The Phillies scored six runs in the ninth inning to beat the Cardinals, 6-3, after trailing for most of Game 1 of the National League wild-card series.
ST. LOUIS — Jean Segura wasn’t even halfway down the first-base line when he leaped in the air, looking more like Mikhail Baryshnikov than the player who delivered a game-winning hit in theThat’s how long Segura waited to play in the postseason. So, with the bases loaded and the Phillies down to their final two outs Friday, Segura punched a two-run single through the right side. The Phillies had a lead, part of a six-run inning, in a rousing 6-3 come-from-behind victory over the St.
So, when he issued a two-out walk and hung a first-pitch cutter to Yepez, it seemed like it would be another chapter in the book of bad things that have happened to the Phillies on Oct. 7, perhaps the darkest day on the calendar in their 140-year history. It began harmlessly enough with J.T. Realmuto’s one-out single against Cardinals closer Ryan Helsley. Bryce Harper and Nick Castellanos walked to load the bases before Helsley hit Alec Bohm in the arm with a 101 mph fastball.
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