The Phillies are in a funk. They’ve lost five of their last six games, and the one game they did win was a classic “We’ve been losing, but everything is going to go right for one day” game that is almost always followed by an immediate return to the losing ways. That’s one reason I couldn’t get too excited by Saturday night’s win. I suspected that it was just a blip on the radar, and they’d play poorly on Sunday.
Why are the Phillies in such a funk? Mostly because their starting pitching has been bad, and their offense can’t deliver timely hits.