It’s an odd dynamic because if the successes and failures were reversed - a thriving offense while the pitching stumbled - there would be far greater concern about the Phillies. The little things - a careless throwing error by Trea Turner with the Nationals catcher running to first right before a decisive two-run homer - are magnified when the Phillies are a singles-hitting team. And the other was May 2018.īut they are not a fully functional baseball team because the high-powered lineup keeps stuttering. Another happened in the glory days of 2010. Two of them came in 2011 when the Phillies won a franchise-record 102 games. In the past 30 years, there were only four months with a better Phillies ERA than this June. We can’t feel like we’re sprinting too early.” “We still have a really consistent mindset when we go out there. “The biggest thing is we still have a lot of games to be played,” Schwarber said. One month, even a good month like June, wasn’t going to cure everything. It’s natural, Kyle Schwarber said, to check the standings even in June. But the Phillies could have been buried - much like the Cardinals, Mets or Padres - had it not been for the incredible pitching they received all month. Yeah, it’s frustrating they did not gain any ground on the Braves and Marlins, the only two teams in the NL with better records in June than the Phillies. That might be different for somebody else. If you look at the talent on this roster, it’s better than an 86-win club. “Well, I feel good about the month of June,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson said. They remain outside of the postseason picture because all of the teams at the top of the National League enjoyed strong Junes. But, as the fireworks entertained 44,000 people at Citizens Bank Park and the Phillies dispersed to beat the traffic in an attempt to have a better night’s sleep, they felt fortunate.
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