The Phillies suffered their second bullpen implosion in six games and lost via walk-off to the Twins, marking their third straight series loss.

Lifeless offensively for 16 consecutive innings and much of the last five games, the Phillies finally broke through in the top of the ninth Tuesday against one of the game’s most overpowering pitchers.

The Phillies have signed first-rounder Dante Nori and 15 other picks from last week’s draft.

The Phillies couldn’t score after Bryce Harper’s first-inning home run and they lost for the fifth time in seven games, matching their worst stretch of the season.

Monday in Minnesota was the first of many upcoming games for the Phillies against a right-handed starting pitcher but Brandon Marsh was absent from the lineup with a sore elbow.

When you think about a stopper, you don’t think of an unheralded rookie making his second career start but Tyler Phillips was exactly that on Sunday in Pittsburgh.

The last three times the Phillies have faced a lefty, it’s been Edmundo Sosa and not Bryson Stott at second base. Has it become a platoon? Manager Rob Thomson discussed.

The Phillies couldn’t protect leads on Friday night, couldn’t hit on Saturday night and have opened the second half the same way they closed the first half: by losing a series.

Ranger Suarez and Zack Wheeler will be back early next week while J.T. Realmuto returned to the Phillies’ lineup Saturday, with Rob Thomson explaining why Rafael Marchan was the odd man out.

Do the Phillies have a Jose Alvarado problem? Not the question they wanted to ponder directly out of the All-Star break.