Phillies Save Their Season with Three Homers and Dramatic ABS Challenge Finish vs. Braves
Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper homered to erase a 3-1 deficit, and J.T. Realmuto helped secure the first postseason game ending on an ABS overturn.
- The Philadelphia Phillies won a postseason Game on Wednesday when catcher J.T. Realmuto successfully challenged an Andrew Painter strikeout, marking the first ABS Challenge System overturned call to end a playoff contest.
- After falling behind 3-1 in the 7th inning, the Phillies rallied with back-to-back home runs from Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper to tie the Game at 3, then took a 4-3 lead in the 10th.
- Realmuto challenged 86 calls during the regular season and got 70 correct, while the Phillies maintained a 72.7% overturned percentage—4.7% better than every other team.
- The ABS Challenge System proved efficient in this historic moment; a tap to the helmet initiates the challenge, which then appears on the scoreboard for all to see.
- MLB continues to evolve by adopting universal rules and the ABS Challenge System, which has effectively improved the Game and remains universally accepted among players and fans.
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The Philadelphia Phillies played for their postseason lives on Wednesday, and it took a comeback to see another day.After falling behind 3-1 in the bottom of the 7th inning, the Phillies responded with back-to-back home runs from Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper to tie it at 3.Then, after taking a 4-3 lead in the top […]
Phillies force Game 3 as Kyle Schwarber, Bryce Harper go back-to-back and Alec Bohm homers in 10th vs Braves
Game 2 of the National League Wild Card Series was deadlocked at 3-3 Wednesday afternoon before Alec Bohm delivered Philadelphia's biggest swing. His two-out homer in the 10th inning lifted the Phillies to a 4-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves and forced a winner-take-all Game 3.The Phillies had trailed 3-1 before Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper hit back-to-back homers in the seventh. Harper's blast came one inning after he committed a costly fi…
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