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Atlanta Braves players celebrate Wild Card series, advance to NLDS to face the Dodgers
Headline from WJBF Augusta, on the newest of 6 developments
ATLANTA, GA (WJBF)- The long ball certainly was the difference for the Atlanta Braves, as they beat the Phillies 6-2. They are moving on to the National League Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The room was filled with champagne and filled with the players celebrating.
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Four questions facing Phillies ahead of Wild Card Series against Braves
Headline from NBC10 Philadelphia ·
Phillies clinch postseason spot on final day of regular season
Headline from Phl17 ·
Phillies clinch postseason berth on game 162
Headline from Phl17 ·
Phillies-Braves do-or-die Game 3 moved to primetime
Headline from Phl17 ·
Braves face Phillies in prime-time Game 3 with season on line
Headline from Fox5 Atlanta ·
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Atlanta Braves players celebrate Wild Card series, advance to NLDS to face the Dodgers
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PHILADELPHIA (WPHL) -- The Philadelphia Phillies are headed for a Red October. Philadelphia clinched a postseason spot on the final day of the regular season, securing a playoff berth for the fifth consecutive year.
Zack Wheeler pitched six strong innings, and the big bats woke to lead the Phillies to their fifth straight postseason berth. Next up: The Braves in the wild-card round.
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 with a 7-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays that clinched the final NL wild-card berth
Bryce Harper and Edmundo Sosa blasted home runs as the Philadelphia Phillies punched their ticket to the playoffs with a 7-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday as the curtain came down on Major League Baseball's regular season.
Kyle Schwarber delivered a clutch two-run double, helping the Phillies clinch the final NL wild-card berth. His slide into second base on Sunday had fans roaring, as the Phillies beat the Rays. Zack Wheeler pitched a gem against Tampa Bay,…
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.
The Philadelphia Phillies are headed back to the postseason! Philadelphia clinched its spot in the playoffs on the final day of the regular season, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 7-3 Sunday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park to secure a postseason berth in Game 162.
If you go back a few years, the Phillies have gotten the better of the Braves in recent postseason bouts. Memorably, they took the Braves out in the NLDS in back-to-back years, 2022 and 2023. During the regular season this year, it was all Braves.
The Philadelphia Phillies are back in the playoffs after nearly blowing their Wild Card lead in the last week of the season and clinching a postseason berth in Game 162. The Phillies will take on the Atlanta Braves in the Wild Card round of the playoffs, starting Tuesday.
