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Why the next three weeks, not the Mets, will determine the Phillies season

The schedule does the Phils some big favors over the next 19 games, can they take advantage?

By the time Mark Canha’s flipped bat had completed its final revolution before plopping to the ground after his go-ahead, two-run homer in the top of the 9th of yesterday’s crushing 10-9 loss to the Mets, a sobering realization implanted itself into the minds of most Phillies fans watching that train wreck of a series.

The Mets just have their number.

The two teams played each other 19 times this season.