BREAKING Philadelphia Phillies beat San Diego Padres 10-6; Phils are one win away from the World Series
The clincher came in a four-run fifth inning against reliever Sean Manaea. Trailing 6-4, Schwarber walked to start the rally. Hoskins then ripped his second homer of the game -- no bat spike, but just as dramatic -- for the tying shot. Realmuto walked to set the stage for Harper.
The Phillies fans refused to sit -- and they had no reason to the rest of the game. Nick Castellanos singled in Harper to complete the scoring in the fifth. Phillies manager Rob Thomson picked Bailey Falter to start Game 4 after a 17-day layoff and hoped the lefty could at least go once through the order. He couldn't do much beyond retire the first two batters. Manny Machado rocked a homer to left and answered the chants of "Manny Sucks!" by cupping his right hand to his ear as he rounded the bases.
Brogdon and Padres reliever Nick Martinez actually steadied the game, as they combined to retire 16 straight over 5 1/3 shutout innings.