No Postseason For Bryce Harper And Company: Phillies Eliminated From Playoff Contention With Loss To Nationals
That'll do it.
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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.
Philadelphia led 7-0 in the third thanks in part to Scott Kingery's three-run triple and Corey Dickerson's two-run double.
Harper cleared the Green Monster with a two-run shot, his 27th homer of the year.
All 3 Phillies' runs came in the first inning.
The Orioles, enduring one of the worst seasons in franchise history, look poised to break the single-season record for home runs allowed.
The Phillies had 12 hits, and tied their season-high winning streak at four in a row while pulling even with the Chicago Cubs for the second NL wild-card spot.
Phillies fans couldn't contain their excitement on Bryce's bomb and they turned their attention on social to Kruk's reaction when the ball left Harper's bat.
Harper's blast capped off a six-run ninth as the Phillies came back from the dead for the win.
