It was only two games, and it was the Tigers, but it’s still a sweep.

The Phillies wrapped up their two-game series in Detroit with a 4-0 shutout yesterday afternoon, with plenty of good involved.

In terms of pitching, Vince Velasquez had one of his better starts in recent memory. The right-hander went 5 2/3 innings and gave up four hits and struck out nine batters with two walks. The bullpen gave up only one hit in the other 3 1/3 innings with five strikeouts.

The bats got involved beginning in the fourth with a J.T. Realmuto solo home run. Nick Williams followed that with a solo shot of his own in the fifth before Cesar Hernandez and Rhys Hoskins drove in runs as well.

Up next is a crucial home series with the Atlanta Braves starting on Friday. The Phils are 5.5 games back of the first place Braves and a half-game back of the 2nd wild card spot in the National League. That short series may have helped the team gather momentum and confidence to take on their NL rival. And it also seems like the team is trying to improve their pitching and looking to acquire Indians ace Trevor Bauer. That would be huge for a team that needs help in that area.

With the day off, make sure you listen to the latest edition of Crossed Up.

The Roundup:

EAGLES TRAINING CAMP OPENS UP TODAY! LET’S FREAKING GO! That means looking at an insane amount of practice tweets and finding that training camp love that you don’t want the team to cut.

Outside of camp, Skip Bayless thinks the Birds are overrated.

In a very surprise move, the Sixers are bringing back Furkan Korkmaz to a two-year deal. He was supposed to go back to Turkey, but I wonder what happened between the end of the season and now.

Now to the Ben Simmons jump shot portion of the roundup. His jumper doesn’t look good, but does it even matter? Also, the jumper and the five stages of sports hype.

In other sports news, Jalen Ramsey showed up to Jaguars training camp in an armored truck.

Yahoo’s subscription Mets site is dead.

Giannis is getting shooting lessons from Kyle Korver.

Steve Kerr does not like the Anthony Davis trade to the Lakers one bit.

In the news, Melrose Diner caught on fire yesterday, but the owner hopes to open it back up next week.

People seem to have very strong opinions about Wawa partnering up with the Baltimore Ravens.