Including those seven runs in the loss to the Nats, the Phillies would turn around and win their next three, and score a total of 30 runs over that four-game stretch. While a fifth straight loss was hard to take, there might have been noticed served of what was to come. But they scored six unanswered runs to tie the game at 7-all before losing it at the end. Then came one quickly depressing last Friday night in Washington, the Nationals rolling up a big lead on a Phillies team had was coming off four straight losses to Atlanta (one) and the Mets (three straight), a four-game stretch which saw the Phils score but seven runs.Įven against a completely challenged Nationals team, the Phillies fell behind quickly and by a lot on that Friday. PHILADELPHIA - There had been signs of the Phillies finally breaking out of their offensive doldrums, but signs and results are two very different things.