LOS ANGELES — They packed for a long flight home after a winning road trip in California, and it did not feel like it should. It wasn’t just because the Phillies lost Sunday’s lopsided series finale to the mighty Los Angeles Dodgers 9-1. But, as May turns to June, everyone can sense how unsettling it is when the Phillies do not score runs like they have in previous seasons.Somewhere, as clubhouse attendants stacked duffel bags on carts, a Trea Turner helmet was in two pieces. When he lined out in the seventh inning, he shed his equipment piece by piece and littered the pristine Dodger Stadium grass. He tossed his bat. He slammed the helmet, snapping the C-flap. He discarded his wrist guard. Then, someone from the dugout grabbed his attention. He’d have the final two innings of the blowout off.The shortstop embodies most of what ails the Phillies. He has a track record. He has certain expectations. He has talent. He has hit the ball hard in streaks. He showed some life, as recently as earlier in the week against the San Diego Padres when he homered in consecutive games. Many of his underlying metrics are within career norms. But he’s prone to chasing.“You feel like you’re doing things right,” Turner said, “and it’s still not going your way.”There are different ways to view this Phillies team. They are 30-29, and they have the third-lowest OPS in the sport. They had a nightmarish April, which prompted their manager’s firing. They went 18-10 in May and have a winning record for the season, somehow, without a coherent offense for any prolonged stretch in 2026.“We won the month,” Bryce Harper said. “I don’t think a lot of people thought we were going to do that. Got to win June, got to win all the way past that, and keep going.”The Phillies went 18-10 in May to go above .500, but they have the third-worst OPS (.673) in the majors. (Meg Oliphant / Getty Images)Harper wasn’t absolving anyone. He went 2-for-17 with six walks during the road trip. The Phillies, as a team, hit .169 with a .573 OPS in those six games. They scored 17 runs.The Phillies have the worst on-base percentage in MLB. It is .292, a 36-point drop from a season ago. It’s the fifth-lowest mark for a Phillies team through 59 games over the last 128 seasons. The only teams worse were in 2015, 1942, 2016 and 1908 — not the sort of company anyone wants to keep. The Phillies averaged 65 wins in those seasons.Only the New York Mets have experienced a larger year-to-year drop in slugging percentage from 2025 to 2026. These Phillies are near the bottom of the league in many offensive categories.