2018 Season Summary


Date Opponent Score Record Pos, GA/GB Featured Card Game Summary Post
1 Thu. 3/29 at Braves L, 8-5 0-1 T4, 1.0 Nola Braves stun Phils with walk-off HR
2 Fri. 3/30 at Braves W, 5-4 (11) 1-1 T2, 0.5 Santana Phils win in extras on Santana's 3rd RBI
3 Sat. 3/31 at Braves L, 15-2 1-2 T4, 1.5 Milner Kapler, Phils embarrassing in loss

4

Tue. 4/3

at Mets

L, 2-0

1-3

T4, 2.5

Lively

Mets limit Phils offense to 3 singles
5 Wed. 4/4 at Mets L, 4-2 1-4 5, 3.0 Stocker Phils enter last place with latest loss
6 Thu. 4/5 Marlins W, 5-0 2-4 4, 3.0 Pivetta Pivetta, Franco lead Phils to home opener win
7 Sat. 4/7 Marlins W, 20-1 3-4 4, 3.0 Franco Franco, Altherr slam Phils to win
8 Sun. 4/8 Marlins L, 6-3 3-5 4, 4.0 Arrieta Phils drop Arrieta's debut
9 Mon. 4/9 Reds W, 5-4 4-5 4, 4.0 Williams Phils win on pinch-HR from Williams 
10 Tue. 4/10 Reds W, 6-1 5-5 4, 4.0 Crawford Nola deals and Kingery slams in win
11 Wed. 4/11 Reds W, 4-3 (12) 6-5 3, 4.0 Kingery Pivetta dazzles, Kingery's sac fly wins it
12 Fri. 4/13 at Rays W, 2-1 7-5 3, 4.0 Alfaro Phils win on Alfaro's clutch single
13 Sat. 4/14 at Rays W, 9-4 8-5 2, 3.0 Crawford Six-run second sinks Rays
14 Sun. 4/15 at Rays W, 10-4 9-5 2, 3.0 Altherr Offense continues to roll as Phils sweep
15 Mon. 4/16 at Braves L, 2-1 9-6 T2, 3.0 Arano Herrera's mental miscues costly in loss
16 Tue. 4/17 at Braves W, 5-1 (10) 10-6 2, 2.0 Hoskins Hoskins delivers win with 2-run double
17 Wed. 4/18 at Braves L, 7-3 10-7 T2, 3.0 Biddle Flaherty hurts Phils again
18 Thu. 4/19 Pirates W, 7-0 11-7 T2, 2.0 Arrieta Arreita baffles Bucs, strikes out 10
19 Fri. 4/20 Pirates W, 2-1 12-7 2, 2.0 Herrera Herrera's big triple breaks tie
20 Sat. 4/21 Pirates W, 6-2 13-7 2, 1.0 Hoskins Nola's arm, Hoskins' bat lead to win
21 Sun. 4/22 Pirates W, 3-2 (11) 14-7 2, 0.5 Altherr Altherr's big hit delivers walk-off win
22 Tue. 4/24 D-Backs L, 8-4 14-8 2, 1.5 Utley Phils can't contain D-Backs in soggy loss
23 Wed. 4/25 D-Backs W, 5-3 15-8 2, 0.5 Altherr Altherr's homer seals win
24 Thu. 4/26 D-Backs L, 8-2 15-9 2, 0.5 Escobar Lively lit up in loss to D-Backs
25 Fri. 4/27 Braves W, 7-3 16-9 2, 0.5 Herrera Herrera homers twice to back Nola
26 Sat. 4/28 Braves L, 4-1 16-10 2, 0.5 Herrera Pivetta, Phils fall to Folty, Braves
27 Sun. 4/29 Braves L, 10-1 16-11 T2, 1.5 Phanatic Velasquez hammered in loss
28 Mon. 4/30 at Marlins L, 8-4 16-12 3, 2.0 Alfaro Arrieta struggles in loss to Fish

29

Tue. 5/1

at Marlins

L, 2-1 (10)

