PHILADELPHIA — As Bryce Harper stepped to the plate in the eighth inning Sunday, a runner on base and the Phillies trailing by one run, Rhys Hoskins stood in the dugout and swayed, arms behind his back, occasionally bobbing up and down on his tiptoes, a 240-pound mass of nervous energy.
All around Citizens Bank Park, everyone did some variation of the same. The Phillies were one swing away from possibly winning the pennant, one strike from likely having to fly across the country for another game Monday night.
Talk about tension.
