Major League Baseball

FINAL Sunday, September 27, 2026
Tampa Bay Rays 3
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Philadelphia Phillies 7
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Match Report

Phillies clinch NL wild card behind Wheeler for 5th straight playoff appearance with win over Rays

— Bryce Harper and Edmundo Sosa homered, and Zack Wheeler delivered like a Game 7 ace to bring the Philadelphia Phillies back from the brink of collapse and

Full story at ESPN →

Top Performers

TB

  • Victor Mesa Jr. · ·
  • Jonathan Aranda · ·
  • Ryan Vilade · ·
  • Junior Caminero · ·

PHI

  • Trea Turner · ·
  • Kyle Schwarber · ·
  • Bryce Harper · ·
  • Derek Hill · ·

Recent Plays

  1. · 9th Inning
  2. · 9th Inning Fortes struck out swinging.
  3. · 9th Inning Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging
  4. · 9th Inning Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging
  5. · 9th Inning Pitch 3 : Ball 2
  6. · 9th Inning Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging
  7. · 9th Inning Pitch 1 : Ball 1
  8. · 9th Inning Jhoan Duran pitches to Nick Fortes

Head to Head

TB wins series 2-1

Injuries

Philadelphia Phillies

  • Caleb Kilian 60-Day-IL
  • Felix Reyes 60-Day-IL
  • Johan Rojas 60-Day-IL
  • Adolis Garcia 60-Day-IL
  • Brad Keller 60-Day-IL

Tampa Bay Rays

  • Gavin Lux 60-Day-IL
  • Shane McClanahan Out
  • Jacob Melton 60-Day-IL
  • Edwin Uceta 60-Day-IL
  • Jonathan Heasley 60-Day-IL

Lineups

PHI

  1. 7Trea TurnerSS
  2. 12Kyle SchwarberDH
  3. 3Bryce HarperRF
  4. 5Bryson Stott2B
  5. 28Alec Bohm1B
  6. 16Brandon MarshLF
  7. 33Edmundo Sosa3B
  8. 2Justin CrawfordCF
  9. 10J.T. RealmutoC

TB

  1. 25Victor Mesa Jr.LF
  2. 8Jonathan Aranda1B
  3. 13Junior Caminero3B
  4. 34Liam HicksDH
  5. 1Richie Palacios2B
  6. 21Jonny DeLucaRF
  7. 31Cedric MullinsCF
  8. 40Nick FortesC
  9. 9Jorge MateoSS

MLB News

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