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Just like that, the Phillies are alive and well, and headed to New York to play Game 3 of the NLCS at Citi Field. Phillies players celebrate their walk-off win in Game 2. The Mets, meanwhile, are ...
The USA TODAY app gets you to the heart of the news — fast. Download for award-winning coverage, crosswords, audio storytelling, the eNewspaper and more . Phillies batting order for NLDS Game 4
All six USA TODAY Sports MLB writers and editors picked the Phillies to defeat the Mets in the NLDS, with three predicting that the Phillies will go on to win their first World Series since 2008.
The Phillies were 1–5 after their first six games. Their home opener against Cincinnati on April 6 was postponed a day due to rain, but it was worth the wait. In the first game at Citizens Bank Park since game 5 of the World Series, Zack Wheeler pitched well and Craig Kimbrel notched his first save of the season in a 5–2 win.
The game resumed Wednesday, October 29, with the Phillies winning the game 4–3 and capturing their second world series in franchise history. Prior to this, there had never been a rain-shortened game in World Series history, and this was the first suspension. Cole Hamels won the Most Valuable Player Award for both the NLCS and the World Series.
The 2022 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2022 season.The 118th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Houston Astros and the National League (NL) champion Philadelphia Phillies.
After a late comeback in Game 1 of the NLDS, the make-it-happen Mets tried to pull off another late victory only for the Phillies to walk it off in the bottom of the 9th to even the series up.
To date, this is the most recent season the Phillies won the World Series. The Phillies opened the season by posting their first winning April since 2003. They also scored 60 runs over 5 games in late May in a sweep over the Colorado Rockies and accrued a 14–4 record over 18 games entering the month of June.