The Philadelphia Phillies and Ira Riklis

After returning home from a very succesful ten game road trip which saw the Phillies go 7-3, the team continued its poor play in front of the home fans with a 1-8 homestand.  The nine game homestand ended with a 3 game sweep at the hands of the Baltimore Orioles after a 3 game sweep by the Toronto Bluejays.

A recap of what Ira Riklis has said was one of the worst homestands he has ever seen:

• Friday, June 12
  Boston Red Sox 5 – Philadelphia Phillies 2
  W: T. Saito
  L: K. Kendrick
  S: D. Bard
  
• Saturday, June 13
  Boston Red Sox 11 – Philadelphia Phillies 6
  W: H. Okajima
  L: A. Bastardo
  
• Sunday, June 14
  Philadelphia Phillies 11 – Boston Red Sox 6
  W: C. Park
  L: J. Beckett
  
• Tuesday, June 16
  Toronto Bluejays 8 – Philadelphia Phillies 3
  W: S. Downs
  L: C. Condrey
  
• Wednesday, June 17
  Toronto Bluejays 7 – Philadelphia Phillies 1
  W: S. Richmond
  L: J. Moyer
  
• Thursday, June 18
  Toronto Bluejays 8 – Philadelphia Phillies 7
  W: J. Frasor
  L: R. Madson
  S: J. Accardo
  
• Friday, June 19
  Baltimore Orioles 7 – Philadelphia Phillies 2
  W: R. Hill
  L: A. Bastardo
  
• Saturday, June 20
  Baltimore Orioles 6 – Philadelphia Phillies 5
  W: M. Hendrickson
  L: R. Madson
  S: G. Sherrill
  
• Sunday, June 21
  Baltimore Orioles 2 – Philadelphia Phillies 1
  W: J. Guthrie
  L: C. Hamels
  S: G. Sherrill

The Phillies now own the league’s second worst home record at 13-22. But as Ira Riklis has noted, they have the league’s best road record and will look to improve that as they start a nine game road trip which begins in Tampa Bay and goes to Toronto and then Atlanta.

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