Five things we learned from the Phillies-Cardinals series

Phillies can’t escape the rain

The Phillies are seemingly a rain magnet. When they were home against the Mets, they had a game rained out as well as another delayed an hour. Rain completely altered their series in Baltimore as one game was canceled and another had to be moved up to noon in order to keep it from being rained out.

Rain remained a factor once the Phils traveled to St. Louis. Friday night’s game was delayed an hour and 35 minutes before starting. Rained still continued during the game as the team made three errors. The game did not end until 12:16 a.m. in St. Louis, and then they had to play another Saturday at 1:15.

Although Saturday’s game started on time, there was another rain delay during the fifth inning. Gabe Kapler took exception to it as the rain had not started when the umpires called the game. He argued that they should try to finish the game with starter Zach Eflin still in the game and just one out away from making the game official. However, the umpires were ultimately in the right as the skies opened soon after for more heavy rain.

Thankfully, there should be some respite from the rain in this week’s series against the Braves as the only rain in the forecast for Philadelphia the next few days will be Tuesday morning.