Final: Braves 3, Phillies 0
It was there for the taking. Zack Wheeler was locked in. The Phillies had a legitimate opportunity to go up 2-0 over the defending World Series Champion Atlanta Braves in the NLDS, with the series set to shift back to Philadelphia Friday.
And then the bottom of the sixth inning just never ended.
Wheeler cruised until hitting Ronald Acuña Jr. with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning. In clear pain after getting hit just above the elbow, Acuña visited with the trainer for more than five minutes before ultimately staying in the game:
Wheeler then walked Dansby Swanson, but appeared to induce a hard-hit ground ball off the bat of Matt Olson.