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  David SchoenfieldOct 4, 2025, 10:22 PM ET

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PHILADELPHIA — With one seventh-inning swing from Teoscar Hernandez and two starting pitchers used in relief, the narrative of the anticipated showdown between the Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers took a twist as the Dodgers rallied from a three-run deficit to take a 5-3 win in Game 1 of the NL Division Series on Saturday night.

The Phillies, who have constructed their best bullpen during their four-year run of playoff appearances, suffered a familiar fate: a reliever blowing a lead late in a playoff game.

The Dodgers, who have suffered from bullpen problems all season, saw their pen hold the lead — albeit with a few nerves frayed in the process.

Hernandez’s two-out, three-run home run in the seventh off Matt Strahm was his third of the postseason. The blast capped the comeback and gave the victory to Shohei Ohtani, who struck out nine in six innings in his first career postseason start as a pitcher.

Tyler Glasnow, the projected Game 4 starter, then recorded five outs in relief, and Roki Sasaki, who returned late in the season from a shoulder injury to make two relief appearances and then one more against the Reds in the wild-card series, got the final three outs for his first big league save. Between those appearances, Alex Vesia — part of the much-maligned regular Dodgers relief corps — notched the biggest out of the game, inducing Edmundo Sosa to fly out to center field with the bases loaded to end the eighth inning.

Glasnow, who started warming up in the sixth inning when the Dodgers were trailing, entered with the lead. “It was definitely different,” said Glasnow, who last made a relief appearance when he was with the Pirates in 2018. “I was in the bathroom, and the phone rang and they yelled my name.”

Glasnow didn’t know if he’d pitch in the game. Beforehand, the coaching staff told him to go to the pen. Glasnow said he had been in relief mode since the wild-card series, throwing at least a few pitches every day in case he was needed.

He ran out of the bathroom. “I warmed up and it definitely felt weird, but fun; the adrenaline of kind of having more things going on, not needing as much effort to get the same stuff,” he said. “Then, Teo hit the home run.”

Cristopher Sanchez had dominated the Dodgers until Enrique Hernandez drilled a two-run double with two outs in the sixth, cutting the Dodgers’ deficit to 3-2. After David Robertson put two runners on in the seventh, Strahm faced the top of the Dodgers’ lineup, starting with a lefty-lefty matchup with Ohtani. Strahm struck him out looking, Ohtani’s fourth strikeout of the game. Mookie Betts popped up to third, and that brought up Teoscar Hernandez, who was ready for the at-bat.

“I watched videos. He likes to go up in the strike zone,” Hernandez said. “I think that’s when he’s stronger. And something up in the strike zone. My first three at-bats, I chased a lot of down. Not trying to do overswinging or anything like that. Maybe a hit. Try to bring in one run to tie the game. But he left it over the strike zone.”

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It wasn’t a bad pitch by Strahm. Hernandez struggles on pitches up in the zone, and he had just two home runs all season on fastballs in the upper third of the strike zone. He didn’t miss this one, crushing Strahm’s 1-0 fastball 394 feet to right-center.

Hernandez was a postseason star last year for the Dodgers and homered twice in the first game against the Reds in the wild-card series. He now has 25 RBIs in his first 23 postseason games, tied with Rafael Devers and Scott Spiezio for the second most through 23 games behind only Lou Gehrig, who had 31.

Maybe it wasn’t a surprise that the rally occurred in the seventh inning. Miguel Rojas and Max Muncy mentioned before the game that hitting coach Aaron Bates said in the hitters’ meeting to be ready for the intensity and the crowd noise from the start of the game — and be ready for the seventh inning. “He said that we were going to have an opportunity to come back in the game,” Rojas said.

Glasnow is only a temporary bullpen solution because he’ll still start Game 4 if the series goes that long. Sasaki, however, has thrown four scoreless innings in his four relief appearances. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts wouldn’t confirm that Sasaki is officially his closer.

“I felt good with Glas tonight in some capacity, given that he’s going to start a potential Game 4,” Roberts said. “I felt good about Vesia in some capacity tonight. And with Roki, I just felt that the lane right there, you know, asking Alex to do an up-down, I just felt comfortable with him right there. Honestly, I could have gone to a couple other guys in those spots, but just kind of knowing who I’ve got, I felt good about those guys we ran out there.”

