The Philadelphia Phillies came into Thursday night seeking a sweep of the Athletics, but a poor performance resulted in a bad loss for a team that has been red-hot.  There have been few better teams in baseball than the Phillies over the last 10 games. Since the firing of Rob Thomson, the team has received a needed jolt and has completely turned things around.  To start, they were able to sweep the San Francisco Giants at home, with a couple of thrilling walk-off wins. Then, they faced the Miami Marlins and were able to take three out of four games . Furthermore, heading into the weekend, Philadelphia won the first two games to secure the series win against the Athletics. Unfortunately, with the team thinking about a sweep, their young right-hander, Andrew Painter, had his worst performance of the year.  In the loss, Painter went 3.2 innings, allowing eight runs on seven hits and three walks.…