The Good Phight · May 21, 2018
Game Thread 5/21: Braves at Phillies
By Wednesday night, the Phillies could be 1⁄2 a game in first place in the NL East, they could be 4 1⁄2 back, or somewhere in between.
The Phils begin another three-game set with the Atlanta Braves tonight, the first of a three-game series against the team that’s ahead of them in the division. Atlanta enters with a 1 1⁄2 game lead over the Phillies, with tonight’s game an opportunity to draw back to within a half-game.
The Braves are coming off their best win of the season, a dramatic 10-9 win over the Miami Marlins in which they scored 6 runs in the bottom of the 9th for the victory. The Phils split a four-game series against the Cardinals in St. Louis and lost on Sunday 5-1.