For once, the aren’t making us sweat bullets in September.
After finishing with sub-.500 records in the season’s final month each of the last five seasons, the 2023 Phils appear to have figured out this whole “winning in September” thing. Following their four-game sweep of the over the weekend, they’re 13-10 and have whittled their magic number to clinch a playoff spot to just one game. Depending on the outcome of the Diamondbacks’ contest against the Yankees Monday afternoon, the magic number for the top wild card spot could also be down to one.