⚾ Though the Phillies have built their winning streak to five games, serious tests are ahead. It starts with the Dodgers in town Friday night.
Three games against the Dodgers, starting Friday night at home. Then on the road again, flying three time zones away, for four at Arizona and three in Oakland. Then crossing the continent again for home series against the division rival Braves and Mets.
Here’s the thing, though: Against teams with a losing record this season, the Phillies are 20-12 . Against teams .500 or better, they’re 10-20 . That’s an issue that has yet to be rectified since they were swept by the Dodgers in Los Angeles, being outscored 36-11 in the process, the first week in May.
When Charlie Manuel managed the Phillies, one of his stock lines was, “To be the best you have to beat the best.”The only respite during this gauntlet will come in Oakland, where the A’s are seven games off the pace ... of the 1962 Mets, who hold the dubious distinction of losing 120 games, more than any other team in modern history. But second baseman Bryson Stott cautioned beating even a stripped-down Oakland roster isn’t as easy as just skipping over the foul line.
“Any time you go out there you kind of seeing how you’re playing against the rest of the league, no matter who you’re playing. It’s kind of who’s playing the best at that time. When we went to Atlanta they were playing really good. To split there, we were able to see how we were stacking up against them. But any time you’re playing a Major League team, you’re kind of seeing where you’re at.”
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