Throughout the playoffs, we’ll take a look at some of the smaller matchups that make baseball so much fun. Here is what we’re looking at today.
Were you to poll Phillies fans prior to this series about the team’s chances in Atlanta, you’d have found a large variance on that whole “cocky or distraught” meter that has made the viral rounds. Taking one of the two games was a must for the team when they went down to Georgia, but the order in which they won them was somewhat surprising. Zack Wheeler has been so good lately for the team coupled with the team facing a rusty Max Fried may have been the one people pointed to as the likely victory, yet a defeat is what the Phillies walked off the field with.