<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/phillies-news-trea-turner-drops-truth-bomb-on-bryce-harpers-playoff-greatness');   ga('set', 'title', 'Phillies’ Trea Turner drops truth bomb on Bryce Harper’s playoff greatness');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Trea-Turner-drops-truth-bomb-on-Bryce-Harpers-playoff-greatness.jpg"></figure><h1>Phillies’ Trea Turner drops truth bomb on Bryce Harper’s playoff greatness</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-04T09:17:17-07:00">October 4th, 9:17am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-04T09:17:17-07:00">October 4th, 9:17am</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Philadelphia Phillies may be the cream of the crop of the NL East this season, but this wasn’t always the case. In fact, the Phillies missed the playoffs for 10 consecutive seasons before simply qualifying for the postseason in 2022 by the skin of their teeth. Regardless, despite being a Wild Card team over the past two seasons, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/phillies-news-bryce-harper-playoff-take-philadelphia-fans-dreaming-world-series">Phillies emerged as a dangerous team</a> in October, thanks in large part to the contributions of star hitter Bryce Harper.</p><p>When Harper signed a thirteen-year, $330 million with the Phillies in 2019, there were plenty of concerns as to whether or not he’d age well. His final season with the Washington Nationals didn’t exactly bode well for his chances of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/phillies-news-bryce-harpers-career-gets-epic-lebron-james-comparison">aging gracefully</a>. But he has proven to be the star man the Phillies have needed at the heart of the team’s order, and they simply would not have made it deep into the past two postseasons had it not been for his contributions.</p><p>Trea Turner emphasized just how important Harper is to the Phillies’ quest of finally getting over the hump. Moreover, Turner gushed over how Harper <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/41572104/mlb-2024-playoffs-bryce-harper-phillies-dominate-october-world-series" rel="noopener">seems to embrace the responsibility</a> to lead the team despite the difficulties that come with being in the spotlight.</p><p>“He’s actively looking for the situation. He wants it. I think everybody wants to be the hero, but I think he’s a notch above that in the sense that he desires it. And I don’t think you can teach that. I’ve heard him say before that some people are scared to be great, and that’s obviously not him. He wants to be great,” Turner said, per Jeff Passan of ESPN.</p><p>If there’s anyone who knows Harper best on the Phillies roster, it’s Turner. They spent four seasons together on the Nationals’ big-league roster, and then Turner got the chance to team back up with Harper in 2023.</p><p>Harper is so used to the spotlight, as he has been earmarked for greatness ever since he landed on the radar of talent evaluators way before he reached the majors. In a rather admirable success story, the Phillies first baseman did not let anything get to his head, and now, he once again has an opportunity that he not only has the skill to deliver at the grandest stage, but that he also has the guts to be the team’s bus driver.</p><h2>Bryce Harper has been the Phillies’ Mr. October over the past two years</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Bryce-Harper-home-run.jpg"></figure><p>Anything can happen during October baseball. Regular-season results do not matter anymore; there is only the playoffs, and what a player does with the opportunity given to them when the lights are at their brightest. Bryce Harper has been on a single-minded mission over the past two postseasons to lead the Phillies to the promised land.</p><p>Harper is <a href="https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask/bryce-harper-playoffs-ops-2022-to-2023-vs-braves" rel="noopener">a certified</a> Atlanta Braves killer; he had an OPS of 1.592 during the 2022 NLDS and then he followed that up with an even more insane 1.765 OPS in 2023. It’s almost too bad that the Phillies won’t be matching up against the Braves this time around.</p><p>Over the past two playoff runs combined, the Phillies star <a href="https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask/bryce-harper-playoffs-ops-2022-to-2023" rel="noopener">hit 11 home runs and drove in 21 runs</a> on an elite slash line of .324/.432/.705. In 2024, what does Harper have in store for us? Can he somehow sustain that level of production en route to a World Series run?</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Phillies’ Trea Turner drops truth bomb on Bryce Harper’s playoff greatness

