Despite a recommendation to stay the night in San Diego on Wednesday, Philadelphia’s road-weary players elected to get home as quickly as possible. So far, so good.
PHILADELPHIA — Less science, more Schwarber.
That’s not a guaranteed prescription for success, but it appears to be one route Philadelphia can take to earn its eighth National League pennant.
When Manager Rob Thomson said before the team left San Diego last week that “the science tells you you should stay over” but the road-weary Phillies players decided they would prefer to fly home following Wednesday afternoon’s Game 2 rather than sleeping another night in Southern California, it was not a casual reference.