Alec Bohm smashed a game-winning solo home run in the 10th inning on Wednesday, giving Philadelphia a 4-3 victory at Atlanta to keep the Phillies alive in the Major League Baseball playoffs.
That’s the reason we won the game. “I was trying to pull the ball to the foul pole and I hit it to right field so I’ll take it. The series winner will advance to a second-round series against the reigning MLB champion Los Angeles Dodgers starting Saturday. “It was pretty electric. It was a great way to answer.
Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper hit back-to-back homers in the eighth to equalize before Bohm’s blast as the Phillies tied the best-of-three National League wildcard playoff series at 1-1.
“I don’t really know what happened,” Bohm said. “No two better guys to punch back than him and Kyle,” Bohm said. Harper said when he came to the plate he was thinking: “I’ve got to come up big.”
Harper followed Schwarber’s homer off Dylan Lee with his own solo shot to level at 3-3 and the game went to extra innings.
“That ball in right field I probably should have caught obviously so got to come through for my team right there,” Harper said. “Great win.”
