Getty How can the Phillies finally clinch a playoff spot today? Here’s what has to happen on the final day of the regular season for Philadelphia to advance.
The Philadelphia Phillies could have clinched a playoff spot Saturday. With the Arizona Diamondbacks losing to the Padres in San Diego, all the Phillies needed to do was win. Instead, they took a 12-1 drubbing from the Tampa Bay Rays, a team that wrapped up its own postseason berth more than two weeks ago.
The Phillies now get a fifth shot at clinching a playoff berth Sunday,
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