{"id":3048,"date":"2025-09-17T17:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T17:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=3048"},"modified":"2025-09-17T17:46:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T17:46:09","slug":"phillies-beat-dodgers-in-extra-innings-to-clinch-nl-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=3048","title":{"rendered":"Phillies beat Dodgers in extra innings to clinch NL East"},"content":{"rendered":"


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LOS ANGELES — Garrett Stubbs beelined into the kitchen of the visitors\u2019 clubhouse at Dodger Stadium.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Phillies had just clinched their second consecutive NL East championship on Monday night with a 6-5 victory<\/a> over the Dodgers in 10 innings. It was a wild, fun ending to a long day. The Phillies landed in L.A. a little before 2 a.m. local time, several hours later than scheduled because they had another mechanical issue with their plane. (It has happened a few times this season.) But the Phillies had to play the Dodgers at 7:10 p.m. PT, regardless of what time they landed and got to their hotel.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It wasn\u2019t ideal, but they didn\u2019t make it a big deal.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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They played. They won. They partied.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s apple juice!\u201d Bryce Harper<\/a> said, smiling, holding up a small, clear container.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Harper doesn\u2019t drink, so he wanted to make sure everybody knew before the juice was poured into a beer bong.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cJust in case my wife is watching,\u201d Harper joked.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Harper chugged it. His teammates cheered.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Phillies started Monday night\u2019s game with their NL East-clinching magic number at one. Moments later, Kyle Schwarber hit his 53rd homer of the season to give the Phillies a 1-0 lead, though the Dodgers would carry a 3-1 lead into the seventh, when the bottom half of the Phillies\u2019 lineup stepped up.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Otto Kemp hit a ground-rule double to left field to start the frame. Bryson Stott\u2019s one-out single scored Kemp. Weston Wilson crushed a go-ahead, two-run home run to center field to give the Phillies a 4-3 lead.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It didn\u2019t last. Orion Kerkering allowed a game-tying homer to Mookie Betts in the bottom of the inning. But Harper seized control in the eighth, ripping a go-ahead homer into the right-center-field seats to give the Phillies a 5-4 lead.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Harper had not yet reached first base when the ball cleared the fence. He raised his right arm into the air. He pumped his fist on his way to second. He celebrated a couple more times as he rounded the bases.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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He clapped his hands again after he touched home plate.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cThat was a heavyweight fight, man,\u201d Harper said.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Phillies expect more fights like this beginning next month.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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If the season ended on Monday, the Phillies would have a first-round bye and be the NL\u2019s No. 2 seed. They could face the Dodgers in the NL Division Series.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Dodgers won the World Series last year. The Phillies believe they can win it this year. They have fallen short the past three seasons. They lost the World Series in 2022. They lost the NLCS in \u201923. They lost the NLDS in \u201924.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Maybe this time, it\u2019s different.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Maybe this team is different.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe keep pushing, we keep grinding,\u201d Schwarber said. \u201cIt\u2019s a lot of the same faces, right? Everyone knows and expects what we expect out of each other. I think that\u2019s the great thing. We expect a lot out of ourselves.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Many of the faces are the same from \u201922. But there were additions. There\u2019s Harrison Bader, Jhoan Duran and David Robertson, who joined the Phillies this summer. Duran and Robertson have been godsends to the Phillies\u2019 bullpen. Duran has been magnificent, even with the game-tying homer he allowed in the ninth to Andy Pages.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cI wanted to win out there, I wanted the save,\u201d Duran said. \u201cBut I can’t be perfect every time.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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After J.T. Realmuto\u2019s sac fly in the top of the 10th, Robertson loaded the bases in the bottom half, but he did not allow a run to score.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cI knew this team was good,\u201d Robertson said. \u201cI knew we had a good chance to win the division. Definitely didn’t picture myself being out there in the extra innings with runners everywhere and trying to make a pitch just to get out of it. But this is an intense environment. It was a fun game. It felt like a playoff game.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Phillies traded two top prospects for Duran. They traded a couple lesser prospects for Bader. They signed Robertson as a free agent, which pushed them further past the luxury tax, which means more tax penalties.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cMoney\u2019s easy,\u201d Phillies managing partner John Middleton said. \u201cThat\u2019s the easy part.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Bader, like Duran and Robertson, has been a gift.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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His teammates and the city have fallen in love with him because of his play, both offensively and defensively, and the energy he brings to the field. He utters the phrase \u201cwhat a gift\u201d so much that manager Rob Thomson referenced it when Schwarber hit his 50th homer last week. Stubbs had T-shirts made.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cI think energy is everything, and I absolutely love what I do,\u201d Bader said. \u201cAnd it’s my personality. And I\u2019m just thankful that my teammates accept my personality and let me go out there and do my stuff on that field. And I think you can just run with really good energy. So I just share my love of the game with them.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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So he really says \u201cwhat a gift\u201d so much that it deserved to be put on a T-shirt?\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cI have it tattooed on my arm,\u201d Bader said, pointing to the words on his left forearm. \u201cIt just puts a lot of things into perspective, honestly, and as soon as you say, \u2018what a gift,\u2019 it changes your mentality on things. Even if it’s something that’s bad or annoying or uncomfortable, it just immediately changes your perspective. It\u2019s like, you’re sitting in traffic, you’re late, you’re stressed, and you just look up, you say, \u2018what a gift.\u2019 It changes everything.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Bader said he got the tattoo in the offseason.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s meant to be,\u201d he said.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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