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/phillies-news-trea-turner-drops-honest-admission-amid-struggles');   ga('set', 'title', 'Trea Turner drops honest admission amid Phillies’ struggles');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Phillies-news-Trea-Turner-drops-honest-admission-amid-Philadelphias-struggles.jpg"></figure><h1>Trea Turner drops honest admission amid Phillies’ struggles</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-28T21:09:08-07:00">September 28th, 9:09pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-28T21:15:24-07:00">September 28th, 9:15pm</time><address><a>Mike Gianakos</a>Mike Gianakos is the former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine, where he also spearheaded the video department and event production. He is a longtime podcaster and even longer suffering NY Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Philadelphia Phillies lost to the Washington Nationals 6-3 on Saturday. With the loss, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dodgers-news-get-massive-playoff-gift-phillies">Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the top seed</a> in the National League, as well as the best record in baseball. The Dodgers will have home field advantage throughout the playoffs.</p><p>The Phillies currently have the second-best record in MLB at 94-67 with one game remaining in the regular season. However, the team has appeared out of sync down the stretch. With Saturday’s loss to the 71-90 Nationals, Philadelphia has gone just 4-8 over its last 12 games.</p><p>“We haven’t played necessarily the best in the last week or so but once that postseason starts, all <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401570878" rel="noopener">that’s behind you</a> and it’s about competing in that moment, and I think we’re ready for it,” Phillies All-Star shortstop Trea Turner said, via ESPN’s game recap.</p><p>Turner did his part to keep Philadelphia in the game Saturday. He hit a two-run eighth inning home run off Nationals’ reliever Jose Ferrer to tie the game at two. It was Turner’s 21st homer and his two RBI on the day gave him 62 on the season.</p><h2><b>Trea Turner knows the Phillies aren’t playing their best baseball</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Trea-Turner.jpg"><figcaption>Kyle Ross-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Unfortunately, the Phillies’ bullpen couldn’t preserve an excellent start from veteran ace Zack Wheeler, who went 6.1 innings and allowed just two runs on three hits, striking out 11 and walking two batters. Reliever Jeff Hoffman, who’s otherwise been terrific in 2024, allowed four runs on four hits in one inning of work. The Phillies added another run in the ninth when Nick Castellanos tripled and Alec Bohm drove him in on a ground out, but that’s as close as they’d get, ultimately falling 6-3.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/phillies-news-bryce-harper-reaction-ending-nl-east-title-drought">Philadelphia won the NL East on Monday</a> – the team’s first division crown since 2011. The Phillies had hoped to secure <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/phillies-news-rob-thomson-danger-truth-bomb-home-field-advantage">home field advantage throughout the playoffs</a> with the top seed in the NL. While they failed to beat out the Dodgers, the Phillies did earn a first-round bye. Perhaps the time off will help the team refocus and get back to their winning ways. Philadelphia will reach the postseason for the third consecutive season. They won the National League Pennant in 2022 but lost to the Houston Astros in the World Series.</p><p>The Dodgers will make the postseason for the 12th straight year. They have three World Series appearances in that stretch with one championship, which the team won during the Covid-shorted 2020 season.</p><p>Los Angeles has been red-hot in the second half of the season. The team has gone 40-23 since returning from the All-Star break, the second-best record in baseball during that stretch. The Phillies, on the other hand, are just 32-33 since the Midsummer Classic, good for 17th-best in MLB in that span.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Trea Turner drops honest admission amid Phillies’ struggles

