Not a good night in Philly

The night could not have been much worse for the Phillies and Flyers.

With fate still in their own hands, the Flyers slept through yet another game, losing to the lowly Ottawa Senators.

The Flyers now trail the surging Washington Capitals by two points with two games remaining.  With another Penguins win, the Flyers division lead was trimmed to one point.

Fall behind Pittsburgh and the Flyers would drop to fourth in the conference and they would play the Tampa Bay Lighting in the first round of the playoffs.

That is not a good proposition.

Luckily for the Phillies, they still control their own fate with 157 games still remaining.

But, they did not fare any better than the Flyers, getting thumped by the New York Mets, 7-1.

Cole Hamels looked terrible.

He could not even get Mets pitcher Chris Young out, who had two hits himself in a six run third inning.

Yeah, he was not so much an ace tonight.

I'm not concerned about the Phillies.  It was one game, and there is a long way to go.

I am concerned about the Flyers.  They have lost four straight and have been losing to teams they should be beating.

This is not a good time to get cold, and the Flyers have been as cold as Hamels' arm when he ices it after a game.