"We've got to win one game Tuesday," Phillies manager Joe Girardi said. If the Phillies sweep the Braves, they would leave Atlanta up a half-game in the division heading to Miami for their final three games. If the Braves sweep the series, the Phillies will be eliminated. The Phillies are 9-7 against the Braves this season but have been outscored 75-64 in those games. With just six games remaining, the odds are stacked heavily against the Phillies, but they're within striking distance and they have their best pitcher on the mound in the series opener. The Phils suffered a damaging, 6-0, loss to Pittsburgh on Sunday while the Braves completed a sweep of San Diego out west to add a game to their lead and reduce their magic number for winning a fourth straight NL East title to five. The Phillies, whose nine-year postseason drought is the longest in the NL, enter their biggest series in a decade trailing the Braves by 2½ games in the division. The series that the Phils have long waited for begins Tuesday night as they get one last, desperate shot at the National League East-leading Braves. Phillies players and management have given these clichés lip service over the last month or so, but deep down inside, every one of them has been circling a three-day stretch in Atlanta as the potential salvation of their season. It’s still far too early for this, but in case you were wondering, the Dodgers’ magic number to clinch the NL West is 27, and LA’s magic number to clinch a postseason berth is 12.Y ou can't look ahead. LA’s final 25 games include four total series against the wild card-contending Cardinals, Padres (twice), and Reds, plus three total series against the D-backs (twice) and Rockies, before ending with three games at home against the NL Central-leading Brewers. The Padres are home to the Angels for two games before heading to Los Angeles to play the Dodgers this coming weekend. Louis, who split six games last week, including blowing a 5-1 ninth-inning lead on Sunday in Milwaukee, host the Dodgers and Reds this week at home. The Reds hit the road to play the Cubs and Cardinals this week, while the Phillies play the Brewers and Rockies. The Cardinals and Phillies took advantage of Cincinnati’s struggles to stay within striking distance for a playoff spot, and the Mets won seven of their last eight to at least delay the nail from being fully driven into their 2021 coffin. That opened the door for the Padres, who took two of three from both the D-backs and Astros to climb back into second wild card position. NL wild card standingsĬincinnati struggled last week, dropping two of three games to both the Cardinals and Tigers, coming out on the wrong end of the 2006 World Series gauntlet. The Dodgers have a pair of wild card contenders on the schedule, playing both the Cardinals and Padres this week. The Giants hit the road this week to play the Rockies and Cubs. Sunday’s loss secured the season series for the Giants over the Dodgers, 10 games to nine, which means should the two teams have the same record after 162 games, a one-game tiebreaker would be held at Oracle Park in San Francisco. The Dodgers, now in wild card position, play two teams this week that could potentially be their opponent on October 6. The Dodgers lost two of three games to the Giants, falling back into second place in the National League West, with four weeks remaining in the regular season.
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