Milwaukee Brewers at Philadelphia Phillies

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Milwaukee Brewers

99-59, 47-33 Away

Final
4 - 1

Philadelphia Phillies

87-71, 42-35 Home

Yelich and Turang homer as Brewers win 99th game and slow Phillies' playoff push

Brewers go up 2-0 on Christian Yelich's solo shot

Philadelphia needed a win over the Brewers and a loss later by Arizona or San Diego to secure its fifth straight trip to the postseason. The Diamondbacks and Padres both won, leaving the Phillies tied with the Chicago Cubs at 87-71 for the second National League wild card — one game behind San Diego.

The Phillies started their playoff streak with a trip to the World Series in 2022. They reached the National League Championship Series the next season and are coming off consecutive NL East titles, but they'd have to settle for a wild-card berth this time.

Philadelphia went 0 for 12 with runners in scoring position against the Brewers and stranded 10 overall.

Before the game, Phillies interim manager Don Mattingly said his team was willing to wait at Citizens Bank Park until after the Padres game ended, if necessary, to celebrate.

No need to hang around.

Aaron Nola (7-11) had turned around a miserable season and posted a 1.86 ERA over his last eight starts, and the longest-tenured Phillies player got a chance to pitch them into the postseason. But with a playoff party planned, he instead served up Turang’s 20th homer in the first inning and Yelich’s 12th in the second.

The Phillies scored their only run in the second after loading the bases with no outs against starter Logan Henderson (11-3). He allowed four hits and one run over five innings to help the NL Central champions earn their 99th win of the season.

Milwaukee is two games ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers (97-61) for the best record in the majors and home-field advantage throughout the postseason.

Trevor Megill worked a scoreless ninth for his 30th save.

William Contreras extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a two-run single in the third for a 4-1 lead.

Nola struck out eight in six innings.

Up next The Brewers had not announced a starter for Thursday's game. The Phillies send RHP Andrew Painter (3-10, 5.59 ERA) to the mound.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Turner struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Schwarber popped out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Hill grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Megill relieved Uribe
	9th Inning	Ortiz grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Contreras out at second.
	9th Inning	Bauers struck out swinging.

Statistics

MIL		PHI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
14	Ground Balls	12
11	Strikeouts	7
4	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	1
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	33
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	22
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	3
7	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
123	Pitches	148
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
13	Total Bases	9
33	Plate Appearances	38
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	3
2.0	Runs Created	2.9
.188	Batting Average	.182
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.406	Slugging Percentage	.273
.250	Secondary Average	.212
.212	On Base Percentage	.289
.618	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.562
2.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
2.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.9
30.0	Batter Rating	16.0
16.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.73	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.89
.219	Isolated Power	.091
0.09	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.57
.030	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.105
.063	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.030
8.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
77.0	MLB Rating	68.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0