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Uninspired Loss Drops Phils Out Of First

In a clear summation of the Phillies’ troubles, the team dropped another one, 3-1, losing the series 2-1 to the Mets. They lost first place, as well, as the Mets overtook them by a game.

Rollins aside, this team didn’t come out to play. Oliver Perez baffled them yet again with his low junk, and the Phils obliged with plenty of swings and misses. To his credit, Jamie Moyer was spectacular in his seven innings of work, giving up just a run on two hits.

But once Moyer came out, the glue came off too. JC Romero quickly let up a single, and a stolen base. After a David Wright intentional walk, Carlos Delgado broke the tie with a two-run double. Amazingly, a lefty beat Romero.

But the story wasn’t Delgado beating Romero, it was the inefficiencies of the offense. Again. Jayson Werth, despite homering to tie the game, couldn’t deliver with the bases loaded in the eighth. Chase Utley had another 0-fer day, and suddenly his statistics post-April are looking mighty pedestrian. The rest of the offense came up short. Again.

There’s no other way of slicing it: This team has a lot of problems.

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Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.