It's really a wonder how the Phillies are going back home tied 1-1 in the 2008 World Series.

Well, maybe not. Cole Hamels was brilliant in Game 1 and Chase Utley hit a timely home run.

After two games, the Phils are a dreadful 1-for-28 with runners in scoring position.

They tied a World Series record by going 0-for-13 in Game 1. The Phils upped that number to 0-for-19 before Shane Victorino beat out an infield single with a runner on second.

But that play didn't generate a run and the slump continued. At the end of a long, unproductive night at Tropicana Field (a house of horrors for the Phils offense), Charlie Manuel's team finished a putrid 1-for-15 with runners in scoring position.

"I myself had two golden opportunities… and I didn’t come up with at least putting the ball in play,” Greg Dobbs said. “That to me, for myself personally, is unacceptable.”

“We’ve done this before, we know we can work our way out of it,” Jimmy Rollins said. “It’s just a matter of one guy getting a hit and then it will roll down hill from there.”

Perhaps a change of venue - the next three games will be played at the cozy confines of Citizens Bank Park - will wake up the Phils bats.