Tampa Bay Rays at Philadelphia Phillies

· Major League Baseball

Tampa Bay Rays

97-63, 42-37 Away

Final
2 - 0

Philadelphia Phillies

87-73, 42-37 Home

Rays' Freddy Peralta shuts down punchless Phillies, who lose 3rd straight potential playoff clincher

Tampa Bay Rays vs. Philadelphia Phillies: Game Highlights

The Phillies entered leading Arizona by two games for an NL wild card with three to play. The Phillies would have clinched their fifth straight playoff berth with a win against the Rays and an Arizona loss to San Diego.

The Phillies instead lost their third straight and delayed a potential clincher at least until Saturday when they will throw a bullpen game against the Rays.

Jonny DeLuca had an RBI single in the first inning and Nick Fortes hit a homer in the second to back Peralta (10-11) as the Rays tune up for the playoffs. The Rays have home-field advantage in the AL Division Series and would have it if they reach the AL Championship Series.

Tampa Bay received a scare when .300-hitting left fielder Chandler Simpson fouled a ball off his right foot. He was in pain but finished the at-bat and struck out.

Peralta struck out four and allowed four hits over 5 1/3 innings. Bryan Baker tossed a scoreless ninth for his 41st save.

For the moment, Tampa Bay has surrendered its home field. Major League Baseball moved a regular-season series finale between the Red Sox and Chicago Cubs from Fenway Park to Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, because of a weekend storm threat in the Boston area.

Cristopher Sánchez (18-7) struck out 10 and walked one in seven innings.

The Phillies sluggers continued to shrivel in the September spotlight.

The gut punch came in the sixth inning when Trea Turner and Bryce Harper led off with consecutive singles. Alec Bohm grounded out but advanced the runners. Bryson Stott lined out to second and pinch hitter Bryan De La Cruz lined out to shortstop.

Up next The Rays send RHP Griffin Jax (8-10, 3.62 ERA) to the mound while the Phillies plan a bullpen game.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	De La Cruz flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Stott fouled out to left.
	9th Inning	Bohm lined out to right.
	9th Inning	Baker relieved Sulser
	9th Inning	Mesa Jr. in left field.
	9th Inning	Fortes struck out looking.

Statistics

TB		PHI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	12
12	Strikeouts	6
2	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	4
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	0
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	30
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	0
8	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
138	Pitches	135
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
9	Total Bases	4
35	Plate Appearances	33
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	0
1.8	Runs Created	0.0
.182	Batting Average	.133
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.273	Slugging Percentage	.133
.152	Secondary Average	.100
.229	On Base Percentage	.212
.501	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.345
1.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
1.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.0
17.0	Batter Rating	4.0
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.94	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.09
.091	Isolated Power	.000
0.17	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.057	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.091
-.030	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.033
4.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
68.8	MLB Rating	59.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0