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

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

The NL East foes person mixed to suffer 19 consecutive games, pinch nan Mets' streak astatine 12 and nan Phillies' astatine 7 aft Tuesday night.

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

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

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

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

Of course, nan Mets were beneficiaries of a achromatic feline moving crossed nan Chicago Cubs' dugout successful 1969. But for nan Phillies, things conscionable look to beryllium going from bad to worse. And there's nary rhyme aliases logic to deliberation this will thief nan origin successful Philadelphia.

Kyle Schwarber of nan Philadelphia Phillies precocious fives head Rob Thomson aft hitting a location tally during nan sixth inning against nan 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 nan second-worst successful nan league, and their 80 runs are nan third-fewest.

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

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

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

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

Rats.

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