The Philadelphia Phillies had to make a drastic change towards the start of the 2026 MLB season as they fell to 10 games below .500. In the end, it was manager Rob Thomson who got the axe — with Don Mattingly having to step into the interim role. The Phillies proceeded to rally with Mattingly […]
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Chris Sale had some of the worst injury luck in modern MLB history during a five-year stretch for the Boston Red Sox, but make no mistake, this man is a warrior. Atlanta Braves manager Walt Weiss said so himself after the National League East champions earned a 6-2 Wild Card Series victory over the Philadelphia […]
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Playoff heartbreak has once again befallen the Philadelphia Phillies. On Thursday, they fell to the Atlanta Braves, 6-2, to lose Game 3 of the Wild Card series — marking the end of their 2026 campaign. They were already losing steam towards the end of October, requiring a win in Game 162 to seal their spot […]
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The Los Angeles Dodgers’ 2026 MLB postseason journey will officially begin on Saturday for Game 1 of their NLDS clash against the Atlanta Braves. Their goal this October is to win three consecutive World Series titles and become just the third team in MLB history to do so, joining the New York Yankees (who’ve accomplished […]
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Chris Sale missed the COVID-shortened 2020 campaign while recovering from Tommy John surgery and made just 31 starts from 2021-23 before the Boston Red Sox traded him to the Atlanta Braves. He reclaimed elite status in his new home, but injury troubles struck again late and prevented him from competing in the playoffs. The superb […]
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Prolific slugger Kyle Schwarber did not want to get hung up on “what ifs” after the Philadelphia Phillies went down 1-0 versus the Atlanta Braves in the National League Wild Card Series, but following Thursday’s 6-2 season-ending loss, it is hard not to think about what could have been. And not just this year. If […]
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The Atlanta Braves are heading to Los Angeles and they’ve done so by finally getting one over on a Philadelphia Phillies ballclub that has been a thorn in their side for not just this season but for the past few seasons as well. It’s a huge result for the Braves and one that’s made all […]
The Los Angeles Dodgers, who will face the Atlanta Braves in the National League Division Series beginning on Saturday, acquired pitcher Tarik Skubal from the Detroit Tigers in a blockbuster early August trade. The Dodgers hope Skubal, the back-to-back reigning American League Cy Young Award winner, will help them become the first team since the […]
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The Philadelphia Phillies' season ended in the American League Wild Card round on Thursday after a 6-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves.
This game might not have been as dramatic and thrilling as the first two chapters of the series (or a locomotive hijacking, for that matter), but it gets the Braves on a charter to Los Angeles all the same.
It took the Atlanta Braves until the final game of the three-game Wild Card series against the Philadelphia Phillies to advance to the National League Division Series, but advance they did. What awaits them, beginning this weekend, is a match-up against their long-time rival and National League West Division winner Los Angeles Dodgers. MLB has […]
Chris Sale still found a way to contribute to the Atlanta Braves on Thursday, and he did so in historic fashion. Despite pitching in Game 1 of the National League Wild Card Round Series against the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday, Sale found another gear to help close out the series for Atlanta. Sale entered Game […]
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This was an absolutely unreal baseball contest. I don’t have the right words. A sold-out crowd and the home Friday red uniforms energized a Braves squad on the brink of elimination, and the boys delivered some Truist Park magic to begin October baseball. Ray Kerr was magnificent. This lineup – finally and blessedly – let […]
The Atlanta Braves live to fight another day. After dropping Game 2 of their Wild Card series against the Philadelphia Phillies in heartbreaking fashion in extra innings, the Braves locked in for Game 3 back at home. Buoyed by a first-inning home run from Michael Harris II, the Braves did not look back en route […]
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The Dodgers and Braves have spent plenty of time in the last decade at or near the top of the National League standings. The two teams met in the playoffs three times, highlighted by a pair of exciting NLCS matchups each team used as a springboard to a championship. Now the matchup is set, the […]
It didn’t take long for Game 3 to go south for the Phillies against the Atlanta Braves. After Aaron Nola […]
“Not with a bang, but with a whimper.” So wrote T.S. Eliot. He was many things, but he was not a baseball fan: if he had been, he would’ve known that the world, or at least a season, can end with both. The Phillies and their fans know this well: their 2026 ended with the […]
The Atlanta Braves are the last team standing from the National League East.
For about 27 hours, the Phillies’ magical Game 2 win over the Braves in the National League Wild Card Series, forcing a decisive Game 3, seemed like a spark. And then that decisive game got under way. The Phillies, who tabbed Aaron Nola as the starter instead of Zack Wheeler on short rest, saw their […]
The Los Angeles Dodgers can’t wait to finally see action in the 2026 MLB playoffs. The reigning World Series champions are trying to keep it loose on Thursday by playing a simulated game at Dodger Stadium, while Game 3 of the National League Wild Card Round Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves play […]
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It’s do or die time for the Atlanta Braves, who entered Thursday night with the possibility of seeing their 2026 campaign come to an end if they lose to the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 3 of the Wild Card series. But they could not have asked for a better start to the contest, as Michael […]
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On the latest episode of Phillies Stoplight🚦, Tim Kelly and Anthony SanFilippo react to a season-ending loss to the Atlanta […]
The first-year broadcaster didn't have to wait long for his bold prediction to be spoiled
Philadelphia Phillies manager Don Mattingly was getting lambasted for starting Aaron Nola over Zack Wheeler in Thursday’s do-or-die National League Wild Card clash, but it turns out the Atlanta Braves are capable of punishing anyone on this night. Michael Harris II crushed a three-run home run off Nola in the first inning, and then Ozzie […]
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Don Mattingly may have taken the words “Wild Card” a bit too literally in Thursday’s win-or-go-home showdown with the Atlanta Braves. The Philadelphia Phillies interim manager chose to start All Star-turned-unpredictable-hurler Aaron Nola instead of the often reliable Zack Wheeler in the decisive Game 3 of this National League Wild Card Series. The controversial move […]
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