Daily News | Are the Phillies really going to blow it?
This is why Citizens Bank Park had all the energy of a larvae convention. This is why a Friday night in the upper deck looked like a Tuesday night at the zoning board. This is why the Phillies couldn’t attract a crowd if they were topless in church.Phillies fall to the Cubs again after Aaron Nola’s woeful fifth; wild-card lead down to half-game
Now? They are 3-12 in their last 15. They’ve lost four straight games, the last two while playing their pocket aces. They had Zack Wheeler and Aaron Nola on the mound against a Cubs team that was 19 games under .500. The Cubs are now 17 games under .500. The Phillies’ magic number is now seven with eight games to play.That six-game lead over the Brewers in the win column has dwindled to a single loss. Those playoff odds have fallen from 97% to 60.
Granted, they aren’t done. Not close. After Thursday’s series finale against the Cubs, they have four straight games against the Nationals, a team they’ve beaten in 13 of 15 this season. The Phillies then have three games against an Astros team that is just one win away from clinching everything it can before the playoffs. Things are not as dire as they could be.
Compounding matters is the looming postseason schedule. It’s an absolute grind of a thing, one that stiffly penalizes a team that either does not have pitching depth or has worn its staff out trying to clinch. In order for a starting pitcher to be available on normal rest for Games 1 or 2 of the wild-card round, he cannot start Games 161 or 162 of the regular season. Unlike previous years, there is only a single day off between the end of the regular season and the start of the playoffs.
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