The Philadelphia Phillies' Game 1 thumping of the Atlanta Braves in the NL Division Series might have turned the tide against the defending World Series champions. The latest from GabeLacques:
Fortunes shift quickly in October and so do moods, and at suburban Atlanta’s Truist Park, a cavalcade of timely Phillies hits turned giddy anticipation into heightened concern and now, perhaps, total panic after a 101-win season.
Now, it gets a little too real: Zack Wheeler and Aaron Nola start the next two games, concerning in any scenario but horrifying when you consider they did not yield a single run to the powerful Cardinals and can eliminate you by Friday.They played just well enough on that season-ending trip, winning four of 10 games, to secure the final wild-card spot.
The lead was 7-1 early and 7-3 in the ninth, when newbie closer Zach Eflin came after the Braves and nearly paid for it, yielding a three-run Matt Olson homer but finishing without incident. They fairly bounced off the field and into the driver’s seat.Atlanta will trot out 20-game winner Kyle Wright in Wednesday’s Game 2. Stubborn but still effective veteran Charlie Morton is likely tabbed for Game 3.
Wheeler will make his second career playoff start about an hour from where he grew up northeast of Atlanta. He can pitch his current team into a 2-0 NLDS lead before, finally, heading back to Philly for the first time since losing an 8-7, 11-inning gut punch to these Braves on Sept. 25.
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