Phillies’ NL East-chase hindered in 2-0 loss to 100-loss O’s

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The Phillies opened a seven-game homestand with three against the 102-loss Orioles and four more against a Pittsburgh Pirates team inching toward 100 losses.

“It’s not how you want to start the homestand,” Girardi said, “but it doesn’t tell the whole story. We’ve gotta turn it around tomorrow and let’s see what happens the rest of the week.”

The Phillies desperately needed to pile up wins against two teams playing out the string if they wanted next week’s three-game set in Atlanta to have any postseason implications.

Here’s what they got instead: an offense led by Harper, an NL MVP candidate, handcuffed by Means, who tossed four-hit ball pitching into the seventh. Means, who pitched a no-hitter May 5, even doubled in the seventh for his first career extra-base hit.

Means yielded to righty Cole Sulser with runners on the corners, and he retired Freddy Galvis on a flyball to right to end the seventh.

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