He made the catch, slid along the tarp and managed to hang on while crashing to the dirt. Riley made a similar back-to-the-field grab in foul territory in the eighth, only it was even tougher because the third baseman had to navigate the railing and the tarp stored in front of it. Swanson’s catch wasn’t even the best defensive play of the night for the home team. “Probably good we have a day off,” the manager said. “To leave here with a split and go back home in front of a packed house of passionate people … I think will give our guys a little shot in the arm,” Thomson said.Īcuña is sure to be sore after getting hit by Wheeler’s pitch, but Snitker said there was no structural damage. The Phillies have played 14 straight road games since then, including four playoff games in their first postseason appearance since 2011. Game 3 will be Philadelphia’s first game at Citizens Bank Park since a regular-season loss to the Braves on Sept. Then, it was Travis d’Arnaud grounding one up the middle for another run-scoring hit before Wheeler finally got the third out.įar too late to keep the Braves from tying the series.Īt least the wild-card Phillies are finally heading home.
Austin Riley’s mighty swing produced a little dribbler down the third-base line for an infield hit that made it 2-0. Olson was generously credited with an RBI single, but the Braves weren’t done. “I think if you asked Rhys, he would say he should make that play,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson said. Swanson walked and Matt Olson drove in the first run of the game, ripping a single past first baseman Rhys Hoskins, who meekly waved at a ball he could’ve at least knocked down.
The right-hander who grew up in metro Atlanta wasn’t the same after Acuña finally trotted down to first base. Wheeler, meanwhile, tossed a few pitches trying to stay loose. In the Atlanta dugout, Gil Heredia prepared to go in. There was a delay of several minutes while Acuña, writhing in pain, was checked out by the training staff. near the right elbow on a 96 mph fastball that rode up and in on the slugger. It started when Wheeler plunked Ronald Acuña Jr.
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