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A die-hard San Francisco Giants fan and a football fanatic, Brayden further channels his baseball enthusiasm through his podcast, where he delves into the latest in sports with engaging commentary. He also serves as the Defensive Coordinator for Heritage High School. His commitment to sports journalism is evident in his diverse experiences with ContraCosta.news and his dedication to delivering compelling and insightful content.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Entertainment</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On August 4th, 2023, Philadelphia Phillies shortstop <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/phillies-news-trea-turner-first-half-grade-brutal-loss-athletics">Trea Turner was having an ever-disappointing season</a> after inking a $300M contract the previous offseason. Fans took to Twitter to express concern about Turner, and it sparked the idea of a standing ovation to let Turner know Philly fans were rallying behind him.</p><p>The transformational moment during the 2023 season is captured in a compelling new documentary titled “The Turnaround,” set to premiere at the Telluride Film Festival.</p><p>This film, executive produced by Former President and First Lady Barack and Michelle Obama through their Higher Ground Productions, delves into how that Phillies super fan, Jon McCann, inspired a crucial standing ovation that reinvigorated Turner’s performance. According to Nick Vadala of <i>The Philadelphia Inquirer</i>, McCann, known for his Phillies coverage on his YouTube channel “The Philly Captain,” <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/movies/trea-turner-standing-ovation-documentary-telluride-20240829.html" rel="noopener">suggested the standing ovation as a show of support</a> rather than criticism during a low point in Turner’s season.</p><h2><b>The Trae Turner ovation heard around the world</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Trea-Turner.jpg"><figcaption>Jordan Godfree-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>This pivotal moment on August 4 saw <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/phillies-news-trea-turner-drops-heartwarming-surprise-fans-receiving-standing-ovation">Turner receive a resounding ovation</a> from approximately 42,000 fans at Citizens Bank Park, significantly boosting his morale and on-field performance. Following this, Turner’s batting average and OPS improved dramatically, contributing to the Phillies’ advance to the National League Championship Series.</p><p>Reflecting on the impact of positive reinforcement, Charles “Bud” Wise, a human behavior professor, told <i>The Inquirer</i>, “It enhances your self-esteem when you get that recognition. So it gives you confidence. In anything, whether it’s sports or any organization, if you feel good about yourself and you’re confident, you do better.”</p><p>The documentary, directed by Philly native Kyle Thrash and two-time Oscar winner Ben Proudfoot, not only highlights this turning point but also frames the event as a quintessentially American story of choice and positivity. Thrash and Proudfoot remarked,</p><p>“We all have a choice of how we want to approach the world around us and all its challenges. Do you boo? Or do you give all the love you can give? Jon’s answer inspired us to make this film.”</p><p>“The Turnaround” emerges not just as a sports documentary but as an inspirational narrative that underscores the profound impact of communal support and positivity. Directors Kyle Thrash and Ben Proudfoot have crafted a story that resonates beyond the baseball diamond, emphasizing the broader implications of how we choose to support those facing public challenges. As this film takes its place at the film festival, it invites viewers to reflect on their own responses to adversity—whether to criticize or to uplift. This documentary serves as a poignant reminder of the power of encouragement and its ripple effect, capable of transforming not only individual performances but also the collective spirit of a community and togetherness.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Phillies’ Trea Turner’s standing ovation gets full Barack Obama movie treatment

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He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It was an exciting Friday for the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/phillies-news-trea-turner-drops-truth-bomb-phillies-success-despite-injuries">Philadelphia Phillies and star Trea Turner</a> as he had an <a href="https://x.com/Phillies/status/1824624472948662423" rel="noopener">impeccable night capped off with the walk-off hit</a> that gave his team the 3-2 victory over the Washington Nationals. Turner spoke after the game about his performance and overall feeling in terms of his health and previous slump that he was in.