Kyle Schwarber wants Phillies to stay hungry amid slow start to the season

When the Philadelphia Phillies charged out to a commanding 5-0 lead over the Texas Rangers on Opening Day, it’s safe to say that the team looked unstoppable.

But since then, it’s become abundantly evident that they’re more than stoppable as they've lost the three games since. 

There are a few reasons for this, including the Phillies’ bats going completely silent since Opening Day, posting a team batting average of .189, which is the 27th lowest in the league.

It could also be the team’s pitching staff, which has the second-highest ERA (6.57) and has allowed the second-most hits (43), sharing that spot with the Chicago White Sox.

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While some could be dismayed or dejected by Philadelphia’s performance, one person who isn’t is Kyle Schwarber, who feels that it’s a part of the team's identity to never give up on a match, using the team’s extra-inning thriller against the aforementioned Rangers as an example.

“I think for us we know that we’re that team that can strike back at any time, we showed it there in the second game of the year, where you know it was kind of slow slow slow, and then all of a sudden with two outs in the ninth we put something together…” Schwarber said. 

“I feel like that has just been our identity here throughout my course being here, is that we’re a team that never really feels like we’re going to be out of it.”

Similar to most of his teammates, Schwarber hasn’t found much success from the batter’s box this season, posting a batting average of .125, with two hits, including one home run to his name.

But the bigger thing for Schwarber is that the Phillies stay hungry despite their lackluster start.

“I think that’s always going to be the belief in ourselves and the group, and it’s not saying that you go status quo,” Schwarber said. “You get to work, you work to keep getting better, keep working to get to that next day, the next at-bat, the next pitch, next play on defense, whatever it is.”

The good thing about baseball is that there's a whole lot of games to play, so the Phillies will look to bounce back from their early struggles in the coming days, and they'll have ample opportunity to do so. 

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