Phillies players scatter as rat runs along dugout during another loss, extending seven-game skid

The Philadelphia Phillies are rivaling the New York Mets successful much ways than one.

The NL East foes person combined to suffer 19 consecutive games, with the Mets' streak astatine 12 and the Phillies' astatine 7 aft Tuesday night.

But speech from a people successful the nonaccomplishment column, determination was different horrifying show for the Phillies during their crippled astatine Wrigley Field.

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Philadelphia Phillies archetypal baseman Bryce Harper celebrates with near fielder Kyle Schwarber aft hitting a two-run location tally against the Chicago Cubs during the seventh inning astatine Wrigley Field successful Chicago, Illinois, connected April 21, 2026. (Matt Marton/Imagn Images)

At immoderate constituent during the game, a instrumentality spotted a rat adjacent the Phillies' on-deck circle, and it proceeded to skitter on their dugout.

The rat frightened respective players from their spot successful the dugout, arsenic good arsenic immoderate different staffers astatine the field.

Of course, the Mets were beneficiaries of a achromatic feline moving crossed the Chicago Cubs' dugout successful 1969. But for the Phillies, things conscionable look to beryllium going from atrocious to worse. And there's nary rhyme oregon crushed to deliberation this volition assistance the origin successful Philadelphia.

Kyle Schwarber of the Philadelphia Phillies precocious fives manager Rob Thomson aft hitting a location tally during the sixth inning against the Chicago Cubs astatine Wrigley Field successful Chicago, Illinois, connected April 21, 2026. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

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The Phillies are 8-15, 1 crippled up of the lowly Mets. Their .218 batting mean is the second-worst successful the league, and their 80 runs are the third-fewest.

The Phillies tied the crippled astatine 1 successful the apical of the sixth with a Kyle Schwarber solo homer but proceeded to let 5 unanswered runs successful the adjacent 2 innings.

Bryce Harper deed a two-run blast successful the apical of the eighth to effort to get a rally going, but the Cubs scored different security tally successful the bottommost of the eighth.

Manager Rob Thomson of the Philadelphia Phillies removes Jesús Luzardo from the crippled during the 5th inning against the Chicago Cubs astatine Wrigley Field successful Chicago, Illinois, connected April 21, 2026. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

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The Phillies had the tying tally astatine the sheet successful the bottommost of the ninth, but Edmundo Sosa flied out, and Trea Turner popped retired to extremity the menace and the game.

Rats.

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