto for a two-game set in mid-July, they similarly lost them both. The cumulative score of those six games was 32-12.
The Blue Jays will now make the return trip to Philadelphia, and if the Phillies don’t want their playoff positioning to grow more tenuous, they will need to find a way to stop this unfortunate trend.