By: Greg Frank

Overview:

The Phillies came home from a 10-game road trip, took two out of three from the NL West leading Arizona Diamondbacks, and with Thursday night’s win became the first team in Major League Baseball to reach 80 wins.  Now, before heading back home for a 6-game home stand, the Phillies will play their first three games of a nine game stretch against the NL East.  It starts in our nation’s capital Friday as the Phillies look to improve upon their record of 7-3 in their last 10 games.  The Nationals are coming off of a series win against Cincinnati and another win against the Phillies in one of the two games last weekend in Philadelphia. While they’re 4 games under .500 and in no position to make a run at the postseason, most of the time the Nationals give the Phillies a good game. We’ll see if that continues this weekend. Continue reading →