The Phillies are staring at the same demons as 2023, when Craig Kimbrel lost twice in the NLCS to the Diamondbacks, and 2024, when Jeff Hoffman lost twice to the Mets in the NLDS and Strahm allowed four runs over two innings.

“I feel like I got gut-punched on missing two pitches,” said Strahm, who said he forgot about last year’s NLDS struggles. “And one of the two got damaged.”

Robertson, the veteran reliever who is 10th all time in postseason games pitched, said there is no panic. “We’re down one game. It’s not a big deal. Play the best three out of five, so we’ve got plenty of time to make up some ground,” he said. “We need to come back. We have the off day tomorrow. Come back and win a ballgame at home and then get ready to go on the road.”

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Ryan Kaczynski scored the shootout winner to cap the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds’ 5-4 comeback win over the Barrie Colts on Thursday in Ontario Hockey League action.

Jordan Charron, with two goals, Christopher Brown and Quinn McKenzie scored in regulation for Sault Ste. Marie (4-2-0), which entered the third period down 4-2. Landon Miller made 22 saves.

Kashawn Aitcheson, Carter Lowe, Brad Gardiner and Nicholas Desiderio contributed goals for Barrie (1-2-0-2), which got 43 stops from Ben Hrebik.

Brown pulled the Greyhounds within one with a power-play goal 2:51 into the third period.

Charron then scored unassisted for his seventh of the season at 8:05 to send the game to overtime.

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — McLean Agrette scored the shootout winner as the Erie Otters escaped with a 3-2 win over the Peterborough Petes.

Dylan Edwards and Alex Misiak scored in regulation for Erie (2-3-0), which got 43 saves from Noah Erliden.

Matthew Soto and Leon Kolarik replied for Peterborough (2-2-0-1), which was down 2-0 until Soto and Kolarik each netted power-play goals to send it to extra time. Easton Rye stopped 25 shots.

WINDSOR, Ont. — Joey Costanzo had a nine-save shutout as the Windsor Spitfires earned a dominant 6-0 win over the Niagara Icedogs.

Ethan Belchetz, Caden Harvey, Jean-Christoph Lemieux, Beksultan Makysh, Wyatt Kennedy and Cole Davis provided the offence for Windsor (6-0-0).

Vladislav Yermolenko gave up four goals on 18 shots in 28:47 of action, with Charlie Robertson stopping 18-of-20 shots in relief for Niagara (3-2-0).

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Émile Guité scored the shootout winner as the Chicoutimi Saguenéens held off a rally from the Cape Breton Eagles to win 3-2 on Thursday in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action.

Maxim Massé and Guité scored in regulation for Chicoutimi (3-1-0-1). Raphael Précourt made 26 saves.

Lucas Romeo and Eliot Litalien replied for Cape Breton (1-1-1-2). Félix Hamel stopped 24 shots.

Guité’s goal at 14:53 of the third period made it a 2-0 game for the Saguenéens.

However, Romeo made it a one-goal game on the power play with 2:31 remaining in regulation. Litalien added another power-play marker with 1:57 left to send the game to overtime.

GATINEAU, Que. — Nathan Leek capped a two-goal effort with the game-winning marker with 5:05 remaining in the third period as the Charlottetown Islanders edged the Gatineau Olympiques 4-3.

CJ Watroba and Tyler Peddle also scored for Charlottetown (5-0-0-1), which held a 3-1 lead before the Olympiques rallied to tie the game in the third period. Donald Hickey made 24 saves.

Simon-Xavier Cyr, Maxime Coté and Justin Boisselle provided the offence for Gatineau (3-2-0). Danai Shaiikov stopped 19-of-22 shots in 49:37 of action, with Nathan St-Pierre turning away 5-of-6 shots in relief.

HALIFAX — Quinn Kennedy scored twice as the Halifax Mooseheads defeated the Baie-Comeau Drakkar 4-1.

Connor MacPherson and Daniel Walters added the others for Halifax (3-2-0), which got 25 saves from Owen Bresson.

Justin Gendron replied for Baie-Comeau (0-4-0-1). Lucas Beckman stopped 25-of-28 shots.

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at Queens College

10/4/2025 | 1:00 p.m.

Oct. 04 (Sat) / 1:00 p.m.

at Queens College

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. –On Tuesday night, Pace University Women’s Volleyball showcased its resilience in a hard-fought non-conference matchup. Despite battling through extended rallies and momentum swings, the Setters ultimately came up just short in a four-set decision against Felician University (19-25, 28-30, 25-22, 23-25). The result moves Pace to 7–3 overall on the season as the team now turns its attention toward the start of Northeast-10 Conference play this weekend.

