It was a classic weekend in Philadelphia Phillies baseball: A rollercoaster bordering on disaster.

Jhoan Duran, the flamethrowing closer who almost singlehandedly shifted the energy of the club since getting acquired at the trade deadline, took a line drive off the foot Friday night in Washington and needed to be carted off – when the cart could finally get there, that is. The X-rays came back negative , though. Philadelphia breathed a sigh of relief, and Duran was back out in the ninth a couple of days later in a spot where they suddenly needed him again.

That same night, Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper, the current MVP candidate and the former MVP superstar, homered back-to-back to pile on the runs in a resolute win over the Nationals.

The next day, no one on the Phils could hit a t

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