A night after scoring a season-high 13 runs on 17 hits, the Phillies’ offense was quiet on Saturday, something that’s happened a bit too much this week. Their 13-run outburst on Friday followed a three-game series in Houston where they scored just one run against the Astros. With their 6-1 loss to the Braves in Atlanta on Saturday, the Phillies have now scored one or no runs in four of their last five games.

Braves starter Spencer Schwellenbach mowed through the Phillies’ lineup for seven innings. After giving up a double to Kyle Schwarber with one out in the top of the first, Schwellenbach retired 15 straight Phillies hitters, striking out 10. A one-out single by Brandon Marsh in the top of the sixth inning put an end to Schwellenbach’s impressive streak, and it eventually led to a run.

The Atlanta starter got a bit erratic following Marsh’s single, walking Schwarber with two outs. Alec Bohm, who struck out looking in his first two at-bats against Schwellenbach, grounded a single up the middle to drive in Marsh from second, who swiped a bag earlier in the frame.

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That was it for the Phillies. Schwellenbach settled back in for the seventh, firing his fifth 1-2-3 inning of the night. Back-to-back strikeouts by J.T. Realmuto and Bryson Stott ended the inning, giving Schwellenbach a career-high 12 strikeouts. Altogether, the Phillies struck out 14 times, tied for their second-most in a game this year.

Schwellenbach has a career 2.01 ERA in five starts against the Phillies.

Having to match his counterpart to keep his club in the game, Jesús Luzardo did his best. The left-hander battled, scattering seven hits while allowing two runs across five innings. Luzardo got in and out of trouble in his fifth and final inning, starting the frame with runners on second and third with no outs following a walk of Ronald Acuña Jr. and a ground-rule double by Matt Olson. Luzardo escaped the jam, inducing a soft ground out of Marcell Ozuna, striking out Austin Riley and getting Ozzie Albies to ground out to keep the game 2-0.

Luzardo’s efforts were ultimately wasted, and the Braves distanced themselves in the bottom of the seventh to all but put the game away. Jordan Romano unraveled in the seventh, allowing three straight one-out singles. Following a conference on the mound with pitching coach Caleb Cotham, Romano hung the first pitch he offered to Sean Murphy, an 86 mph slider, and Murphy launched the ball into the left-field seats for a grand slam.

GRAND SLAM SEAN MURPHY. pic.twitter.com/PotV5DAgvs

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The Phillies are now 48-35 this season. They’ll look for a series win against the Braves on Sunday with first pitch in Atlanta scheduled for 1:35 p.m. ET.