{"id":74396,"date":"2024-05-25T01:03:22","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T05:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=74396"},"modified":"2024-05-25T01:04:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T05:04:28","slug":"phillies-won-29-of-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/05\/25\/phillies-won-29-of-35\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies Have Won 29 of Their Last 35 Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Philadelphia Phillies have won 29 of their last 35 games, their best 35-game span within a season since 1892. Some keys to their success? The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/04\/29\/phillies-match-franchise-record\/\" target=\"_self\">Phillies<\/a> have played well in the first five innings of games. Also, they are 21-3 in their last 24 games against righties.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Phillies haven&#8217;t been on a 29-6 stretch since&#8230;1892!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MLBCentral?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MLBCentral<\/a> takes a look at some of the big names from the last time the Phillies accomplished that \ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RrmF3KvsuV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/RrmF3KvsuV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLBNetwork\/status\/1794045192208560268?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Phillies Have Won 29 of Their Last 35 Games<\/h2>\n<p>The Philadelphia Phillies are dominating their opposition right now. It will be interesting to watch once their schedule gets more competitive. The WAR leaders for the Phillies this season are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/suarera01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-24_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ranger Suarez<\/a> (2.8), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bohmal01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-24_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alec Bohm<\/a> (2.0), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/harpebr03.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-24_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bryce Harper<\/a> (1.9), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/marshbr02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-24_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brandon Marsh<\/a>(1.8), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/t\/turnetr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-24_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trea Turner<\/a> (1.6). In 1892, the WAR leaders were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/weyhigu01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-24_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gus Weyhing<\/a> (7.4), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/connoro01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-24_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roger Connor<\/a> (6.3), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=hamilbi02,hamilbi01&amp;search=Billy+Hamilton&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-24_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Billy Hamilton<\/a> (6.1), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/keefeti01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-24_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tim Keefe<\/a> (5.1), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=thompsa01,thomps009sam,thomps005sam,thomps010sam,thomps006sam&amp;search=Sam+Thompson&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-24_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sam Thompson<\/a> (4.7).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;Pitching wins championships.&#8221; \ud83d\ude24<\/p>\n<p>Bryce Harper with high praise for Ranger Su\u00e1rez and the Phillies starting rotation. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/APjTH65yAT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/APjTH65yAT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBC Sports Philadelphia (@NBCSPhilly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCSPhilly\/status\/1790950349852791024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It can be argued that the Phillies are the best team in baseball right now, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/merriwh01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-24_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Whit Merrifield<\/a> feels that his team is dynamic. The Phillies have superstars who have accomplished great things, and he is content with his team. &#8220;We&#8217;re in a great place as an organization.&#8221;The organization&#8217;s sole focus has been how to get to October baseball.&#8221; He also talked about how the Phillies organization is a positive environment to be around because it&#8217;s rare, and he cherishes that. The Phillies are now 17-3 in May. This team is on a generational run right now.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Nick Castellanos on the 2024 Phillies:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the best team I have ever been a part of. It\u2019s a lot of fun.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fixf96xhGy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Fixf96xhGy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Phillies Tailgate (@PhilsTailgate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilsTailgate\/status\/1794027145716695438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>They swept the defending champion Texas Rangers, silencing those who said they hadn&#8217;t played real teams yet. A team that has been red hot like the Phillies has certainly put up some noteworthy stats, and here&#8217;s one of them: since May 1st, the Phillies are 28-for-29 in stolen bases (96.5%), which is the highest success rate in MLB. They do everything right. Hit, pitch, run the bases, and even when you don&#8217;t include Turner, they are still one of the best teams in baseball. \u201cIt\u2019s awesome. This is the best team I have ever been a part of,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/casteni01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-24_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Castellanos<\/a> after the Phillies got their second straight sweep. They are 37-15, their best start after 52 games in all of Phillies history. The Phillies have also won 15 consecutive series to top things off.<\/p>\n<h3>Phillies Have It All!<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s one thing to win games and be on a winning team. But to enjoy the team you are on and discuss how an organization provides a great environment is a different discussion. Despite the Phillies&#8217; easy schedule, facing many below .500 teams, this doesn&#8217;t matter. Teams can have a way of spoiling success for other teams, and some teams struggle against lesser teams despite their team record. The Phillies are playing red-hot baseball, and it looks like nothing can detract from their momentum. Now succeeding against tougher teams too, they are a force to be reckoned with.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Philadelphia Phillies have won 29 of their last 35 games, their best 35-game span within a season since 1892. Some keys to their success? The Phillies have played well in the first five innings of games. Also, they are 21-3 in their last 24 games against righties. The Phillies haven&#8217;t been on a 29-6 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4831,"featured_media":74405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23,1071],"tags":[1987,28342,315,1094,3009,300,1651],"class_list":["post-74396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-phillies","category-mlb","tag-alec-bohm","tag-brandon-marsh","tag-bryce-harper","tag-nick-castellanos","tag-ranger-suarez","tag-trea-turner","tag-whit-merrifield"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4831"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}