Nick Castellanos hit his 29th homer and Cristopher Sánchez struck out 10 to lead the Philadelphia Phillies over the New York Mets 5-2 for a four-game sweep.
Michael Lorenzen, rocked since heThe NL champion Phillies will try to wrap a second straight playoff berth when they send Aaron Nola to the mound Tuesday against Pittsburgh at Citizens Bank Park.
A year ago, the Phillies ended the longest playoff drought in the National League. This season’s team overcame a sluggish start — just 26-32 on June 3 — to make a run at the top wild card. The Phillies are poised to earn that spot this week and then host a playoff series.“I think it’s difficult to get in the playoffs,” manager Rob Thomson said ahead of Sunday’s game. “So you need to celebrate that.
“When you start spring training, start planning in the winter, this is where you kind of want to be,” Thomson said. “You can smell it. You can feel it. That makes it fun.”Several of them shot baskets from various X’s marked on the carpet while Realmuto, Harper and Bryson Stott sat on a sofa watching sports. Three TVs on the NFL — one, of most interest — on the Marlins-Brewers game.
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