The Phillies have a comfortable, but not insurmountable, lead in the National League East heading into Labor Day Weekend, with a six game cushion over the Braves. They started a four-game series against their division rival Thursday night, winning a close game after a two-run, go-ahead home run from Nick Castellanos in the seventh inning (hopefully the disaster that accompanied that blast was relatively minor).
The Phillies may have won the game, but they lost one of their best players this season, Alec Bohm to injury. He seemed to wince on a swing in the first inning and was later pulled from the game. He did not start for the Phillies on Friday.
The initial news was cautiously optimistic, with manager Rob Thomson...
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