As you may have noticed, the Phillies didn’t have a game on Friday night. Aside from opening week, this is an extremely rare occurrence during a baseball season, and I’m not entirely sure why it happened. Both teams were already in Florida, so travel wasn’t an issue.
At first, I thought maybe they wanted to have a three-game series which included the holiday on Monday. That would have made some sense. But no, the Phillies will still have to travel to a different city for an afternoon game on Monday.
Record: 32-20 (First place in American League East)
The manager
By most metrics, Kevin Cash has been a successful manager for the Rays.