16-13

3, 2.0

Eflin

Phils waste Eflin's stellar start
30 Wed. 5/2 at Marlins W, 6-0 17-13 3, 1.5 Nola Nola shuts down Fish in win
31 Fri. 5/4 at Nationals L, 7-3 17-14 3, 2.0 Ichiro Phils can't recover from Pivetta's early woes
32 Sat. 5/5 at Nationals W, 3-1 18-14 2, 1.0 Hoskins Hoskins' 1st inning homer leads to W
33 Sun. 5/6 at Nationals L, 5-4 18-15 2, 1.0 Neris Bullpen wastes come from behind effort
34 Mon. 5/7 Giants W, 11-0 19-15 2, 0.5 Herrera Odubel explodes to back Eflin's outing
35 Tue. 5/8 Giants W, 4-2 20-15 2, 0.5 Nola Nola shines, Ks 12 in latest win
36 Wed. 5/9 Giants W, 11-3 21-15 2, 0.5 Santana Santana drives in 5 in rout
37 Thu. 5/10 Giants W, 6-3 22-15 2, 0.5 Velasquez Vince Ks 12 of his own to complete sweep
38 Fri. 5/11 Mets L, 3-1 22-16 2, 0.5 Lidge Neris blows another one
39 Sun. 5/13 Mets W, 4-2 23-16 2, 1.0 Williams Williams comes through in pinch
40 Wed. 5/16 at Orioles W, 4-1 24-16 2, 1.0 Pivetta Pivetta dazzles with 11 Ks in win
41 Thu. 5/17 at Cardinals W, 6-2 25-16 2, 0.5 Herrera Rooting for the Cubs at SunTrust
42 Fri. 5/18 at Cardinals L, 12-4 25-17 2, 0.5 Wise Phils lose ugly in rain
43 Sat. 5/19 at Cardinals W, 7-6 26-17 2, 0.5 Kingery Kingery, Alfaro clutch in key 8th inning
44 Sun. 5/20 at Cardinals L, 5-1 26-18 2, 1.5 Schmidt Herrera's streak ends in loss to Cards
45 Mon. 5/21 Braves W, 3-0 27-18 2, 0.5 Alfaro Williams, Altherr homer in win
46 Tue. 5/22 Braves L, 3-1 27-19 2, 1.5 Oswalt Phils fail to creep into first
47 Wed. 5/23 Braves W, 4-0 28-19 2, 0.5 BP Cards Arrieta's gem nets key series win
48 Fri. 5/25 Blue Jays L, 6-5 28-20 2, 0.5 Morgan Phils can't overcome early deficit
49 Sat. 5/26 Blue Jays W, 2-1 29-20 1, 0.5 Williams Nola, Williams propel Phils to 1st
50 Sun. 5/27 Blue Jays L, 5-3 29-21 2, 0.5 Happ Happ helps knock Phils out of 1st
51 Mon. 5/28 at Dodgers L, 5-4 29-22 3, 1.0 Utley Bullpen, defense fall apart late in loss
52 Tue. 5/29 at Dodgers W, 6-1 30-22 3, 1.0 Arrieta Arrieta's arm leads to victory
53 Wed. 5/30 at Dodgers L, 8-2 30-23 3, 1.5 Walding Stripling silences Phils in late night loss
54 Thu. 5/31 at Dodgers W, 2-1 31-23 3, 1.0 Nola Nola & Seranthony dazzle in win

