“We’re in it,” manager Charlie Manuel said. “We’re dead in it pretty good.”
Oh yes, they are. And they show no signs of slowing down.
The Phillies continued their late push with a three-game sweep of the Marlins. Up next for the Phillies, four games in Houston against the NL-worst Astros. Then its three games in New York against the going-nowhere Mets.
Philadelphia pulled within three games of St. Louis for the second wild card after the Cardinals lost 3-2 in San Diego.
The Phillies (72-71) are on a season-best winning streak and have won 15 of 19 to move over .500 for the first time since they were 28-27 on June 3.
“If we can continue to play the way we have since the All-Star break, we have a pretty good chance,” Cliff Lee said.
via Miami Marlins vs. Philadelphia Phillies – Recap – September 12, 2012 – ESPN.