The Phillies lost for the third time in four games, shaving their lead for the top wild card to 1½ games over the Cubs.
It’s almost predictable, isn’t it? Harper has delivered so many huge hits in so many huge moments across the last five seasons that you almost expect it. He came through again Monday, bashing a first-pitch changeup for a game-tying two-run homer in the first game of a doubleheader against the division-leading Braves.
Harper’s dramatics aside, cracks are forming in the Phillies’ wild-card armor, mostly on the pitching side.Andrew Bellatti gave up back-to-back homers to Michael Harris II and Ronald Acuña Jr. in the sixth inning after the Phillies had cut the margin to 5-4. The Phillies hit Walker hard at times. They also took advantage of his wildness. After he hit Austin Riley with a pitch in the fifth inning, Matt Olson stroked a two-run double to open a 4-2 Braves lead. Arcia doubled to knock Walker from the game in the sixth.halved a four-run deficit by bashing a two-run homer against Braves reliever Dylan Lee in the seventh inning. He also joined an exclusive fraternity, becoming the sixth Phillies player with 25 homers and 25 steals in a season.
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