Phillies shock Cardinals with improbable 9th-inning rally to open wild card

Phillies shock Cardinals with improbable 9th-inning rally to open wild card

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Saint Louis The longest current streak in the big leagues was achieved by Jean Segura, whose career spanned 11 seasons and 1,328 games before he at last made it to the postseason.

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The second baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies hardly slept the night before his first playoff game. At 7 a.m., he "woke up with adrenaline in my body." As Friday wore on, that edge persisted.

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I was mentally focused on every play and pitch, Segura alleged. I'm just grateful to God that everything worked out for me today since I was ready to play a game.

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In the opening game of their best-of-three wild-card series, Segura slipped a grounder through a slightly drawn-in infield, scoring two runs and helping the Phillies to an incredible 6-3 victory.

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When leading by several runs in the ninth inning, the Cardinals were 93-0 in postseason history.

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The Phillies, on the other hand, were in the similar predicament during the regular season and went 0-54.

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Helsley left Busch Stadium after throwing a warm-up pitch far outside in order to have imaging done on his problematic finger.

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