Felician gained the upper hand in the opening frame before the Setters fought back in a marathon second set that featured 23 ties and nine lead changes. Kadence Ackmann and Emily Cineus provided steady offense, while Skyler Tennant’s serving and the setting tandem of Camila Rodriguez and Aralyn Saulys kept the match tight. Despite the push, Pace was edged 30-28 to fall behind two sets.

The Setters answered in the third behind Cineus’s near-perfect attacking and strong support from Leah Mendez and Keelah Chambliss, pulling out a 25-22 win to extend the night. Ackmann led the way with 16 kills and 10 digs, while Alice Bender anchored the back row with 19 digs. In the fourth, Pace again pushed Felician to the wire before dropping the set, 25-23, to close the match.

Cineus finished with 12 kills on a .667 hitting percentage, Shirley added eight kills, and Johnson and Mendez chipped in six apiece. Saulys posted 28 assists, and Rodriguez added 18, helping Pace’s offense produce 53 total kills.

The Setters will return to action on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. as they continue out-of-conference play on the road at Queens College.
 
 
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Sep 28, 2025, 05:39 PM ET

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Europe has retained the Ryder Cup, fending off a furious rally from the United States in singles play Sunday at Bethpage Black.

The Americans’ hopes of a historic comeback ended when the eighth singles match between Shane Lowry and Russell Henley was halved, with the Irishman sinking a 6-foot birdie putt on No. 18 after Henley missed short from a similar line a few feet farther out.

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That half-point gave Europe the coveted 14 it needed to retain golf’s ultimate team prize.

“I mean, I’ve been so lucky to experience amazing things in this game,” Lowry, in tears, said. “That was the hardest couple hours of my life. Honestly.

“I just can’t believe it. I can’t believe that putt went in. … The Ryder Cup means everything to me.”

Europe started play Sunday needing just 2 points to beat the host Americans. It led 11.5-4.5 when play concluded Saturday, and the score moved to 12-5 when Norway’s Viktor Hovland was forced to withdraw from singles due to a neck injury, which turned his scheduled match against Harris English into a draw.

Shane Lowry celebrates the putt that sealed the Ryder Cup win for his Europe team. Carl Recine/Getty Images

The U.S. got two points early, with Cameron Young and Justin Thomas both converting birdie putts on No. 18 to win their respective matches over Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood.

Bryson DeChambeau halved his match with Matt Fitzpatrick despite being 5 down through 7 holes, and world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, winless through the first four sessions, beat Rory McIlroy, 1-up.

But Ludvig Ã…berg’s 2-and-1 win over Patrick Cantlay moved Europe within a half-point of victory, allowing Lowry to win with a half.

Aiden Oiring scored 57 seconds into overtime to lift the visiting Prince Albert Raiders to a 5-4 come-from-behind victory over the Brandon Wheat Kings in Western Hockey League action on Saturday.

Max Heise, Harrison Lodewyk, Evan Smith and Ty Meunier also scored for the Raiders, who trailed 4-2 heading into the third period.

Heise scored a power-play goal at 17:55 of the third period to tie the game 4-4 and force overtime.

Chase Surkan scored twice for the Wheat Kings, while Jaxon Jacobson and Nicholas Johnson added singles. Joby Baumuller and Luke Mistelbacher each chipped in with two assists.

Raiders goaltender Michal Orsulak stopped 26 of 30 shots, while Wheat Kings goalie Jayden Kraus saved 40 of 45 shots.

Elsewhere in the WHL on Saturday:

VICTORIA, B.C. — Roan Woodward had four goals and an assist, Hayden Moore and Reggie Newman each had three assists, and the Victoria Royals whipped the Vancouver Giants 9-4.

The Giants had beaten the Royals 6-5 in overtime a night earlier at Langley Events Centre.

Miles Cooper, Caleb Matthews, Ludovic Perreault, Ashton Brown and Timofei Runtso also scored for the Royals, who outshot the visitors 31-13. Heath Nelson, Nolan Stewart, Perreault and Runtso all chipped in with two assists.

Ty Halaburda scored twice for the Giants, while Ethan Mittelsteadt and Tyus Sparks netted singles. Cameron Schmidt chipped in with two assists.

