September has turned scary again for the Phillies. In the driver’s seat for a wild-card spot with the opportunity to put away the Brewers, Philadelphia has lost seven of its past 10 games, including one to Atlanta on Sunday that bore the haunting similarities of Septembers past.
The Phillies were four outs away from beating the Braves—two outs in the eighth, bases empty, David Robertson on the mound—and lost. Robertson threw an 0-and-2 wild pitch to provide Atlanta with the tying run. The Braves won in 11 innings, 8–7.
Here we go again. The Phillies’ bullpen is 3–6 in September. It is the worst bullpen in baseball in the second half (5.05), except for the Red Sox. They remain a bottom-five defensive team.
