Only July 21st of this year, the Philadelphia Phillies lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in St. Louis. The loss was the sixth in seven games for the Phils, and dropped the team to just two games over .500 and 7.0 games behind the Braves in the NL East.
The season looked to be all but over for the Phils, who weren’t playing particularly well in any facet of the game.
Now, on September 9th, less than two months later, the Phillies have the best record in the National League.
Here is a look at some stats from during that period that we just wouldn’t have believed on that July night when we thought our season was over.