PHLY Philadelphia Phillies Podcast

⚾🔔 Phillies Season OVER: Braves Eliminate Philadelphia 😤 | Nola Over Wheeler, Offense Collapse, Turner & Mattingly Questions

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The Phillies are still alive! Philadelphia beat the Atlanta Braves 4-3 in 10 innings in Game 2 of the 2026 NL Wild Card Series, forcing a winner-take-all Game 3 tomorrow. Watch the highlights and get the full breakdown of this Phillies comeback win.

🔥 Phillies vs. Braves Game 2 Highlights & Recap:

⚾ Cristopher Sánchez battled through a career-high 116 pitches, going 6 2/3 innings on the road in an elimination game.

💥 Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper hit back-to-back homers in the 8th inning to tie the game after the Braves took a 3-1 lead. Schwarber's was a 447-foot blast and Harper's went 418 feet. It was the perfect answer after Harper's costly misplay in right field an inning earlier.

🧱 Andrew Painter came out of the bullpen and threw 3 big innings, got out of a jam with a double play, and earned the win.

🚀 Alec Bohm hit a two-out solo homer in the top of the 10th to put the Phillies ahead for good.

🗓️ What's next: Game 3 is tomorrow, with the winner advancing to the NLDS and the loser going home.

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⚾🔥 PHILLIES DEVASTATING GAME 1 LOSS vs. BRAVES! Austin Riley Does It Again 😤 | Sánchez vs. Mahle Game 2 | Wild Card Odds 🔥⚾

😬 THE MATH IS TOUGH, BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE:

Only one team has ever come back from 0-1 to win a wild-card series, and 11 of the first 16 wild-card series ended in sweeps 🧹. But the Braves have NEVER beaten the Phillies in a playoff series 🔔, and Philly has Sánchez and then Wheeler lined up to force a Game 3! 💪

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The Philadelphia Phillies are back in October baseball — and it's the Atlanta Braves standing in their way YET AGAIN.

The Phillies snuck into the 2026 MLB Postseason as the final NL Wild Card team after beating the Rays on the last day of the regular season, finishing 86-70. Now they head to Truist Park to face a Braves team that ran away with the NL East at 92-64. This is the fourth time in recent postseason history these two NL East rivals have collided in October — and the tension is real.

In this video, I break down everything you need to know about the 2026 NL Wild Card Series between the Phillies and Braves:

Series Schedule — Best-of-three, all games airing 2:00 PM ET on NBC/Peacock

Pitching Matchups — Chris Sale, the NL Cy Young front-runner, gets the ball for Atlanta in Game 1 on extra rest after Atlanta strategically set up their rotation down the stretch. Philadelphia's situation is murkier — with Zack Wheeler unavailable until a potential Game 3, the Phillies could turn to Cristopher Sánchez on short rest, rookie phenom Andrew Painter, or lean on a newly activated Jesús Luzardo out of the bullpen.

X-Factors — Who swings the series? We look at Kyle Schwarber's power in a short series, whether Bryce Harper can deliver another signature October moment, Ronald Acuña Jr. and Ozzie Albies at the top of Atlanta's order, and whether Philly's bullpen can bridge the gap if the rotation gets stretched thin.

Phillies Odds & Chances — With Atlanta as the well-rested home favorite and Sale lined up for Game 1, oddsmakers have the Braves favored, but Philadelphia has made a habit of playing spoiler in October. We break down what it would take for the Phillies to pull the upset.

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⚾🔴 Phillies Playoff Push: Magic Number Watch, Larry Andersen Joins, Wheeler's Comeback POY Case & Vlad Jr.'s Contract Comments 🔴⚾

🎙️ Legendary Phillies radio voice Larry Andersen stops by to talk about the stretch run, what he's seeing from this team on the field, and his read on where this club is headed in October.

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Phillies Playoff Push: Wheeler's Finale, Brewers Showdown & the Wild Card Chase Heats Up! 🔴⚾

The Philadelphia Phillies are barreling into October with the NL Wild Card race tighter than a Bryce Harper walk-off swing! In this episode, we break down:

✅ Zack Wheeler's final regular-season tune-up on the mound tonight vs. the Brewers

Whether you're a die-hard Philly sports fan or just tracking the MLB playoff picture, this is your one-stop Phillies recap for where this team stands heading into the postseason. Drop a comment with your Wild Card prediction!

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⚾️ It's a HUGE weekend for the Philadelphia Phillies as they wrap up their series in New York and turn the page on their final 6 games of the 2026 regular season — a season-closing gauntlet against the Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays! 🔴⚪️

🏆 Paul Owens Award Winners — We're shining a spotlight on this year's Paul Owens Award recipients, honoring the Phillies' top minor league hitter and pitcher for 2026! 🌟 Alex McFarlane & Bryan Rincon! 

