Philadelphia Phillies | Weak Bats Strike Again: Breaking Down the Dodgers Series Loss & What’s Next 🔴⚾ The Phillies rode a wave of momentum out of San Diego — sweeping the Padres behind a historic Cristopher Sánchez performance — only to have the offense go ice cold against the Los Angeles Dodgers. We break it all down in this week’s episode. Cristopher Sánchez was arguably the best pitcher in baseball last week, tossing seven scoreless innings to extend his streak to 44 2/3 innings, breaking Grover Cleveland Alexander’s 115-year-old Phillies franchise record in the process. The offense scraped by during the Padres sweep, slashing just .194/.265/.387 as a team — surviving almost entirely on the long ball with six home runs from five different players. Then came LA. In the series opener Friday, Justin Wrobleski took a no-hitter into the sixth inning, and the Dodgers got home runs from Freddie Freeman, Max Muncy, Shohei Ohtani, and Will Smith in a 4-2 win — with Zack Wheeler suffering his first loss of the season. The Phillies bounced back Saturday behind Edmundo Sosa’s clutch two-run homer capping a three-run eighth inning to steal a 4-3 win and snap the Dodgers’ six-game winning streak. But the series finale was ugly — Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out a season-high 10 in a 9-1 Dodgers blowout, with J.T. Realmuto also exiting early with a bruised left wrist (X-rays negative). The bats are a real concern. When pitching can’t bail them out, this lineup disappears. We discuss the inconsistency, what it means for the NL East race, and whether this offense can figure it out. This week the Phillies head home to Citizens Bank Park to open a three-game series against the San Diego Padres Tuesday night, with Aaron Nola getting the ball to start the home-stand.