{"id":37527,"date":"2020-08-30T13:29:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T17:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=37527"},"modified":"2020-08-30T13:29:50","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T17:29:50","slug":"red-hot-philadelphia-phillies-next-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2020\/08\/30\/red-hot-philadelphia-phillies-next-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Red-Hot Philadelphia Phillies Next Move"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Philadelphia Phillies<\/a> have left their fans’ heads spinning over the past two weeks playing extremely streaky ball. After the abysmal sweep by the<\/a> Baltimore Orioles<\/a>, the Phillies bounced back with four straight wins. It looked as though they had turned the corner before a five-game losing streak hit them head-on. Going into Sunday Night Baseball against the Atlanta Braves<\/a> on August 23, the Phillies were in desperate need of a win. Luckily they had much-needed bullpen reinforcement on its way in the form of David Hale<\/a><\/strong>,<\/strong> Heath Hembree<\/a><\/strong>,<\/strong> and Brandon Workman<\/a><\/strong>.<\/strong> The Phillies have since rattled off a league-best five-game winning streak leading into another Sunday Night Baseball clash against the Braves.<\/p>\n

Phillies Upcoming Schedule<\/h2>\n

The Philadelphia Phillies currently sit at 14-14 and just two games back of the first-place Braves heading into Sunday’s series finale. After Thursday’s series finale against the Washington Nationals<\/a> was postponed in protest of racial and social injustice, the Phillies will play four home games in a row against the Nats starting on Monday.<\/p>\n

\n

pic.twitter.com\/8HraDrRTjI<\/a><\/p>\n

— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) August 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n