11 years to the day after one of the most painful losses in franchise history at the hands of Cardinals, the Phillies turned the tables and stole one from those devilish Midwesterners.
After hitting Bohm, Helsley departed with an apparent injury and Andre Pallante came on to face Jean Segura with the bases loaded. Segura, playing in his first postseason game after 10 seasons in the majors, delivered the tying and go-ahead runs with a ground ball single to right through the Cardinals' infield, which was playing halfway.
The game was scoreless until the seventh when Jose Alvarado, pitching in relief of Zack Wheeler, issued a two-out walk before giving up a two-run homer to pinch-hitter Juan Yepez. The win came 11 years after the Phillies' hearts were broken by the Cardinals in a 1-0 loss in the fifth and deciding game of the 2011 NL Division Series at Citizens Bank Park. That Phillies team won a club-record 102 games. Until Friday, the team had not played a postseason game since.
In a huge moment of the game, Wheeler was able to get the slow-footed Pujols to ground into a 5-4-3 double play. He then ended the inning by getting MVP candidate Paul Goldschmidt to ground out.
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