Zack Wheeler tossed five scoreless innings. His next start would be Friday night in the Phillies' first playoff game in 11 years.
WASHINGTON — As a drizzle fell Sunday morning, Phillies officials gathered inside the visiting clubhouse and met multiple times with representatives from the Washington Nationals and Major League Baseball.“If we’ve got a window for a couple hours,” interim manager Rob Thomson said shortly before 11:30 a.m., “then we’d go [play].”
“We control our own destiny, and that’s really all you can ask for at this time in the season,” said J.T. Realmuto, who homered and cut down another base stealer. “We’re excited to go in there, play a really good ballclub. It’s going to be a fun series. These games obviously mean a lot to us.” So, the Phillies did what they had to do Sunday. Although the game began in a mist and pressed on through a steady rain that muddied the infield and turned parts of the warning track into a moat, they jumped on Nationals starter Patrick Corbin for one run in the second inning, then three apiece in the fourth and fifth.
“That’s where it all counts, right?” Wheeler said. “That’s where you want to get to and what you battle for the entire season to get to that point.” Jean Segura, Matt Vierling, and Bryson Stott combined to go 6-for-8 with five runs and three RBIs. Stott came up with a big two-run double to stretch the lead to 3-0 in the third inning.
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