Tuesday night could have been a celebration for the Philadelphia Phillies and their fans. At first, it was shaping up to be a joyous affair at Citizens Bank Park but it ended in thoroughly disappointing fashion. What's worse is that the shocking 6-5 extra-inning loss cost the Phillies an opportunity to clinch the first-round bye.
The Phillies came into Tuesday with their magic number at two to clinch, at minimum, the No. 2 seed in the National League. And they were playing the Miami Marlins. It looked too good to be true, and it was.
Phillies fans fuming after brutal loss to the Marlins wasted chance to clinch first-round bye
After blowing a 3-0 lead, created on the back of another dominating Cristopher Sánchez start, the Phillies fell apart and wasted a timely Los Angeles Dodgers loss.