If the Phillies wind up capping off this unexpectedly successful season by making the playoffs, Game 100 — and Win No. 56 — will be particularly memorable, even if many fans didn’t actually see it through to the end.
Trevor Plouffe, a journeyman infielder who joined the team only two weeks ago, hit a three-run homer off a Dodgers position player in the 16th inning — at 1:14 a.m. Wednesday — to give the Phillies a 7-4 win in a game in which they once trailed, 4-2. The Phillies used 21 players. Relievers Victor Arano, Luis Garcia and Austin Davis each tossed two scoreless innings.