55

Fri. 6/1

at Giants

L, 4-0

31-24

3, 2.0

Cozens

Bats snooze through late night loss
56 Sat. 6/2 at Giants L, 2-0 31-25 3, 2.0 Velasquez Offensive slump worsens
57 Sun. 6/3 at Giants L, 6-1 31-26 3, 3.0 H. Anderson Arrieta stumbles in "horsebleep" series
58 Tue. 6/5 at Cubs W, 6-1 32-26 3, 2.5 Eflin Eflin stops skid with strong outing
59 Wed. 6/6 at Cubs L, 7-5 32-27 3, 2.5 Cozens Heyward's slam destroys Phils
60 Thu. 6/7 at Cubs L, 4-3 32-28 3, 3.0 Dernier Phils let another one get away
61 Fri. 6/8 Brewers L, 12-4 32-29 3, 3.0 Buchanan June swoon continues in brutal loss
62 Sat. 6/9 Brewers L, 12-3 32-30 3, 4.0 D. Jackson June swoon continues in brutal loss, Part 2
63 Sun. 6/10 Brewers W, 4-3 33-30 3, 3.0 Eflin Eflin, Hoskins help avoid sweep
64 Tue. 6/12 Rockies W, 5-4 34-30 3, 3.0 Kingery Kingery's blast backs Nola
65 Wed. 6/13 Rockies L, 7-2 34-31 3, 4.0 Valentin Pivetta struggles for 4th straight start
66 Thu. 6/14 Rockies W, 9-3 35-31 3, 4.0 Hoskins Hoskins, Vinny star in series win
67 Fri. 6/15 at Brewers L, 13-2 35-32 3, 4.0 Foxx Sloppy defense leads to pounding
68 Sat. 6/16 at Brewers W, 4-1 36-32 3, 4.0 Knapp Phils take advantage of walks in win
69 Sun. 6/17 at Brewers W, 10-9 37-32 3, 4.0 Franco Franco's big day secures series win
70 Mon. 6/18 Cardinals W, 6-5 (10) 38-32 T2, 3.5 Altherr Pivetta Ks 13, Altherr delivers walk-off W
71 Tue. 6/19 Cardinals L, 7-6 38-33 3, 4.5 Crawford Seranthony proves to be human
72 Wed. 6/20 Cardinals W, 4-3 39-33 T2, 3.5 Herrera Odubel's 12th HR leads to win
73 Fri. 6/22 at Nationals W, 12-2 40-33 2, 2.5 Herrera Odubel stays hot with 4 hits, 13th HR
74 Sat. 6/23 at Nationals W, 5-3 41-33 2, 1.5 Franco Franco - 4 hits, 2 big runs in win
75 Sun. 6/24 at Nationals L, 8-6 41-34 2, 2.5 D. Young Bullpen blows it on national TV
76 Mon. 6/25 Yankees L, 4-2 41-35 2, 3.5 Lyle Loaisiga, Judge sink Phillies
77 Tue. 6/26 Yankees L, 6-0 41-36 2, 3.5 Lyle Arrieta, Cesar aid Yankees win
78 Wed. 6/27 Yankees W, 3-0 42-36 2, 2.5 Eflin Eflin dazzles on the mound
79 Thu. 6/28 Nationals W, 4-3 43-36 2, 2.0 Nola Hoskins homers, Nola deals
80 Fri. 6/29 Nationals L, 17-7 43-37 2, 3.0 Neris Nats destroy Pivetta, bullpen
81 Sat. 6/30 Nationals W, 3-2 44-37 2, 3.0 Petco Park Vinny injured but bullpen holds steady

82

Sun. 7/1

Nationals

W, 4-3 (13)

45-37

2, 3.0

Knapp

Knapp delivers walk-off HR in 13th
83 Tue. 7/3 Orioles W, 3-2 46-37 2, 2.5 Chase Field Eflin wins 6th straight, Hoskins delivers
84 Wed. 7/4 Orioles W, 4-1 47-37 2, 1.5 Nola Nola dominates O's, K's 9
85 Fri. 7/6 at Pirates W, 17-5 48-37 T1, 5.0 Herrera Offense destroys Pirates pitching
86 Sat. 7/7 at Pirates W, 3-2 49-37 T1, 5.0 Arrieta Arrieta wins pitching duel in Pittsburgh
87 Sun. 7/8 at Pirates L, 4-1 49-38 T1, 5.0 D. Anderson Anderson, Phils fall short against Bucs
88 Mon. 7/9 at Mets L, 4-3 (10) 49-39 -- Kelly Flores downs Phils with walk-off HR
89 Mon. 7/9 at Mets W, 3-1 50-39 T1, 5.5 Nola Nola K's 10, drives in all 3 runs
90 Tue. 7/10 at Mets W, 7-3 51-39 1, 1.0 Coors Field Enyel has impressive debut in win
91 Wed. 7/11 at Mets L, 3-0 (10) 51-40 T1, 5.5 Velasquez Nimmo finds bleachers in walk-off
92 Thu. 7/12 at Orioles W, 5-4 52-40 1, 0.5 Alfaro Pivetta, Alfaro lead the way
93 Fri. 7/13 at Marlins W, 2-0 53-40 1, 1.5 BlueClaws Arrieta slams door on Fish
94 Sat. 7/14 at Marlins L, 2-0 53-41 1, 1.5 Astudillo Offense takes early All-Star break
95 Sun. 7/15 at Marlins L, 10-5 53-42 1, 0.5 Medina Phils get sloppy to end 1st half
96 Fri. 7/20 Padres W, 11-5 54-42 1, 0.5 Santana Santana, offense overcome Arrieta's start
97 Sun. 7/22 Padres L, 10-2 54-43 -- Galvis Freddy joins clobbering of former team
98 Sun. 7/22 Padres W, 5-0 55-43 1, 1.0 Velasquez Vinny is masterful again in win
99 Mon. 7/23 Dodgers L, 7-6 55-44 T1, 6.0 Utley Utley returns, Sloppy Phils hand W to L.A.
100 Tue. 7/24 Dodgers W, 7-4 (16) 56-44 1, 1.0 Plouffe Plouffe walks it off with 16th inning HR
101 Wed. 7/25 Dodgers W, 7-3 57-44 1, 1.5 Santana Hoskins/Santana slug Phils to victory
102 Thu. 7/26 at Reds W, 9-4 58-44 1, 2.5 HR hitters Offense hits 7 homers to back Suarez
103 Fri. 7/27 at Reds L, 6-4 58-45 1, 2.5 Kilome Pivetta Ks 12, but allows 5 runs
104 Sat. 7/28 at Reds L, 6-2 58-46 1, 2.5 Walding Asdrubal added, but offense sputters
105 Sun. 7/29 at Reds L, 4-0 58-47 1, 1.5 Thome Phils limp out of Cincinnati
106 Mon. 7/30 at Red Sox L, 2-1 (13) 58-48 1, 0.5 Nola Odubel wastes Nola's gem
107 Tue. 7/31 at Red Sox W, 3-1 59-48 1, 0.5 Arrieta Phils earn split with Sox in key win

