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Phillies scrape into MLB playoffs after week of ‘living hell in slow motion’
Source: Sport | The Guardian · Published
Phillies were at risk of blowing comfortable wildcard lead Victory over Rays deprives Diamondbacks of comeback Bryce Harper and Edmundo Sosa homered, and Zack Wheeler delivered like a Game 7 ace to bring the Philadelphia Phillies back from the brink of collapse and send them into
Phillies were at risk of blowing comfortable wildcard lead Victory over Rays deprives Diamondbacks of comeback Bryce Harper and Edmundo Sosa homered, and Zack Wheeler delivered like a Game 7 ace to bring the Philadelphia Phillies back from the brink of collapse and send them into the playoffs. Their 7-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday clinched the final National League wildcard berth. The Phillies could have clinched a playoff berth as early as Wednesday before they lost four straight games and nearly coughed up their wildcard lead to Arizona.
But the Phillies win on Sunday, meant they snatched the final wildcard place in the National League. Continue reading...
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