The reigning NL champion Phillies clinched a wild-card berth, beating the Pirates 3-2 in 10 innings on Tuesday night on Johan Rojas' RBI single that set off a wild celebration in the outfield.
Playing in the second year of the NL wild-card series, they earned the No. 1 seed and will host all games next week.• Phillies clinch a playoff spot for 2nd straight season; 1st time they reached the postseason in consecutive seasons since making it 5 straight years from 2007-11
• Won via walk-off; 1st time they clinched a playoff spot on the same day as a walk-off win in the World Series era • Have won 6 straight games, tied for their longest win streak this season • Aaron Nola: 8 strikeouts; 5th season with 200+ strikeouts with the Phillies, 2nd-most in franchise history No doubt, the ballpark will again rock as it did last October. Phillies manager Rob Thomson said a rival coach told him during the playoffs that a game in Philly was"four hours of hell." The Phillies won their first six home playoff games last season, setting the tone for what they called Red October.tried to play spoiler by taking a no-hitter into the sixth.
"I didn't know that anybody knew until I got back in my office and my daughter texted me," he said ahead of Tuesday's game.
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