No more words: Rays 6, Phillies 4

Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images This game could be the end of several things in Philadelphia. It’s almost certainly the end of the line for the Phillies’ playoff hopes. Even with a victory they would need help to get into the postseason, but when you can’t even help yourself with a victory, those other outcomes don’t matter.

It could mean the end of Vince Velasquez’s tenure in Philadelphia. Outside of Nick Pivetta, who has already moved onto a different setting, no player has been more frustrating over the past decade than Velasquez. It’s been like a broken record every year, but his talent is obvious, yet his results are terrible. He’s simply not a good major league starter and…