Phillies loss to Mets in Game 3 of NLDS: Six months of success for the Philadelphia could be wiped…

Six months of success for the Philadelphia Phillies could be wiped out before the leaves start to turn. With one more loss to the New York Mets, a 95-win regular season would become an afterthought.

As a group this is the closest to death we’re ever going to get, so in a way, we should feel the most alive,” Nick Castellanos said after Tuesday night’s 7-2 loss dropped the Phillies into a 2-1 deficit in the best-of-five NL Division Series. “It’s just one more time to chill out and leave everything on the field and however the dice is going to land, it’s going to land.”

“As a group this is the closest to death we’re ever going to get, so in a way, we should feel the most alive,” Nick Castellanos said after Tuesday night’s 7-2 loss dropped the Phillies into a 2-1 deficit in the best-of-five NL Division Series. “It’s just one more time to chill out and leave everything on the field and however the dice is going to land, it’s going to land.”

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New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza hails Sean Manaea’s pitching shut-out
Philadelphia is one defeat from taking another step backward. Seeking their third World Series title after 1980 and 2008, the Phillies reached Game 6 of the World Series in 2022 before losing to Houston. They took a 3-2 lead over Arizona in last year’s NL Championship Series, and then dropped Games 6 and 7 at home.

Castellanos spoke in a clubhouse so quiet the showers trickling in the next room sounded like waterfalls. Phillies manager Rob Thomson addressed the team after the final out.

“I told them it’s the most resilient club I’ve ever been around,” he recounted. “That’s what they’re all about. They’re all about toughness and fighting and playing together. That’s what we need to do and just focus on one game.”

Philadelphia fell behind 2-0 in Game 3 in New York on home runs by Pete Alonso in the second and Jesse Winker in the fourth off Aaron Nola.

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Sean Manaea breezed through five innings for the Mets, but he lost his control momentarily and started the sixth with walks to Kyle Schwarber and Trea Turner.