Inhale. Exhale. This team is going to be just fine.
I’m the absolute last person on earth who thinks this team deserves an excuse for the long road trip. I get it, flying to London was anything but routine. We could sit here and argue the impacts of a six-game road trip following going overseas, as opposed to the three-game trip the Mets had to endure prior to the London series, followed immediately by a six-game home stand.
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We get it, the schedule makers didn’t do this team any favors. Same happened with the Eagles. If you want to be the best, sometimes you have to overcome that kind of adversity. No one will care about the 3-5 London, Boston, Baltimore trip in September when this team clinches the NL East.
Stepping back into CBP on Monday night made all the difference, the offense fell just a run short of matching their run total in the entire Orioles series.
Kyle Schwarber, after not homering at all in June as of a week ago, hit his fourth and fifth homers of the month. Schwarber now has five home runs and 12 RBI in 14 June games slashing .291/.400/.600.
Schwarber is now averaging a home run every 12.9 at bats as a Phillie, which is the best rate in franchise history. Schwarber also has 60 career June home runs now, one every 10.27 at bats, which is best in MLB history ahead of Babe Ruth's 10.63.
Rafael Marchan had four hits. Alec Bohm continued the hot streak that began in Baltimore with three more hits. David Dahl, who the Phillies elected to keep on the big league roster over Johan Rojas on Monday, was the only starter who didn’t have a hit or even reach base.
Cristopher Sanchez, coming off his worst start of the season in Boston Wednesday night, took down 7 innings while allowing just a run earned on Monday. Jose Alvarado and Jose Ruiz coasted through scoreless innings in a 9-2 blowout.
Rob Thomson joked postgame that sometimes home cooking makes all the difference. This team is just too good for a sub-par road trip to turn into a real concern.