Final: Astros 3, Phillies 2
HOUSTON — If Wednesday’s regular season finale between the Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros felt like a Spring Training game, that’s because it mattered as much as Grapefruit League action does.
With a postseason berth clinched on Monday and a best-of-three playoff series set to start on Friday, reigning National League MVP Bryce Harper got the day off. J.T. Realmuto was the DH. Starting pitcher Bailey Falter only went an inning. And Kyle Schwarber, Nick Castellanos and Alec Bohm all had abbreviated afternoons.
Chas McCormick and Yordan Alvarez both drove in runs for the Astros in the third against Phillies’ lefty Michael Plassmeyer.