Tuesday night the Phillies lost their 64th game to an Astros team who has won 67 games this season. The narrative surrounding the series was the contrast between a rebuilding team and one that was in that same spot a few years ago. Now, that narrative has once again centered on Philadelphia’s polarizing center fielder, Odubel Herrera.
In the first inning of the game, Herrera hit a deep line drive that Derek Fisher, Houston’s center fielder, tracked to the wall and caught. Thinking he had an extra-base hit, Herrera did his signature bat flip, which the Astros mocked on Herrera’s way back to the dugout.