📊 NL Wild Card Picture — With the Cubs, Diamondbacks, Marlins, Reds & Giants all jockeying for position, we break down exactly what the Phillies need to clinch and lock up their 5th straight postseason berth! 🎯

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🔥⚾ Aaron Nola is ROLLING Into October + Ryan Spilborghs Talks NL Playoffs 🍎📺 | Phillies BEAT the Mets 😤

🚨 Aaron Nola just turned back the clock! 🕰️ On today's show we break down his INCREDIBLE run over his last 10 starts 📈 — a 2.10 ERA across 60 innings 😳 — capped by a dominant 7-inning, 81-pitch gem 💎 in a 3-0 shutout win over the Mets at Citi Field 🏟️. He's allowed 3 runs or fewer in EVERY one of those 10 outings 🤯 and we get into what that means for his role once October baseball begins 🍂⚾

🔵🔴 We also dig into the Phillies' win over the Mets last night 🙌, plus Apple TV's Ryan Spilborghs 🎙️ joins the show to preview the NL playoff picture 🏆 as the postseason field starts to take shape 👀

👉 Then we look ahead to the HUGE weekend series between the Phillies and Mets 💥, and wrap things up with a trip around the rest of MLB 🌎 — including 52-year-old Ichiro Suzuki 🐐 tossing an absolutely RIDICULOUS complete-game shutout (127 pitches 😵, 17 strikeouts ❌❌❌) against Japan's best high school girls all-star team in Tokyo 🇯🇵

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📋 IN THIS EPISODE:

🔥 Aaron Nola's historic last 10 starts + his playoff role

😤 Phillies vs. Mets recap — big win last night

🎙️ Ryan Spilborghs (Apple TV) on the NL Playoff race

👀 Weekend series preview: Phillies vs. Mets

🇯🇵 Ichiro's unreal 17-K shutout at 52 years old

🌎 Around the league: MLB's playoff push

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🔴⚾ PHILLIES SPLIT WITH THE NATS 😤 | Wheeler on the Doorstep of 2,000 K's 🔥 | Luzardo to the IL 😱 | NL Wild Card Race UPDATE

🎙️ Welcome back to the show! The Philadelphia Phillies (83-68) are down to the final stretch of the 2026 season and there is SO much to unpack 👀

📍 NATS SERIES RECAP ➡️ The Phils split the two-gamer at Nationals Park 🤝 — a rough 6-3 loss Tuesday 😩 followed by a 3-0 shutout win Wednesday behind the ace 💪

🗽 UP NEXT: 4 GAMES vs. THE METS 🍎 A HUGE series that could decide the second NL Wild Card spot 😬 Buckle up, Philly

🎯 ZACK WHEELER CHASING 2,000 CAREER STRIKEOUTS ⚡ Wheels is RIGHT on the doorstep after another gem in D.C. 🔢 When does he get there?!

🚑 JESUS LUZARDO HITS THE IL 😖 The lefty (14-5, 2.87 ERA 📊) lands on the 15-day IL with left shoulder inflammation, retroactive to Sept. 12 📅 We break down the timeline and what it means for the playoff rotation 🗓️

📊 NL WILD CARD PICTURE 🧮 Where the Phils sit with 11 games left ⏳, how the Braves pulled away in the NL East 😤, and exactly what has to happen to lock up October 🍂

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The Phillies dropped two of three at Truist Park and left Atlanta further back than when they arrived — and that's only half the story. On today's show we break down the rough weekend in Atlanta, the Jesús Luzardo shoulder situation, where Philadelphia actually sits in the NL Wild Card race, the bullpen problems that keep costing this team games, and what the week ahead looks like with 12 to play.

🩺 JESÚS LUZARDO SHOULDER STIFFNESS — Luzardo was scratched from Saturday's start with stiffness in his left shoulder, five days after tossing the first complete game of his career. The MRI showed no structural damage — just inflammation. No IL stint planned, with the club hoping rest gets him back on the mound this week. We talk about what this means for the rotation, October workload, and whether Don Mattingly made the right call. 

🃏 NL WILD CARD PICTURE & LIKELY OPPONENTS — Phillies at 83-67, holding a spot but squeezed on both sides. The Cubs sit a half-game up, the Padres a game back, the D-backs lurking. We walk through the seeding math, why the current bracket points toward a Cubs matchup, and what it would take to climb, catch Atlanta, or slip out entirely.

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