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- Updated: August 28, 2016
NEW YORK — This is not the way the Phillies wanted to enter the final month of the season.
After the Mets pounded them Saturday night at Citi Field, 12-1, they find themselves limping into September with just four more games to play in August. The Phillies have lost seven of their last 10, with their starters posting a 6.79 ERA (42 earned runs in 55 2/3 innings) in that stretch.
“Tonight was embarrassing,” Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said.
But the Phillies’ starting pitching problems go back further than that. The rotation has a 6.85 ERA (107 earned runs in 140 2/3 innings) in 27 games since July 27.
Incredibly, the Phillies are 13-14 in that stretch.
“Bad pitching,” Mackanin said. “The funny thing about it is we are 11-11 in the month of August. So it’s hard to figure out.”
Phillies right-hander Jeremy Hellickson allowed five runs in four innings, which was his second-shortest start of the season. Hellickson had pitched six or more innings in 15 of his previous 18 starts. But a two-run homer …
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