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PHILADELPHIA -- Trea Turner is just as baffled as everyone else.
When the Phillies return home from their 10-game road trip on Monday night, Turner will take the field still looking for his first home run of the season at Citizens Bank Park.
Yes, you read that right -- Turner has not hit a home run at home all season. He has hit 12 on the road.
"No idea," Turner said recently.
Manager Rob Thomson is equally confused.
"I have no idea [why] that is," Thomson said.
What started as nothing more than an anomaly is quickly bordering on historic. Obviously, Turner has plenty of time left to hit one out at CBP. He hasn't