Philadelphia Phillies' Fans Playing Role In Star's Resurgence

The Philadelphia Phillies fanbase have played a big role in turning around their star player's season.

It feels so long ago that the crowd at Citizens Bank Park gave Trea Turner a standing ovation during the midst of his hitting struggles. It was 19 days ago on Aug. 4 that the Philadelphia Phillies' fans in attendance gave Turner encouragement.

It probably feels so long ago because of the turnaround the star shortstop has put together since that moment.

He's hitting .353 with six doubles, four home runs, 14 RBI and a 1.007 OPS in 17 games, including the walk-off two-run single against the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night.

In his usual humble self, Turner is downplaying the turnaround telling Todd Zolecki of MLB.com, "The last three, four weeks have been a lot better. Normal me, I guess."

He might be downplaying what's going on for him at the plate, but others have taken notice.

Outfielder Brandon Marsh told Zolecki after the game, "This past month -- all year -- he’s still spectacular to watch, whether he’s in a little slump or he’s hitting .380, like he is right now. It’s good to see him squaring up some balls, putting together some good at-bats, playing really, really good defense and just being Trea Turner."

Manager Rob Thomson told 94WIP in Philadelphia that the shortstop wasn't the only one who was affected positively by the crowd's standing ovation.

"And I think when our fanbase stood up for Trea, it not only changed Trea’s season, but in some ways it changed everybody’s season because this is a group that’s really tight-knit, they care about each other," he said on the WIP Morning Show.

It's very rare that the moment people think turns around a season is actually the one that does. If the Phillies are able to make another deep run, that moment shared between the fanbase and players will be the moment where things turned around.