Philadelphia Phillies: 3 overreactions from the awful weekend sweep

It was a strange week for the Philadelphia Phillies. They got mashed. They got bashed. Then they did a whole lot of the identical

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before heading out of the wasteland and as much as Northern California to face the San Francisco Giants.A bludgeoning on Friday

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observed by way of a tighter game on Saturday concluded on Sunday with an even greater nail-biting

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conclusion. It took an 8th-inning three-run bomb from J.T. Realmuto to begin the scoring and tie matters up after what felt like a sweep with a

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listless ending Unfortunately, matters ended with a -run home run in the backside of the ninth from Wilmer Flores off of David

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Robertson. The sweep changed into completed, and Phillies fanatics will want whatever to do with a broom, mop, or

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vacuum for at the least some days. Let’s overreact a touch bit to what we just experienced 3) The Philadelphia Phillies are

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taking this “third wild card is first-rate” too significantlyNot long ago, the plain became said: the Phillies taking the 1/3

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wild card spot is satisfactory for enterprise. This would help them keep away from gambling the Atlanta Braves or New

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