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Game 2 for Phillies even more disastrous than Opening Day

Zack Wheeler departed after six glorious innings on Opening Day and pretty much everything has gone wrong for the Phillies since.

The Braves' relentless offense followed nine runs Friday with 12 more Saturday. Aaron Nola turned in one of the worst performances of his career in his first start since signing a seven-year, $172 million contract, the Phillies lost their only long reliever to an injury and were never in Saturday's game after the top of the second.

If you knew going in that the Phillies would chase Max Fried in the first inning, you'd probably think it was a productive bounce-back effort after the offense went quiet and the bullpen imploded on Opening Day.