One night after blasting five home runs in a winning effort, the maddeningly inconsistent Phillies were held to just five singles in a 3-1 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night.
The Braves have won two of three in the four-game series that ends Thursday night.
The loss meant the Phillies could potentially lose ground in the NL wild-card race. They entered the day two games back but could slip to three games back depending on the outcome of the Cubs-Padres game in San Diego. Milwaukee, which entered Wednesday a game back in the race, won its game at Miami.