The Royals led 3-2 after the first period and 6-3 heading into the third.

CALGARY, Alta. — Ethan Moore had a goal and two assists as the Calgary Hitmen defeated the visiting Edmonton Oil Kings 6-3.

Kale Dach, Landon Amrhein, Ben MacBeath, Axel Hurtig and Keaton Jundt also scored for the Hitmen. Andrei Molgachev, Wyatt Pisarczyk and Caine Wilke each chipped in with two assists.

Luke Powell, Max Curran and Joe Iginla scored for the Oil Kings.

Hitmen netminder Anders Miller stopped 28 of 31 shots, while Oil Kings goalie Ethan Simcoe stopped 31 of 36 shots.

MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Lynden Lakovic scored twice, Ethan Semeniuk, Aiden Ziprick and Pavel McKenzie each chipped in with two assists, and the Moose Jaw Warriors beat the visiting Swift Current Broncos 6-1.

Gage Nagel, Casey Brown, Colt Carter and Noah Degenstein also scored for the Warriors, who were tied 1-1 after the first period and led 3-1 heading into the third. Lakovic’s first goal was scored on a penalty shot.

Connor Dale scored for the Broncos, who were outshot 36-31.

The Warriors were 1-for-4 on the power play, while the Broncos went 0-for-5.

BLAZERS 6, THUNDERBIRDS 0

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — J.P. Hurlbert had two goals and two assists, Josh Evaschesen had three assists, netminder Logan Edmonstone stopped all 38 shots he faced, and the Kamloops Blazers blanked the visiting Seattle Thunderbirds 6-0.

Ty Bonkowski, Tommy Lafreniere, Jordan Keller and Nathan Behm also scored for the Blazers, who led 1-0 after the first period and 3-0 heading into the third. Joaquin Geras chipped in with two assists.

The Blazers, who outshot the visitors 42-38, went 1-for-5 on the power play, while the T-Birds were 0-for-6.

RED DEER, Alta. — Talon Brigley’s goal at 3:42 of the third period snapped a 2-2 deadlock and lifted the Red Deer Rebels to a 4-2 win over the visiting Lethbridge Hurricanes.

Ty Coupland, Owen Shadrick and Matthew Gard (empty-netter) also scored for the Rebels, who outshot the visitors 31-18.

Luke Cozens and Shane Smith scored for the Hurricanes, who went 1-for-3 on the power play. The Rebels were 0-for-1 with the man advantage.

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. — Jordan Switzer made 30 saves, Markus Ruck had two assists, and the Medicine Hat Tigers beat the visiting Saskatoon Blades 4-1.

Kadon McCann, Bryce Pickford, Dayton Reschny and Liam Ruck scored for the Tigers, who led 3-0 after the first period and 3-1 heading into the third.

Rowan Calvert scored for the Blades, who were outshot 37-31.

WENATCHEE, Wash. — Julius Miettinen had two goals and an assist, Matias Vanhanen had two assists, and the visiting Everett Silvertips beat the Wenatchee Wild 4-1.

Zackary Shantz and Tarin Smith also scored for the Silvertips, who outshot the hosts 41-32.

Aiden Grossklaus scored for the Wild, who trailed 2-1 after the first period and 3-1 heading into the third.

The Wild were 0-for-6 on the power play, while the Silvertips went 0-for-2.

KELOWNA, B.C. — Tomas Poletin scored the lone goal of a three-round shootout to lift the Kelowna Rockets to a 3-2 win over the visiting Penticton Vees.

Kayden Longley and Poletin scored in regulation time for the Rockets, while Doogan Pederson and Brittan Alstead scored for the Vees.

The Rockets outshot the Vees 30-19 and went 1-for-3 on the power play. The Vees were 1-for-2 with the man advantage.

SPOKANE, Wash. — Carter Esler stopped all 19 shots he faced to lead the Spokane Chiefs to a 3-0 victory over the visiting Tri-City Americans.

Will McIsaac, Mathis Preston and Owen Martin (empty-netter) scored for the Chiefs, who outshot the visitors 46-19. Americans’ netminder Xavier Wendt stopped 43 of the 45 shots he faced.

The Chiefs went 1-for-2 on the power play, while the Americans went 0-for-1.

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vs. Carthage College

9/26/2025 | 5 p.m.

Sep. 26 (Fri) / 5 p.m.