</p><p>Turner had been struggling since the All-Star break which saw his OPS drastically go down which some people saw as the usual slump a player goes through or possibly his hamstring impacting him since he missed significant time earlier this season. However, the past two games for Turner had been great totaling seven hits (four on Friday) <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/trea-turner-walks-it-off-for-phillies" rel="noopener">where he said that he feels like he’s “doing things right”</a> and spoke deeply about his running since the speed looked up to par according to Todd Zolecki of MLB.com.</p><p>“It’s weird, it’s like a day-by-day thing,” Turner said. “Some days I feel good, some days I don’t. I think that’s the case with everybody. I feel like it’s a long season obviously and I want to be healthy in the postseason. Sometimes it may not look like I’m running 110 percent, or sometimes it does. It’s just kind of whatever it is that day.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">SEND US HOME SHIESTY <a href="https://t.co/hppyoydXrB">pic.twitter.com/hppyoydXrB</a></p><p>— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) <a href="https://twitter.com/Phillies/status/1824624472948662423?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 17, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Trea Turner compares himself to first season with Phillies</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Trea-Turner-on-August-16-2024.jpg"><figcaption>Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>The 31-year old Friday ran from home to second base on a double in the fifth inning in eight seconds which per Zolecki, “it was his fastest home-to-second on a double since May 27, 2023, when he got there in 7.82 seconds.” <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/phillies-rob-thomson-shares-huge-trea-turner-injury-update-that-will-fire-up-fans">The Turner that fans love</a> could be back though he would say he was “more consistent” earlier in his career.</p><p>“I felt like I was more consistent then,” Turner said. “I talked about it a lot when I signed here, I feel like since I’ve been here when I’m going good, it’s been really, really good. But when I’m going bad, it’s been pretty bad. That wasn’t really the case most of my career. I was kind of more in the middle. Just looking at different things and trying to figure out how to hit the ball the other way.”</p><p>“When I tell myself, ‘Hit the ball the other way,’ it doesn’t necessarily come out that way. I worked a lot yesterday on doing that. In 2020-21, I did a really good job of that. Today, I kind of started to feel like that again.”</p><h2><b>Trea Turner on the reality of injuries</b></h2><p>So far this season, Turner has hit a .309 batting average to go with 13 home runs and 42 RBIs in 81 games as the goal is to be consistent on offense while staying healthy.</p><p>“You get nicks and bruises every day, all of us do,” Turner said. “You get hit by a pitch, you take a swing, certain things, you’re not always going to feel 100 percent. I want to play every day. Sometimes as you get older, that’s not necessarily going to be reckless and crazy. 25-year-old Trea would sprint every time and whatnot. … I’ve got to pick my spots, especially with what happened earlier in the season.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nationals-vs-phillies-prediction-odds-and-pick-8-17-2024">The Phillies are 72-50 which</a> puts them at the top of the NL East as they look to sweep the Nationals Saturday evening.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Phillies’ Trea Turner has immediate reaction to walking off Nationals

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/phillies-news-trea-turner-first-half-grade-brutal-loss-athletics');   ga('set', 'title', 'Phillies’ Trea Turner gives first-half grade after brutal loss to Athletics');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Trea-Turner-gives-Philadelphias-first-half-grade-after-brutal-18-3-loss-to-Athletics.jpg"></figure><h1>Phillies’ Trea Turner gives first-half grade after brutal loss to Athletics</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-07-14T19:57:03-07:00">July 14th, 7:57pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-07-14T19:57:03-07:00">July 14th, 7:57pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>Rexwell Villas is an experienced sports writer covering a variety of sports, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college football. He's a Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, and he claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The David vs. Goliath affair in Philly ended on Sunday, with the Philadelphia Phillies getting another humble pie to the pace after getting beat by the Oakland Athletics in the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/athletics-vs-phillies-prediction-odds-pick-7-13-2024">series finale</a> to the tune of a wild 18-3 score.