9/29/2026
(2026 Season) Every day we’ll have the full MLB Baseball Schedule, updated day and times and the final result on this page. All scores posted are final.
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Tuesday, September 29th (Wild Card Series, Game 1)
Braves 5, Phillies 3 (Braves lead series 1-0)
The postseason got underway with quite the thriller on Tuesday afternoon. Division foes met in the NL Wild Card round with Atlanta hoping that they could finally solve their playoff Philadelphia problem after being knocked out by the Phillies in 2022 and 2023.
Both teams scored early in this one as Philadelphia got on the board in the 1st against Chris Sale on an RBI double by Alec Bohm. Atlanta answered back with a two-out RBI single by Mike Yasztremski to even things up in the 2nd. Philly had to go to the bullpen first in the 6th and Atlanta cashed in and took their first lead with an RBI triple by Ozzie Albies to make it 2-1.
It was late when the game got wild. J.T. Realmuto hit his own triple to plate two and give the Phillies a 3-2 lead in the 7th. Philadelphia shockingly brought in their closer with nine outs to get as Jhoan Duran was on for the 7th. He threw a clean 7th but got in hot water in the 8th. With the bases empty and two outs, the Braves rallied with singles by Mauricio Dubón and Michael Harris II. The struggling Austin Riley came to the plate and changed the game as he sent the first pitch the other way into right center for a three-run, go-ahead home run to put Atlanta up 5-3. Raisel Iglesias then put the game away to give Atlanta the 5-3 win to go up 1-0 and raise a lot of questions about Don Mattingly’s decision to use his closer for multiple innings and before the 9th.
Notable Performances
Phillies
- J.T. Realmut0- 1-3, 3B, 2 RBI
- Alec Bohm- 1-4, 2B, RBI
- Jesús Luzardo (ND)- 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 SO
Braves
- Austin Riley- 1-3, HR, 3 RBI, R
- Ozzie Albies- 1-3, 3B, RBI, 2 R, BB
- Chris Sale (ND)- 6.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 9 SO
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Red Sox @ Yankees, 5pm
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