PHILADELPHIA — They wouldn't use the word «stunned,» but the Philadelphia Phillies certainly looked the part as they sat around their clubhouse contemplating what could have been after dropping Game 7 of the National League Championship Series to the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-2 on Tuesday night. «We underachieved as a team,» Phillies right fielder Nick Castellanos said. «It's a frustrating way for the season to end.» Castellanos was among those who struggled in the series for Philadelphia, going 0 for his last 20 at-bats over the final six games.
He and others lamented the missed opportunities, both individually and collectively. The Phillies lost Games 6 and 7 at home after taking a 3-2 series lead in Arizona. «It's not that we're not good enough to win,» catcher J.T.
Realmuto said. «We just have to finish the job and play a little better. They played better than we did the last few days.» The Phillies' offense — after scoring 10 runs in Game 2 — scored a total of four runs in three of their losses.
They went 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position in Game 7, tied for the fifth-worst batting average in a winner-take-all game since 1990.