The Citizens Bank Park crowd was on its feet before Kyle Schwarber even stepped in the batter’s box. The Phillies had already scored a run in the sixth inning on a single, hit batsman, a walk and a sacrifice fly.

The game began with Zach Neto making it to base with a basic bingle against Taijuan Walker. He then found himself caught in a pickle between first and second, and was eventually put out. Mike Trout then took a four-seamer to center-left for a double, but a strikeout by the subsequent Angel ended the inning without any real damage done.

As for the Phillies’ top pitching prospect, Andrew Painter, his ascension to the major leagues does not appear to be imminent. He is 3-3 with a 5.01 ERA with the IronPigs and gave up three runs in five innings in his last start this past Sunday.

The Phillies didn’t have a full-on bullpen meltdown. But in a rare instance when their starting pitcher didn’t complete five innings, the lack of swing-and-miss among the relievers was evident.

Taylor Ward hit a go-ahead two-run homer, Jo Adell and Jorge Soler also went deep, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5.

As the Philadelphia Phillies start the second half of the season against the Los Angeles Angels, an early injury has caused some concern.

Yet since that time, he has a 7.71 ERA. Those mostly bloated by his two horrid starts in early June, but he has started to become less consistent, less dependable with each start. On July 4, he couldn’t escaped the third inning. Last start, he was great. Tonight, even staked with a lead thanks to Kyle Schwarber,