Braves NL Wild Card Report: September 21
After dropping yet another game here in 2024 where the other team scored at least four runs, the Atlanta Braves were once again in the awful position of relying on other teams for help. One of these teams was the Chicago White Sox and another was the Philadelphia Phillies. Folks, this is a dire situation that we’re in as Braves fans right now. As frustrating as it might be, let’s get into these results.
Philadelphia Phillies (92-62) 12, New York Mets (85-69) 2
Box Score | Savant | Condensed Game
Let’s start with the small piece of good news from last night’s results, which is that the Phillies got themselves back into gear and ended up cruising to a huge win on their way to clinching a Postseason spot. The Mets got started on the right foot with a two-run first inning (including a solo homer from Jose Iglesias) but as you can see from the final score, that was as good as it got for the Mets tonight. Philadelphia tied up the series over the next two innings before blowing up for six runs in the fourth inning.
Philadelphia scored three runs with one out in the fourth and then added on three more with two outs on the board after that. It didn’t matter what David Peterson or Adam Ottavino did at this point in the game, it was just one of those situations where once the Phillies get rolling, it’s extremely hard to stop them. Once the smoke cleared, it was 8-2 Phillies at that point in the game and the Mets didn’t mount up much of a response after that. Alec Bohm’s three run homer was the big shot that essentially turned the game into a laugher and then the Phillies added two more runs in both the seventh and eighth inning to bring us to the eventual final score of 12-2.
The Phillies are now one win away from winning the NL East and ending Atlanta’s streak of divisional titles. They’ll have Ranger Suárez going against Sean Manaea this evening. I don’t know, man, just go ahead and get it over with since clearly the Braves are going to need all the help that they can get — no matter who it comes from.
