The Phillies are going back to the NLCS! With their 3-1 win over the Atlanta Braves on Thursday night, the Phillies will be going to baseball’s final four for the second straight year.
But it wasn’t easy. After teeing off on Bryce Elder and company in game three, game four always figured to be a little more difficult with Braves’ ace Spencer Strider on the mound. The Phillies had a chance to put some early runs on the board, by getting two runners on base in the first inning. But Alec Bohm and Bryson Stott (both of whom had awful nights at the plate) couldn’t get them home.