Citizens Bank Park is seeing a lot of homers lately, isn’t it? Coors Field might get jealous. But altitude has nothing to do with it, and this epidemic of dingers can’t be solved with a humidor. It’s all Philly Power, and the reeling Angels got a firsthand look at it tonight.
Taijuan Walker started the game in inauspicious fashion, hitting wunderkind Nolan Schanuel with a pitch and allowing a single up the middle to Shohei Ohtani. Two outs, via strikeout and popup, provided encouragement. But Luis Rengifo singled to score Schanuel, and once again the Phillies trailed in the first.