Phillies Force Game 3
Phillies Force Game 3 Against Braves After Dramatic Extra-Inning Victory
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The Atlanta Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 in Game 1 of the best-of-three National League Wild Card Series when Austin Riley hit a three-run homer off closer Jhoan Duran in the eighth inning. Philadelphia evened the series in Game 2, rallying from a 3-1 deficit with consecutive eighth-inning homers by Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper before Alec Bohm hit a solo homer in the 10th for a 4-3 win. Phillies pitcher Andrew Painter secured the victory by striking out Dominic Smith on an automated ball-strike challenge. The series is tied 1-1, with a winner-take-all Game 3 scheduled for Thursday in Atlanta.
Key Points
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Austin Riley’s Game 1 homer was his third postseason go-ahead home run in the eighth inning or later, tying him with Troy Glaus, Bernie Williams, Jose Altuve and Freddie Freeman for the most in postseason history.
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Riley had struggled during the regular season, batting .219 with 19 home runs and 72 RBIs while striking out a franchise-record 201 times in 159 games. His Game 1 homer traveled 385 feet and came off a 99.9 mph fastball.
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Atlanta took a 3-1 lead into the eighth after Drake Baldwin’s RBI double broke a 1-1 tie in the seventh and Matt Olson added a sacrifice fly. Braves starter Tyler Mahle had held Philadelphia to one run over seven innings.
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The Braves left 11 runners on base in Game 2, including a bases-loaded, one-out opportunity in the sixth that produced no runs.
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