The Phillies clinched at the same ballpark where they secured their last postseason trip on Sept.

I just happened to come in at the right time.” “But I always felt like we were going to get there and we did. “At the start of the year we just weren’t playing well and we weren’t playing to our capability,” he said. Thomson said he appreciated the compliment but wouldn’t take credit for the success. Harper credited Thomson as the key to the team turning things around. “And we’re not where we need to be right now, but this is step one to hopefully greater success and a greater opportunity to get to where we need to be.” “When I signed here in ‘19, I said it was going to take us a couple of years, three or four or five years to get to where we needed to be,” said Harper, a two-time MVP. The video board at Minute Maid Park displayed the team’s logo and the words: “Congratulations Philadelphia” as the Phillies celebrated.Ī small but vocal group of Philadelphia fans congregated near the team’s dugout and chanted: “Let’s go Phillies,“ in the bottom of the ninth inning. and for us to get all of our guys back and healthy and for them to all be there and contribute that’s what it’s about.”Īfter Brandon Marsh caught Mauricio Dubon’s fly ball in center for for the game’s final out, players jumped and cheered in jubilation before meeting at the mound where they hugged and bounced around some more. and we went through people saying that our season’s over, that don’t even count the Phillies and they can’t catch the baseball. “We went through a manager change, went through the MVP being down. “It hasn’t been an easy season,” Schwarber said. “This is what you play for.”Īaron Nola took a perfect game into the seventh inning and Schwarber homered to propel the Phillies to the victory Monday. HOUSTON (AP) - When the Philadelphia Phillies fired manager Joe Girardi after a 22-29 start to the season, it was hard to imagine that Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber and interim manager Rob Thomson would be dancing in a champagne shower come October.īut this team persevered through the tough start and an injury that took Harper out for two months to do just that, beating the Houston Astros 3-0 Monday night to clinch its first playoff berth in 11 years.

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