⚾ Trea Turner has not had the start he was hoping for with the Phillies. “I’m honest with myself. I’ve sucked,” he said after Monday's loss. 'But every at bat, every play, every game is another day to try to do better.'
It’s unusual for a player who went 1-for-4 with a walk to step before the backdrop in the middle of the clubhouse where the Phillies starting pitchers and stars of the game usually stand for the postgame interviews.
But Turner did it Monday night because he singled in a run in seventh inning and because he doubled on Sunday afternoon and maybe, just maybe, he’s starting to come out of a slump that had him hitting .209 in his last 26 games going into the Diamondbacks series with 37 strikeouts in 110 at bats. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, of course. Manager Rob Thompson raved about his first at bats both Sunday and Monday, even though he whiffed both times, choosing to focus on how many pitches he’d seen.“You want to think positively and you lean on at bats,” he said. “But at the same time, my first three at bats and were kind of brutal for the most part. It’s just that consistency.
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