</p><p>Trea Turner, who had a great individual in the loss, simply <a href="https://www.espn.ph/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401569919" rel="noopener">admitted the truth</a> about the Phillies’ final game in the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/phillies-news-philadelphia-gets-another-all-star-chris-sale-replacement">first half</a> of the 2024 MLB regular season.</p><p>“We just got our butts kicked today, but it was a good first half,” Turner said following the embarrassing defeat at the hands of one of the worst teams in the big leagues this campaign, per the Associated Press (h/t ESPN).</p><p>Turner put the Phillies ahead early with a solo home run in the first inning before the Athletics answered that with seven unanswered runs from the fourth to the sixth frame.</p><p>Oakland teed off on Philadelphia’s pitching, with the A’s smoking eight total home runs in the contest, including the one second baseman Zack Gelof hit in the ninth inning that cleared the bases for a grand slam off of Philadelphia catcher Garrett Stubbs.</p><p>Joey Estes got the pitching win for the Athletics, allowing just two earned runs on four hits while striking out five Philadelphia hitters in six innings of work. Meanwhile, Michael Mercado took the loss for Philly, having allowed six earned runs on five hits in four innings of duty on the mound.</p><p>The Athletics won the first game of the series, 6-2 before the Phillies rebounded in the second leg with an 11-5 victory.</p><h2><b>Fans react to wild Phillies-Athletics series conclusion</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Treae-Turner-rounds-the-bases-after-hitting-a-home-run-during-Phillies-vs.-Athletics.jpg"><figcaption>Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>“The Phillies lost 18-3? I had to double check this score,” <a href="https://x.com/callme_Chari/status/1812609803534942371" rel="noopener">said</a> @callme_Chari.</p><p>“Phillies lose to Oakland 18-3. Stabler was on his game,” <a href="https://x.com/ebcinpa/status/1812591093705220584" rel="noopener">joked</a> @ebcinpa.</p><p>“18-3. Losing 2 of 3 at home to one of the worst teams in baseball. Completely unacceptable but par for the course with this Phillies team. They simply lack a winners mentality that was on full display vs some scrubs at home in the NLCS via Games 6 n 7. Terrible,” <a href="https://x.com/PhillyHotspur/status/1812580969632993441" rel="noopener">shared</a> an angry @PhillyHotspur.</p><p>“phillies thinking they winning the division after getting blown out &amp; losing a series to the A’s 🤣🤣,” <a href="https://x.com/TezFrm901/status/1812580967967531107">commented</a> @TezFrm901.</p><p>Meanwhile, @2008Philz <a href="https://x.com/2008Philz/status/1812582183598530927" rel="noopener">used a Mad Men reference</a> to express his true feelings about the game.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="qme"> <a href="https://t.co/9aXWpoxUzD">pic.twitter.com/9aXWpoxUzD</a></p><p>— John Foley (@2008Philz) <a href="https://twitter.com/2008Philz/status/1812582183598530927?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>From Mad Men to Batman. Here’s <a href="https://x.com/MarioEmmet/status/1812581807952379937" rel="noopener">another reaction</a> from @MarioEmmet.</p><p>“What the heck was that? I hope the organization is going to make some moves before the trade deadline. I should have saw them losing this series coming after sweeping the Los Angeles Dodgers. That’s all I got.”</p><h2><b>Phillies head to MLB All-Star break comfortably atop the NL East standings</b></h2><p>Despite the shocking series loss to the Athletics, the Phillies are still well ahead of their rivals in the National League East division. Philadelphia dropped to 62-34 — 8.5 games ahead of the Atlanta Braves and 12.5 games in front of the New York Mets. In addition, Turner and the Phillies are leading the entire NL by 6.5 games.</p><p>While it did not reflect in the Athletics series, the Phillies have been feeding off their strong pitching this season, finishing the first half second in the big leagues <a href="https://www.mlb.com/stats/team/pitching/whip?sortState=asc" rel="noopener">with a 3.41 ERA</a> and second as well in terms of WHIP (1.15). Offensively, the Phillies are tied with the New York Yankees for third in the MLB with a <a href="https://www.mlb.com/stats/team/ops" rel="noopener">.755 OPS</a>.</p><p>Philly will return to action on July 19 when it kicks off a three-game series on the road versus the Pittsburgh Pirates.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.200	0	0	0.494	2

2024 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.200	0	0	0.494	2

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