{"id":682643,"date":"2026-04-25T18:18:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T18:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/682643\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T18:18:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T18:18:34","slug":"phillies-lose-tenth-straight-as-familiar-mistakes-continue-in-atlanta-philadelphia-baseball-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/682643\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies lose tenth straight as familiar mistakes continue in Atlanta ~ Philadelphia Baseball Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Phillies<\/a><\/p>\n

They had it again.<\/p>\n

For a few innings Friday night in Atlanta, it felt like the Phillies might finally find a way out. A swing here. A pitch there. A break that goes their way instead of against them. <\/p>\n

Instead, they found something else. <\/p>\n

Another loss. <\/p>\n

A 5-3 defeat at the hands of the Braves at Truist Park, their 10th straight, a number that doesn\u2019t just describe a streak\u2014it defines a moment. It\u2019s the first time the Phillies have lost 10 in a row in this century. And the way it\u2019s happening? That\u2019s what makes it feel heavier. <\/p>\n

Because this one looked familiar. <\/p>\n

They scored first. Trea Turner jumped on a pitch in the third inning and sent it into the right-field seats, a quick two-run shot that gave the Phillies an early lead and, briefly, a sense that maybe this night would be different. <\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t last long. <\/p>\n

In the bottom half, Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. answered the way stars do when things are going right\u2014one swing, 410 feet, game tied. No hesitation. No drama. Just execution. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s the separation right now. <\/p>\n

The Phillies get close. The other team finishes. <\/p>\n

They grabbed the lead again in the fifth when Bryce Harper launched a solo homer, his sixth of the season and the 800th extra-base hit of his career. It was another moment that should have mattered more than it did. <\/p>\n

Another moment that didn\u2019t hold. <\/p>\n

Because by the sixth inning, the game\u2014and maybe more than the game\u2014started to tilt again. <\/p>\n

Andrew Painter had worked through traffic most of the night. Not dominant. Not crisp. But hanging around. Giving them a chance, which is more than you can say for a lot of this stretch. <\/p>\n

Then came the inning. <\/p>\n

A pair of baserunners. Two outs. One pitch away from escaping. And then Michael Harris II came off the bench and drove a ball over Brandon Marsh\u2019s head in left field. Not out of the park. Just far enough. Two runs in. Game flipped. <\/p>\n

Moments later, a spiked curveball got away, and another run crossed. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s how it\u2019s happening now. <\/p>\n

Not always loud. Not always catastrophic. Just enough. Just the wrong pitch, the wrong bounce, the wrong execution at the wrong time. <\/p>\n

Painter\u2019s line\u20145 2\/3 innings, nine hits, five runs\u2014tells part of the story. The rest is in the context. A young arm learning on the fly, trying to navigate big-league innings in the middle of a stretch where there\u2019s no margin for learning. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s the problem. <\/p>\n

This team doesn\u2019t have the luxury of growth right now. It needs results. <\/p>\n

And it isn\u2019t getting them. <\/p>\n

They had one more chance in the ninth. Against closer Robert Su\u00e1rez, they got traffic. Turner reached. Adolis Garc\u00eda followed. A wild pitch moved them both into scoring position. <\/p>\n

The tying run was there. <\/p>\n

Again. <\/p>\n

And again, it stayed there. <\/p>\n

Marsh rolled a ground ball back to the pitcher. Game over. Another opportunity gone. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s ten straight now. <\/p>\n

The last time it happened\u2014September of 1999\u2014the expectations were different. That team wasn\u2019t built to contend. This one was. Four straight postseason appearances don\u2019t leave much room for reinterpretation. <\/p>\n

At 8-18, the conversation shifts whether anyone wants it to or not. <\/p>\n

Because this isn\u2019t just a bad stretch anymore. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s something that\u2019s starting to define the season. <\/p>\n

And when that happens, the questions don\u2019t stay small for long. <\/p>\n

They continue Saturday, with Zack Wheeler set to make his season debut. <\/p>\n

At this point, it feels less like a pitching matchup\u2014and more like a test of whether anything can stop what\u2019s already in motion.<\/p>\n

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