Sweeping a three game series is hard.
Sweeping a four game series is harder still.
Sweeping a scheduled five game series, however rare they may be, is even harder than that. The Phillies had a chance to do so today and couldn’t pull it off, succumbing to the Nationals on the final game of the five games. There was little offense by the team, but they were surprisingly overpowered by a call up from Washington’s farm system.
Starting the game a little earlier than usual, the offense had some trouble getting started while the Nationals did their damage to starter Zach Eflin early.