Daily News | The trade deadline won’t save the Phillies. Trea Turner and the rest must do it themselves.
It was one of those losses that felt a lot worse than it probably was. It was the first day of a homestand, the day after an extra-innings win snapped a four-game skid. The weather was nice; the stands were packed, and the team’s fifth starter was pitching brilliantly. Look at any team that manages to build an extended stretch of momentum during a Major League Baseball season and you’ll find a bunch of victories like this.
Watching the Phillies on nights like Monday is like watching someone with a split brain stick their hand in a garbage disposal. You know that everything will be fine as long as the other hand doesn’t touch the switch. But, well, they ain’t got no corpus callosum! The rest of the National League is collapsing around them. The Diamondbacks are 13-22 since the Phillies swept them in mid-June. They’ve lost five straight and nine of 11 and 13 of 17. The Marlins snapped their eight-game losing streak but have lost 13 of their last 19 thanks in large part to a 5.25 team ERA. The Reds just won five straight, but before that they lost six straight. They are 6-8 in their last 14.
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