Philadelphia Phillies

2ndin NL East · 88-74

YES!

Philadelphia Phillies beat the Tampa Bay Rays

98-64 3 – 7

88-74

Final · Sun, Sep 27

Game Details

Citizens Bank Park (Philadelphia) · 42,146 fans · NBC Sports Phil, MLB.TV, Rays.TV

Recap

Phillies clinch NL wild card behind Wheeler for 5th straight playoff appearance with win over Rays

Bryce Harper and Edmundo Sosa homered, and Zack Wheeler delivered like a Game 7 ace to bring the Philadelphia Phillies back from the brink of collapse and

Recap via ESPN

Citizens Bank Park · Philadelphia

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TB	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	8	0
PHI	1	3	0	0	3	0	0	0		7	12	0

Win Probability · Philadelphia Phillies

first pitchnow: 100%

Game Leaders

Tampa Bay Rays

Jonny DeLuca · 2-4, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 2 RBatting
Nick Martinez · 2.2 IP, 4 ER, 1 K (L, 15-6)Pitching

Philadelphia Phillies

Edmundo Sosa · 2-4, HR, 1 RBI, 2 RBatting
Zack Wheeler · 6.0 IP, 1 ER, 5 K (W, 14-5)Pitching

2026 American League East Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Tampa Bay	98	64	.605	-	L1
New York	93	68	.578	4.5	W1
Boston	87	75	.537	11	L1
Baltimore	79	82	.491	18.5	L1
Toronto	79	83	.488	19	W1

2026 National League East Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Atlanta	94	68	.580	-	L1
Philadelphia	88	74	.543	6	W1
Miami	80	82	.494	14	W1
Washington	77	85	.475	17	W1
New York	74	88	.457	20	L1

Scoring

Top 7th

1B Mesa Jr. reached on infield single to second, Mateo scored.3–7

Top 7th

HR DeLuca homered to right center (374 feet).2–7

Bot 5th

HR Sosa homered to right (351 feet).1–7

Bot 5th

SF Marsh hit sacrifice fly to center, Stott scored.1–6

Bot 5th

HR Harper homered to right (366 feet).1–5

Top 5th

HR DeLuca homered to left center (382 feet).1–4

Bot 2nd

2B Schwarber doubled to right, Realmuto scored and Turner scored.0–4

Bot 2nd

2B Realmuto doubled to left, Sosa scored.0–2

Bot 1st

2B Stott doubled to right, Schwarber scored.0–1

Team Stats

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Batting

8 Hits 12

2 Home Runs 2

0 Walks 4

8 Strikeouts 5

0 Stolen Bases 1

11 Left on Base 18

Pitching & Fielding

134 Pitches Thrown 136

0 Errors 0

2 Double Plays 0

Box Score

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
V. Mesa Jr.LF	4	0	1	1	0	2	.260	23	.327	.498
J. Aranda1B	2	0	1	0	0	1	.274	11	.358	.434
R. Vilade1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	.245	4	.321	.429
J. Caminero3B	2	0	0	0	0	1	.276	7	.360	.524
B. Williamson3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	.238	4	.302	.318
L. HicksDH	4	0	2	0	0	0	.284	11	.367	.434
R. Palacios2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.235	15	.330	.374
J. DeLucaRF	4	2	2	2	2	0	.266	21	.300	.429
C. MullinsCF	4	0	1	0	0	2	.205	14	.284	.344
N. FortesC	4	0	0	0	0	2	.258	15	.304	.376
J. MateoSS	3	1	1	0	0	0	.203	11	.245	.314
Team	35	3	8	3	2	8		136

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
N. Martinez(L, 15-6)	2.2	7	4	4	1	1	0	50-35	3.10
I. Seymour	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2-1	4.21
J. Scholtens	3.0	3	3	3	1	3	2	50-33	4.34
M. Rodriguez	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	16-7	2.70
C. Legumina	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	16-10	3.77
Team	8.0	12	7	7	4	5	2	134-86

Philadelphia Phillies ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
T. TurnerSS	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	.242	15	.297	.378
K. SchwarberDH	4	1	2	2	0	1	1	.232	22	.354	.503
B. HarperRF	5	1	1	1	1	0	1	.269	23	.380	.485
D. HillRF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	0	.291	.442
B. Stott2B	3	1	3	1	0	1	0	.256	12	.334	.401
A. Bohm1B	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	.249	12	.315	.383
B. MarshLF	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.260	16	.304	.408
E. Sosa3B	4	2	2	1	1	0	1	.247	6	.283	.429
J. CrawfordCF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.264	12	.309	.353
J.T. RealmutoC	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	.205	16	.283	.331
Team	33	7	12	7	2	4	5		134