Swept! Astros 5, Phillies 1

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And they are going to get to see Kyle again… ugh :(

baseball-reference ought to have what you’re seeking.

BaseballMusings.com

Looking just at this week I think so— and I hate him!!!!

Agreed. Perhaps they will atone for their malfeasance on this road trip.

Rollins 3 for 20, 1 BB
Polanco 3 for 15, 2 BB
Victorino 3 for 15, 4 BB
Utley 4 for 16, 4 BB, 4K, 0 RBI
Howard 1 for 16, 0 BB, 10K, 0 RBI
Werth 6 for 19, 0 BB, 7K, 2 RBI
Ibanez 6 for 14, 2 BB, 2K, 0 RBI

Your primary tablesetters were 9 for 50 and only on-base 15 times total in 56 plate appearances. Even though Werth and Ibanez hit for a decent average during the series, the primary run producers had a grand total of 2 RBI for an entire 4-game series. That’s pretty awful.

what’s the point? when was the last time an appeal of a game resulted in anything?

They were out of it for a while. Hopefully this was just a minor down period akin to the one the team had at the end of April. Chase and Ryan are in the process of getting it together (particularly Chase)… Hopefully, this is just a brief little hump in the road similar to the one they went through for 7 games in late April and early May.

I’m sorry – that BR blog post is insane. 3 game deficit in late August being hard to overcome? That’s just absurd. There’s a ton of baseball left, and 3 games is pretty negligible. Of course, I’d rather be on the other side of it, but this isn’t insurmountable at all.

whether it’s jumping on or not, the Phils have developed a unique brand of suck this year with long stretches of incredible ineptitude at the plate spiced with bizarre mental breakdowns on the paths while still managing to log a respectable record.

Should I be encouraged that this is their version of a post-WS-loss funk?

I think we will win any short series in October because of our pitching; I just hope we can get there

What they are forgetting is how the season ends. We play them 3 times in Sept. 9-20 thru 9-22 and 3 times in Oct. 10-1 thru 10-3. It would be different we only play them 3 times or none at all for the remainder of the year.

Not only does it feel premature all things considered, but it feels like these people did not look both ways before they crossed the Phillies off their list, instead choosing to forget that 1) The Phillies get six head to head with Atlanta at the end of the season, by which point Chase and Ryan should look like Chase and Ryan and 2) None of the main wild card contenders have played well- the Cardinals have dropped 3 of four to the Pirates and Nationals, and San Francisco, like Philadelphia has only won four of their last ten. Even Atlanta has lost half of their last ten games. Granted, the Phillies let a chance to get ahead get away from them, and a West Coast swing could mess them up farther…. but that card has not been played yet. They are 3 games out of the East and 1/2 game out of the Wild Card- this hardly seems like a time to write the obituary to me.

I know Baseball Reference is “based” out of Philadelphia so my hunch tells me that “Andy” might be an employee of B-R and a Phillies fan and therefore despondent and “goth” about the whole thing.