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Watchpoints: Struggling Phillies provide Mariners with an opportunity

As investment firms like to stress: Past performance is no guarantee of future results. But facts are facts. The Philadelphia Phillies, who arrive Tuesday for a two-game series at Safeco Field, are baseball’s worst club.

The Phillies are 24-50, including two losses to the Mariners during a previous two-game series in May in Philadelphia.

But…those victories weren’t walkovers. The Mariners rallied from a four-run deficit for a 10-9 victory in the opener and pulled away from a tie game in the seventh inning for an 11-6 victory in the second game.

That 21-run burst preceded the Mariners’ worst stretch of the season.