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SAN FRANCISCO — It was only one game, they were sure to say, and of course, they were correct.

In five weeks, we’ll be watching playoff baseball. Because of the new 12-team postseason format, this is the first year in which there will be four best-of-three Wild Card Series, two in the AL and two in the NL, as opposed to the single one-and-done game in each league. This…

Pardon the skepticism, but well, the Phillies have been here before.

PHOENIX — With one out in the bottom of the seventh inning, Bailey Falter motioned to the Phillies dugout. Interim manager Rob Thomson rushed to the mound with assistant athletic trainer Aaron Hoback, and in an instant, the best start of Falter’s big league career came to an abrupt and…

PHOENIX — You’d be hard-pressed to come up with two more disparate outings than Aaron Nola’s last two starts. On Aug. 25 against the Reds, he threw an 11-strikeout complete game. On Aug. 30 against the Diamondbacks, he went only four innings, allowing 10 hits, eight runs — all earned…

To comprehend the degree of difficulty in what Bryce Harper did last week — five hits, including two home runs, in 10 triple-A at-bats, followed by a two-run single in his first major league plate appearance in 61 days and a hit in each of the Phillies’ two subsequent games…

PHILADELPHIA — Under fire from a few ex-major league players recently, the Pirates got the last laugh against a current one Sunday at Citizens Bank Park, besting Phillies starter Noah Syndergaard during a 5-0 victory that helped the Pirates avoid a sweep.

PHILADELPHIA — Kyle Gibson tapped the outside of his mitt as he walked off the mound after the top of the seventh inning Saturday night. It was subtle, understated, the mark of a pitcher who has been through almost everything in a 10-year major league career.

PHILADELPHIA — In the bottom of the first inning, en route to a 7-4 Phillies win on Friday, DH Bryce Harper stepped up to the plate and into a situation that seemed tailor-made for him. The bases were loaded, there were no outs, and the entire ballpark was on its…

This could have been A LOT worse!

PHILADELPHIA — An organization that aims to raise awareness about domestic violence and help its victims defended its partnership with the Phillies on a domestic violence awareness night on Friday at Citizens Bank Park.