Philadelphia Phillies Extending Safety Netting At Citizens Bank Park Next Season
The Phillies are the latest Major League Baseball team to extend the protective netting due to fan safety.
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The Phillies are the latest Major League Baseball team to extend the protective netting due to fan safety.
October baseball is here with the Wild Card games getting started on Tuesday.
The Phillies lost their sixth straight and fell below .500 for the first time this season at 79-80.
Bryce Harper said fans were crossing the line in the eighth inning of the Phillies' 5-2 loss on Thursday night.
Harper's signing meant a new era for Phillies baseball, but it didn't come to fruition this season as the team is struggling to finish above .500 once again.
Harper spurned the Nationals and signed a 13-year deal with the Phillies last offseason.
Phillies starter Drew Smyly allowed two runs in 6 1/3 and struck out a season-high 10 batters.
That'll do it.
The Phillies have to win their final seven games while Milwaukee or Washington loses out to have any hope of reaching the wild-card game.
Eflin (9-12) gave up just an unearned run and five hits.
Vince Velasquez (7-7) gave up two runs in the first before recovering with four straight scoreless innings.
Cesar Hernandez, J.T. Realmuto, Jean Segura and Adam Haseley all went deep for the Phillies.
When you look at the Phillies' depleted pitching staff, it's easy to think the Phils should've signed Keuchel last offseason.
Phillies starter Zach Eflin (8-12) allowed three unearned runs and three hits in 3 2/3 innings.
J.T. Realmuto, Bryce Harper and Corey Dickerson all homered in the first inning.
The Phillies have lost their ace's last four starts.
Realmuto hit a 2-run homer to tie the game in the top of the ninth.
The Phillies dropped to 3½ games behind the Chicago Cubs for the NL's second wild card.
Harper is the first Phillie since Ryan Howard in 2011 to have 30 homers and 100 RBIs in the same season.
Every Phillies starter had at least one hit and RBI.
On the field, injured officers and select SWAT team members were honored by the Phillies and earned a standing ovation from fans.
Hoskins kept fans booing when he inexplicably dropped a routine throw at first base in the ninth, turning what appeared to be an inning-ending double play into the go-ahead run for the Pirates.
Rodriguez has faced his share of criticism this year, hitting only .214 with four home runs and 11 RBI in limited playing time.
Bryce Harper launched a solo homer to right field with two outs in the eighth in his first game back from paternity leave.
Bryce Harper revealed on Instagram that Krew Aron Harper was born on Aug. 22, weighing 7 pounds, 9 ounces.