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MINNEAPOLIS – The Augsburg University volleyball team rallied from a first-set loss to capture three straight sets and claim a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference-opening victory over the College of St. Scholastica on Wednesday evening at Si Melby Hall.

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FINAL SCORE: Augsburg def. St. Scholastica 3-1 (21-25, 28-26, 25-16, 25-19)
LOCATION: Si Melby Hall, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 6-5 overall (1-0 MIAC), St. Scholastica 7-6 overall (0-1 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Augsburg dropped the opening set 25-21, hitting just .027 (12 kills, 11 errors in 37 attacks). But the Auggies hit .200 in the remaining three sets (40 kills, 18 errors in 110 attacks), including a .385 attack percentage in the fourth set, to claim the conference victory. Augsburg also recorded a season-best 14 team blocks in the match.
• Outside hitter Ava Carlson (FY, Cloquet, Minn./Cloquet HS) claimed her 12th career kill-dig double-double and sixth of the year, with 13 kills and 11 digs, adding a block assist and service ace.
• Setter Jovial King (SO, Caledonia, Minn./Caledonia HS) had 40 assists and 11 digs, to go along with five service aces, five kills and four block assists. The double-double was the fifth of this season and 10th of her career.
• Middle blocker Elizabeth Oster (JR, Bemidji, Minn./Bemidji HS) had 10 kills, to go along with five block assists and four digs. Sierra Washington (SR, Prior Lake, Minn./Prior Lake HS) had eight blocks (one solo), with three kills.
• Taliah Triggs (SO, Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead HS) had nine kills and three block assists, and Taylor Hoehns (SR, Cedar Falls, Iowa/Dike-New Hartford HS) had nine kills and two block assists.
• Maggie Lile (JR, Spring Grove, Minn./Spring Grove HS) recorded 20 digs, while Elise Uphoff (JR, Marshfield, Wis./Marshfield HS) had 11 digs.

FOR THE FOES
• Lindsay Baribeau had nine kills and five block assists to lead St. Scholastica.
• Setter Natalie Yackley had 29 assists, two block assists and four kills.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg competes at the Wartburg College Invitational in Waverly, Iowa this weekend, starting on Friday (9/26) at 5 p.m. with a match against Carthage College (Wis.).

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  Bradford DoolittleSep 24, 2025, 12:49 AM ET

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CHICAGO — The Mets have a lot of work to do to lock down a postseason return, but a desperately needed comeback at Wrigley Field on Tuesday demonstrated one thing: From here on out, New York is in postseason mode.

“Needed that one,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said after cataloging the big moments from his team’s win. And how.

The evidence of New York’s right-now postseason mindset was all over its 9-7, come-from-behind win over the flagging Chicago Cubs: A short stint by a starter. A long outing by a closer. A cathartic go-ahead homer from a beleaguered catcher. A rally from a deficit that the Mets hadn’t overcome in over two years.

For the Mets, the playoffs aren’t here, but playoff baseball already is.

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“The only thing that I’m focused about is winning and getting back to the playoffs,” Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez said through an interpreter. “Last year, we went to the playoffs and we had a deep run, and I just love the way that that felt.”

The Mets’ win coincided with the Reds’ 4-2 loss to last-place Pittsburgh, putting New York back into the sixth slot in the NL playoff pecking order after Cincinnati nudged ahead of them on Sunday. The Reds hold the tiebreaker over New York should the teams finish in a tie.

Alvarez’s two-run, eighth-inning blast off Chicago reliever Caleb Thielbar capped a rally from an early 6-1 hole. Dating back to May 19, 2023, the Mets had lost 80 straight games in which they trailed by five or more runs, according to ESPN Research

That it was Alvarez striking the key blow ignited the Mets’ dugout, which erupted when the ball cleared the ivy-covered wall in left center and settled into the bleachers. Alvarez stopped just before reaching first base and turned to yell at his teammates in the dugout before rounding the bases.

Alvarez said he yelled, “Let’s go!” at the dugout, though he then laughed in a way that suggested there was another word or two peppered in there.

“That’s who he is, you know, and we feed off that,” Mendoza said. “Guys love it as a team. We need that, you know? We need that spark. We need that energy.”

The blast was Alvarez’s 10th of a season in which he has battled hand injuries and a midseason stint in the minor leagues. If the Mets can get back to October, it’ll all have been worth it.

