Philadelphia Phillies clinch NLCS win, will advance to the World Sequence

The Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Diego Padres 4-3 to win the Nationwide League Championship Sunday.

Bryce Harper knocked the baseball to left-center subject for the 2-run house run within the eighth inning that may earn them the successful level. It was the Phillies' fifth sport within the sequence in opposition to the Padres, who solely received one sport.

"WE'RE GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES," one tweet from the workforce learn. "OMG OMG WE DID IT WE'RE NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS."

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The ninth inning got here to a detailed when proper fielder Nick Castellanos caught a fly ball to a roar from the group. On the time, the Padres had one man on second base and one other on third.

That is the primary time the Phillies might be competing within the World Sequence since 2009. It stays to be seen whether or not they are going to face off in opposition to the Houston Astros, who received in 2017 and competed in 2019 and 2021, or the New York Yankees, who've appeared 40 instances, successful 27 of these instances.

Harper signed on with the Phillies in 2020, leaving the Washington Nationals for a $330 million contract over 13 years.