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Early lead, late tightroping gives Phillies heart-stopping victory over Brewers

Final Score: Phillies 4, Brewers 3

You can exhale, everyone.

Coming off two consecutive gut-punching losses, the Phillies needed a win on Monday. It wouldn’t be easy — they’d have to do so without Bryce Harper and Rhys Hoskins in the starting lineup, and they’d need a quality outing from the oft-frustrating Vince Velasquez.

Neris earned the five-out save in Monday’s victory. (Kyle Ross/Icon Sportswire)

But the Phillies eked out a 4-3 win over the visiting Milwaukee Brewers, relying on contributions up and down the lineup and six strong innings from Velasquez to do so.