Phillies Fall, Lose Ground in Playoff Race

Loss puts them 1 game behind Padres in hunt for wild card
By Max Brallier,  Newser User
Posted Sep 26, 2007 4:13 AM CDT
Phillies Fall, Lose Ground in Playoff Race
Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel stands in the dugout during the ninth inning of their baseball game against the Atlanta Braves Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007 in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy)   (Associated Press)

The Phillies lost 10-6 to the Braves last night, putting them two games behind the Mets for the National League East lead with 5 games remaining for both. The loss also dropped them to one game behind the Padres, who beat San Francisco 7-6, in the race for the National League wild card.

Philly favorite Jimmy Rollins hit a solo homer in the first, making him just the second player in team history to hit 30 homers and steal 30 bases in a season, as well as the first player in major league history to have at least 200 hits, 15 triples, 25 homers and 25 steals in the same year. (More Philadelphia Phillies stories.)

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