108

Thu. 8/2

Marlins

W, 5-2

60-48

1, 0.5

Franco

Maikel caps comeback with walk-off HR
109 Fri. 8/3 Marlins W, 5-1 61-48 1, 0.5 Victorino Vinny cruises, leads Phils to another win
110 Sat. 8/4 Marlins W, 8-3 62-48 1, 1.5 2008 Alumni Eflin dazzles as Phils honor Doc, Gillick
111 Sun. 8/5 Marlins W, 5-3 63-48 1, 1.5 Cabrera Asdrubal's bomb leads to series sweep
112 Mon. 8/6 at D-Backs L, 3-2 (14) 63-49 1, 1.0 Arrieta Quiet bats, Seranthony waste Arrieta's gem
113 Tue. 8/7 at D-Backs W, 5-2 64-49 1, 1.5 Neshek Cesar's little league "HR" highlight in W
114 Wed. 8/8 at D-Backs L, 6-0 64-50 1, 0.5 Diekman Corbin quiets an already sleepy offense
115 Fri. 8/10 at Padres L, 2-0 64-51 T1, 5.5 Bour Nix stymies Phils in debut
116 Sat. 8/11 at Padres W, 5-1 65-51 1, 1.0 Hernandez Offense awakens to support Nola
117 Sun. 8/12 at Padres L, 9-3 65-52 T1, 5.0 Galvis Galvis sinks his former team with slam
118 Tue. 8/14 Red Sox L, 2-1 65-53 2, 2.0 Pivetta Lack of offense wastes Pivetta's outing
119 Wed. 8/15 Red Sox W, 7-4 66-53 2, 2.0 Ramos Buffalo provides spark in debut
120 Thu. 8/16 Mets L, 24-4 66-54 2, 2.5 Quinn Phils embarrassed in lopsided thrashing
121 Thu. 8/16 Mets W, 9-6 67-54 2, 1.5 Hoskins Phils recover for Game 2 win
122 Fri. 8/17 Mets W, 4-2 68-54 2, 0.5 Nola Nola out-duels Thor, Phils win again
123 Sat. 8/18 Mets L, 3-1 68-55 2, 0.5 Herrera deGrom, Odubel's mistakes sink Phils
124 Sun. 8/19 Mets L, 8-2 68-56 2, 0.5 Crosscutters Phils fail in Little League Classic
125 Tue. 8/21 at Nationals L, 10-4 68-57 2, 2.0 Quinn Slide continues as offense slumbers
126 Wed. 8/22 at Nationals L, 8-7 68-58 2, 3.0 Dominguez Pain continues in walk-off loss
127 Thu. 8/23 at Nationals W, 2-0 69-58 2, 3.0 Nola Nola dominates against Nats, Scherzer
128 Fri. 8/24 at Blue Jays L, 4-2 69-59 2, 3.0 Borucki Clutch hitting missing in latest loss
129 Sat. 8/25 at Blue Jays L, 8-6 69-60 2, 3.0 Morandini "Worst loss of the season," part 12
130 Sun. 8/26 at Blue Jays W, 8-3 70-60 2, 3.0 W. Ramos Buffalo leads the way with homer, 3 RBIs
131 Mon. 8/27 Nationals L, 5-3 70-61 2, 3.5 Ready Sloppy offense, shaky Eflin doom Phils
132 Tue. 8/28 Nationals L, 5-4 70-62 2, 4.5 Bautista Another "worst loss of the season"
133 Wed. 8/29 Nationals W, 8-6 71-62 2, 3.5 Santana Santana's slam, Bautista's hit lead late rally
134 Fri. 8/31 Cubs W, 2-1 (10) 72-62 2, 2.0 Cabrera Asdrubal walks it off in the 10th

