CINCINNATI — For 44 minutes Sunday, before the finale of another series that didn’t go as planned, the Phillies idled in a rain delay. How fitting. Because extra time to stew over the previous day’s 13-run humiliation never hurt anyone.
Then, they demonstrated what catharsis looks like.
Once the rain stopped and the tarp came off the field, it took the Phillies all of 12 minutes to bat around. In all, they sent 13 batters to the plate in the first inning, ambushed Reds starter Luis Cessa for nine runs — on a total of only 37 pitches— and won a 14-3 knee-slapper on their way out of Cincinnati.
