PHILADELPHIA – After a gut-wrenching loss to the Atlanta Braves on Aug. 22, Phillies outfielder Bryce Harper said Philadelphia needed to win nine of its next 10 games.
Alec Bohm knocked in the winning run with a shallow sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Phillies swept a four-game series from the Washington Nationals with a 6-5 win at Citizens Bank Park on Thursday afternoon. The Phillies (18-15) - just as Harper requested - have won nine of 10 since the loss in Atlanta.
“I heard someone say Bryce is a prophet,” manager Joe Girardi said.