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Phillies thumped again; GM preaches patience for 2017

ATLANTA - Matt Klentak joined the Phillies here for the final moments of the season, just in time to see his young team sputter to the unceremonious end against a team beneath them in the standings. From a radio booth above the diamond at Turner Field, the first-year Phillies general manager watched two rain delays push Tuesday's game past midnight, heard his manager again issue a public plea for the addition of an established hitter, and endured a nine-run outing by Adam Morgan in Wednesday's 12-2 Braves blowout.

Klentak was hired by Andy MacPhail to oversee the Phillies' rebuilding process.