Half the Philliesâ fan base is ready to put the lineup on the next Artemis mission and wave goodbye. Thatâs understandable. My favorite fact from the first week of the season: 8.6% of the Phillies runs have been scored by ghost runners. Theyâve scored 23 overall, two of which came in the 10th inning, when a team starts with a runner on second base. The Phillies have also scored five of their runs in the ninth inning and two in the eighth. Which means theyâve scored only 14 runs in the first seven innings. Not good. But maybe not as ânot goodâ as you might think.
April baseball requires some perspective. Though 23 runs in six games isnât ideal, it also isnât wildly beyond the pale compared to the rest of the league. As of Thursday, half the teams in the majors scored 25 or fewer runs. The Mets and Dodgers both scored 23 runs in their first six games. The Braves scored 24. The Padres scored a whopping 19.
And that was before tonight of course
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