Being swept is rough enough, but being swept at home is probably the worst. If they had been swept playing good baseball, maybe that would be a bit more comforting. They would have been a few bounces away from avoiding the ignominy. Instead, the people were treated to baseball that was probably the worst the Phillies have played this season.
The first inning was threatening to be rough when a single and an error put the first hitter of the game on second base. Ranger Suarez, starting for the Phillies, hit Christian Yelich with a pitch with one out and the Brewers were cooking, but Suarez was somehow able to wriggle out of it with a few groundballs to end the threat.