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By the end of tonight, the top two teams in the National League could be eliminated from the postseason at the hands of their two division foes. If this happens, it won’t be because the Dodgers and Braves were victims of bad luck. No, simply, it will be because they were outplayed.
The Phillies, who finished in third place and 14 games behind the defending champs in the NL East, have pummeled Atlanta's pitching while mostly playing uncharacteristically clean defense and mostly getting reliable contributions from their typically unreliable bullpen. Philadelphia has held the Braves to a total of seven runs in the three games (2.33 per game), while the Phillies have scored more than twice that (16 runs).