Francisco Alvarez’s two-run homer in the eighth capped the Mets’ comeback from a 6-1 deficit on Tuesday night, when New York leaped back into the third NL wild-card slot. Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images

The Cubs jumped on Mets starter David Peterson early, knocking him out of the game after he allowed five runs on five hits in just 1 1/3 innings, continuing a string of lackluster outings that has left his ERA at 4.22, the first time it has been over four all season.

Yet, the Mets won, and Peterson, who has made all 30 of his appearances this season as a member of the New York rotation, has to wipe the slate clean. With five games to go, he and everyone else on the Mets’ staff has to be ready for anything.

“I don’t have enough words to show my appreciation for what they did,” Peterson said of the Mets’ offense. “They picked me up big time. We’ve got to win every game possible, and I will do everything that I can to help this team win ballgames.”

The same holds true for the Mets’ bullpen, which held the Cubs to two runs, one earned, in 7 2/3 innings after Peterson was pulled. Alvarez’s go-ahead homer didn’t just give the Mets the lead, it set up star closer Edwin Diaz for his third two-inning save of the season.

Diaz retired all six batters he faced, striking out five and throwing just 27 pitches to get through his two frames. Yet he knows that in playoff mode, he and all the Mets’ other pitchers have to come back on Wednesday, ready to do it all over again.

“Just get outs,” Diaz said. “I think every single guy in the bullpen knows what they have to do to get outs. Today, the bullpen did a really good job. Tomorrow, we’ve got to have the same mentality.”

If Tuesday’s game had a playoff feel to it — and it did — it wasn’t just coming from the Mets. The loss was Chicago’s fifth straight, and the Cubs now hold just a 1 1/2-game lead over San Diego for the NL’s fourth seed, with homefield advantage in a wild-card series next week on the line.

That all sets the stage for Wednesday’s return match in which the Mets will send rookie Jonah Tong to the hill against Chicago’s 13-game winner, Matthew Boyd. Tong is going through all of this the first time, but if there was one lesson he could take from the Mets’ Houdini job on Tuesday, it’s that he’s going to have plenty of help.

But that’s tomorrow — in postseason mode, you’ve got to take care of today first.

“I can’t be thinking about tomorrow,” Mendoza said. “I’ve got to do whatever we got to do to win today. I’m glad that the guys came through today. Now, we’ve got to sit here and see how we want to piece it together.”

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  By: Ed Weaver  /  September 17, 2025 The Troy Girls took the first set in NTL Large School Volleyball action against…

The Philadelphia Phillies are NL East champions.

And they clinched the division in style.

In a game between potential playoff opponents that saw multiple lead changes, the Phillies rallied past the Dodgers in a thriller in Los Angeles Monday night for a 6-5 win in 10 innings.

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The victory ensured that they eliminated the New York Mets to clinch their second straight division title. With 11 games remaining on their schedule, the 90-51 Phillies hold a 12.5-game lead over the 77-73 Mets.

Bombs away, back-and-forth thriller

Philadelphia got on the board Monday with a first-inning solo home run by Kyle Schwarber, his NL-best 53rd of the season. It put him one behind Mariners slugger Cal Raleigh for the MLB lead.

From there, the game saw four lead changes and three ties until the Phillies ultimately prevailed in extra innings.

A Max Muncy home run helped spark the Dodgers to a 3-1 lead that stood until the seventh inning. There, a Bryson Stott RBI single and a Weston Wilson home run put the Phillies back in front, 4-3.

But Mookie Betts answered right back with a solo blast in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game at 4-4.

The Phillies again took the lead with a solo Bryce Harper home run in the eighth inning.

The Dodgers answered back with an Andy Pages solo shot in the bottom of the ninth to send the game to extras.

The Phillies then retook the lead in the top of the 10th on a sacrifice fly for a 6-5 advantage.

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A pair of walks then loaded the bases for the Dodgers in the bottom of the 10th with one out, putting pressure on reliever David Robertson and the Phillies defense.

But Robertson induced a popout from Miguel Rojas and a game-inning groundout from Muncy to ensure Philadelphia’s place atop the NL East.

The Phillies, obviously, are already in the playoffs.

The Dodgers are virtual locks to make the postseason, whether they maintain their two-game lead over the Padres in the NL West or clinch as a wild-card team, where they’d hold an 8.5-game lead for the final spot in the National League.

Either way, sign us up for more if this a a preview of things to come in the postseason.

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