Breaking: BryceHarper's go-ahead home run in the eighth inning led the Phillies to a Game 5 NLDS win over the Padres, sending Philadelphia to the World Series.
Bryce Harper slugged his fifth homer of the postseason, a two-run blast in the eighth inning that turned Citizens Bank Park into a madhouse, and the $330-million slugger powered the Philadelphia Phillies past the San Diego Padres 4-3 on Sunday and into the World Series for the first the time since 2009.
J.T. Realmuto began the inning with a single off reliever Robert Suarez and Harper lined a 2-and-2, 98-mph sinker to the opposite field into the left-field seats as another sellout crowd of 45,485 fans shook the stadium. Phillies reliever David Robertson was pulled after a pair of one-out walks in the ninth. Ranger Suarez made his first relief appearance of the season and retired Trent Grisham on a bunt and got Austin Nola — brother of Phillies ace Aaron Nola — on a routine fly to end it for a huge save.
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