Major League Baseball

FINAL Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Philadelphia Phillies 4
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Atlanta Braves 3
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Match Report

Braves announce left-hander Ray Kerr to start against Phillies' Aaron Nola in NL Wild Card Series

— The Atlanta Braves will have left-hander Ray Kerr make his first career postseason appearance as the opener against the Philadelphia Phillies in Thursday night's decisive game of the NL Wild Card Series.

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Top Performers

PHI

  • Trea Turner · ·
  • Kyle Schwarber · ·
  • Bryce Harper · ·
  • Alec Bohm · ·

ATL

  • Ronald Acuna Jr. · ·
  • Drake Baldwin · ·
  • Ozzie Albies · ·
  • Matt Olson · ·

Recent Plays

  1. · 10th Inning End of the 10th inning
  2. · 10th Inning
  3. · 10th Inning Smith struck out looking. Philadelphia Phillies challenged: call on the field was overturned.
  4. · 10th Inning Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Looking
  5. · 10th Inning Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging
  6. · 10th Inning Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
  7. · 10th Inning Andrew Painter pitches to Dominic Smith
  8. · 10th Inning Smith hit for Murphy

Head to Head

ATL wins series 2-1

Injuries

Atlanta Braves

  • Spencer Strider 60-Day-IL
  • Joe Jimenez 60-Day-IL
  • Jurickson Profar suspension
  • Joey Wentz 60-Day-IL
  • Spencer Schwellenbach 60-Day-IL

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

Lineups

ATL

  1. 13Ronald Acuna Jr.RF
  2. 30Drake BaldwinDH
  3. 1Ozzie Albies2B
  4. 28Matt Olson1B
  5. 14Mauricio DubonSS
  6. 27Austin Riley3B
  7. 23Michael Harris IICF
  8. 12Sean MurphyC
  9. 7Ha-Seong KimSS

PHI

  1. 7Trea TurnerSS
  2. 12Kyle SchwarberDH
  3. 3Bryce Harper1B
  4. 28Alec Bohm3B
  5. 5Bryson Stott2B
  6. 16Brandon MarshLF
  7. 33Edmundo Sosa3B
  8. 2Justin CrawfordCF
  9. 10J.T. RealmutoC

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