Phillies Score At Least 7 Runs For 7th Straight Game To Erase 6-Run Deficit To Sweep Nationals
The Phillies pulled within 1½ games of NL East-leading Atlanta and two games of idle Cincinnati in the race for the second NL wild card.
Watch CBS News
The Phillies pulled within 1½ games of NL East-leading Atlanta and two games of idle Cincinnati in the race for the second NL wild card.
The game, the NL East rivals' final meeting this year, will be made up Thursday at 1:05 p.m.
The Phillies, who have scored at least seven runs in six consecutive games for the first time since June 1933, moved within 2½ games of idle Cincinnati for the race for the NL's second wild card.
Zack Wheeler (11-9) pitched six innings for Philadelphia, yielding four runs while striking out four.
Freddy Galvis drove in three runs and Rafael Marchan and Travis Jankowski hit back-to-back RBI triples that sent the Philadelphia Phillies over the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-4 Sunday.
Didi Gregorius hit three doubles, Kyle Gibson pitched six sharp innings and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-0 on Saturday night.
Jean Segura singled with one out in the 11th inning to give the Philadelphia Phillies a 7-6 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night in a game with a number of late-inning twists.
The start of the game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and Philadelphia on Friday night was delayed 26 minutes due to contact tracing after the Phillies put three players on the COVID-19 injured list.
Hoskins had been playing through an abdominal injury all season, but he aggravated it when he dove awkwardly for a ball at Washington on Aug. 5.
Wheeler reached the 200 strikeout mark on the season in his 26th start Wednesday night.
Smith had his glove confiscated after he came off the field in the eighth inning against the Phillies last Wednesday and was ejected.
Aside from talking baseball, the well-respected former skipper gave some words of wisdom for Eagles rookie head coach Nick Sirianni.
Rhys Hoskins homered twice in his return from the injured list as the Philadelphia Phillies beat San Diego 7-4 on Sunday, knocking the skidding Padres out of playoff position.
Adam Frazier scored the winning run on a wild pitch by Philadelphia's Connor Brogdon in the 10th inning and the San Diego Padres overcame a strong outing by Aaron Nola and beat the Phillies 4-3 on Saturday night.
The Phillies have lost four in a row and five of their last six to fall four games behind idle Atlanta in the NL East.