135

Sat. 9/1

Cubs

L, 7-1

72-63

2, 3.0

A. Davis

Offense scuffles as Eflin struggles
136 Sun. 9/2 Cubs L, 8-1 72-64 2, 4.0 Franzke Offense = dead; Nola allows 3 solo HRs
137 Mon. 9/3 at Marlins L, 3-1 72-65 2, 4.0 Bour Offense = still dead
138 Tue. 9/4 at Marlins W, 9-4 73-65 2, 3.0 Hernandez Offense returns to support Arrieta
139 Wed. 9/5 at Marlins L, 2-1 73-66 2, 3.0 Lively Offense dead again
140 Fri. 9/7 at Mets W, 4-3 74-66 2, 2.5 Hoskins Hoskins' big homer supports Nola's win
141 Sat. 9/8 at Mets L, 10-5 74-67 2, 3.5 Meneses Eflin struggles as offense sputters
142Sun. 9/9 at Mets L, 6-4 74-68 2, 4.5 McGraw Rain, losses make Phillies blue
143Tue. 9/11 Nationals L, 3-1 74-69 2, 5.5 The Yard Empty ballpark hosts quiet loss
144Tue. 9/11 Nationals L, 7-6 (10) 74-70 2, 6.5 Bautista Phils seemingly hit rock bottom
145Wed. 9/12 Nationals L, 5-1 74-71 2, 7.5 Nola Phils lose again, playoff hopes vanish
146Fri. 9/14 Marlins W, 14-2 75-71 2, 7.5 Autographs Altherr leads HR parade in win
147Sat. 9/15 Marlins W, 5-4 76-71 2, 6.5 A. Davis 2 key hits, 7 relievers provide win
148Sun. 9/16 Marlins L, 6-4 76-72 2, 6.5 K. Miller Phils can't hold off Fish in loss
149Mon. 9/17 Mets L, 9-4 76-73 2, 6.5 Etten Conforto downs Phils with 6-RBI night
150Tue. 9/18 Mets W, 5-2 77-73 2, 5.5 Alfaro Key hits from Ramos, Bour and Alfaro pace win
151Wed. 9/19 Mets W, 4-0 78-73 2, 5.5 Hoskins Eflin, bullpen shut down Mets
152Thu. 9/20 at Braves L, 8-3 78-74 2, 6.5 Biddle Hunter, Garcia, offense fail again
153Fri. 9/21 at Braves L, 6-5 78-75 2, 7.5 Ramos Phils lose late, Neshek's turn to implode
154Sat. 9/22 at Braves L, 5-3 78-76 2, 8.5 1st Place Braves clinch division pennant
155Sun. 9/23 at Braves L, 2-1 78-77 2. 9.5 Nola Nola reaches 200 innings in loss
156Mon. 9/24 at Rockies L, 10-1 78-78 3, 10.0 Altherr Loss drops Phils to .500
157Tue. 9/25 at Rockies L, 10-3 78-79 3, 11.0 Herrera It continues to get worse
158Wed. 9/26 at Rockies L, 14-0 78-80 3, 11.0 Kapler Team seems to have quit
159Thu. 9/27 at Rockies L, 5-3 78-81 3, 11.0 Arrieta Phils limp home after 0-8 road trip
160Fri. 9/28 Braves L, 10-2 78-82 3, 12.0 Eickhoff Free fall continues with latest loss
161Sat. 9/29 Braves W, 3-0 79-82 3, 11.0 Nola Nola snaps skid, wins 17th
162Sun. 9/30 Braves W, 3-1 80-82 3, 10.0 Phanatic Phils close out season with win

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