Phillies have one area they need to improve on moving forward
The one area the Philadelphia Phillies need to improve on is hitting against left-handed pitching.
Phillies have one area they need to improve on moving forward originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . At 19-22, the Philadelphia Phillies ' season has not gone to plan.
The Phillies sit nine games behind the Atlanta Braves for the lead in the National League East, but are playing well, as they're 7-3 in their last 10 games. The Phillies have flipped the script at the plate and on the mound, as they ranked at or near the bottom of every major category. The Phillies as a team are now 19th in baseball for OPS (.
699) and 18th in batting average (. 237), while the pitching staff is tied with the Cincinnati Reds for fourth in innings pitched (366. 1) and first in strikeouts (394).
However, the one area where the Phillies have struggled is hitting left-handed pitching. The Philadelphia Phillies have a hard time hitting left-handed pitching The Phillies have had a hard time consistently hitting left-handed pitching this season, as they're batting . 217 with a .