PHILADELPHIA — Four pitches into an all-important homestand — perhaps the final week the Phillies will play at home this season, whether they make the playoffs or not — rookie shortstop Bryson Stott overthrew first base and hit a cameraman, bloodying his forehead.
Somehow, things didn’t get much better after that.
The Phillies blundered in the field and on the bases — a comedy of errors, if only the wild-card standings weren’t suddenly so serious — in an 18-11 thumping by the Toronto Blue Jays before 21,129 believers (maybe?) at Citizens Bank Park.