Tuesday, the Baltimore Orioles saw the Philadelphia Phillies decline 10-9 in extra innings in the first game of a set of three games. The loss to Philadelphia could largely be pounded on some bad defensive lapses in the field.
After the result, NBC Sports Philadelphia analyst Ricky Bottalico let the Phillies know just how disappointing their game on the field was.
“I thought this game was a shame for baseball. I felt like the kind of Bad News Bears-type thing today,” Bottalico said.
On Thursday, Baltimore completed the sweep with an 11-4 drubbing. That, of course, had Bottalico become something more for Philadelphia. The team went from an ’embarrassed’ to ‘lifeless’.
“This game I saw a lifeless Phillies team,” Bottalico said. “Coming into a game where you play the Baltimore Orioles and the Orioles you just beat two games in a row, you’d think there would be some fighting.”
“I saw a lifeless Phillies team.”
You already know that Ricky Bo has some things to say about last night’s loss to the Orioles. pic.twitter.com/1oGrdkHFeP
– NBC Sports Philadelphia (@NBCSPhilly) August 14, 2020
Bottalico specifically took issues with the Phillies bullpen, which has consistently struggled throughout the entire 2020 season.
“If I was there and I was sitting in this bull and I was not recovering well at the moment, I would be scared to death to run into that clubhouse every day after the game,” Bottalico said.
Coming into the 2020 season, the Phillies were expected to bet for the playoffs, while the Orioles struggled through another year of rebuilding. For at least three days in August, the roles were reversed.
