Phillies' Bats Sputter Again In Loss To Marlins
Nick Castellanos homered in the eighth for the Phillies, who have lost four straight.
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Nick Castellanos homered in the eighth for the Phillies, who have lost four straight.
Harper drove in three runs and J.T. Realmuto reached base five times — four singles and a walk — for the Phillies, who have lost three straight and four of five following a 2-0 start.
The Phillies trailed 4-0 before they scored five runs in the eighth against two Mets relievers.
The reigning NL MVP said Monday it would be a "downer" if the Phillies didn't sign Kris Bryant, Nick Castellanos or Kyle Schwarber.
Players voted to accept MLB's offer on a new labor deal on Thursday.
The 56-year-old Dickerson served as Philadelphia's infield coach in 2019. He spent the last two seasons with the San Diego Padres, serving as bench coach in 2020 and also third base coach this past season.
That'll do it for the Phils.
Philadelphia, which dropped 4 1/2 games back in the standings with its third straight loss, can be eliminated from postseason contention with one loss or one Atlanta win.
The loss eliminated Philadelphia from contention for an NL wild card.
The Phillies bullpen tied a major league record with its 34th blown save, but Philadelphia still won its fourth straight and eighth in 10 games.
The Phillies finish their home schedule with three more against the 95-loss Pirates before ending the regular season with six on the road, beginning Tuesday with the first of a three-game set in Atlanta.
Harper jogged off the field to his increasing chants from Phillies fans of "MVP!"
The Phillies entered three games behind Atlanta in the NL East and are chasing three teams for the second NL wild-card spot.
Wheeler (14-9) allowed a run and struck out six over five-plus innings, walking one and plunking two on 93 pitches.
Harper's NL MVP candidacy — Philly fans call him MV3 — is thriving.
J.T. Realmuto led off the eighth inning with his 15th homer of the season in a topsy-turvy final two innings for a club clinging to playoff aspirations.
Garrett Hampson homered twice and knocked in all five runs as the Colorado Rockies dealt another blow to the Philadelphia Phillies' playoff hopes with a 5-4 victory Sunday.
Philadelphia fell 4 ½ games behind first-place Atlanta in the NL East.
It was Kennedy's third blown save of the season and second since the Phillies got him from Texas in a trade on July 30.
Philadelphia remained 2½ games behind NL East-leading Atlanta.
Philadelphia fell 2 1/2 games behind the NL East-leading Atlanta Braves, who beat the Washington Nationals 8-5.
Bryce Harper hit an early home run, Brad Miller connected twice and Jean Segura added a grand slam, leading Zack Wheeler and the Philadelphia Phillies to a 12-0 romp over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday.
The Phillies started Friday two games behind NL East leader Atlanta.
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.
