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Phillies' streak ends
IASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Shortly after the Philadelphia Phillies' streak of nine consecutive winning seasons came to a close, they started finding scapegoats.
Philadelphia lost 5-1 to the NL East champion Washington Nationals on Wednesday to finish 81-81 and in third place, following five division titles in a row.
Didn't take long for the fallout to begin: The Phillies fired first base coach Sam Perlozzo, bench coach Pete Mackanin and hitting coach Greg Gross.
And expect more moves.
"We're definitely going to have some changes on our roster." Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "How many or what, I don't really know."
Perlozzo, former manager of the Baltimore Orioles, joined the Philas as their third base coach for the 2009 season. He moved to first base in 2011. Gross was Philadelphia's bench coach in 2001, then hitting coach from 2002-04 and from July 2010 until Wednesday. Mackain arrived in Philadelphia in 2009.
"We dug ourselves in a pretty hole pretty early, and ... it was almost too much to overcome. Next year, we got to come in and start off better," said left-hander Cliff Lee (6-9), who allowed three runs and eight hits in six innings Wednesday and finished with a losing record for the first time since 2007.
"Injuries hurt us pretty bad this year, but the other teams in this division have gotten better. So nothing is going to come easy," Lee added. "But if we're healthy and guys are out there playing the we can, then we can beat anyone."
Wasn't all that long ago — in 2008 and 2009, actually — that the Nationals were losing 100 games a season and finishing with the worst record in the majors. But their victory Wednesday gave them a majors-high 98th victory and
home-field advantage throughout the postseason.
"It's quite an accomplishment," third baseman Ryan Zimmerman said. "Obviously winning the division was a goal and now we done that and we have a chance to go do some stuff in the playoffs. This is a great season, a great team, a good group of guys, and we accomplished a lot that we should be proud of."
He continued: "But we have a lot more to accomplish, hopefully."
Fitted for hats with postseason patches before the game, the Nationals will open the playoffs on the road Sunday at the winner of Friday's wild-card game between Atlanta and St. Louis. Game 2 will also be at the wild-card winner's stadium, before the best-of-five series shifts to Washington. A team from the nation's capital hasn't participated in Major League Baseball action beyond the regular season since the Senators lost the 1933 World Series.
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Philadelphia Phillies Carlos Ruiz (51) slides home to score on Darin Ruf's sacrifice fly as Washington Nationals catcher Jesus Flores (26) watches during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Washington on Wednesday. The Nationals won 5-1. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Milwaukee Brewers 'Carlos Gomes strides across home plate scoring on Travis Ishikawa' 3-RBI double off of San Diego 'Padres' Andrew Werner during the third inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2013, in Milwaukee (AP/Tom Lyman)
Headley doubled home a run in the fifth inning, moments after his drive down the right-field line was called foul and confirmed when the umpires looked at a video replay.
Headley hit an RBI triple in the seventh and scored the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly by Yonder Alonso.
Padres rally for victory
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San Diego improved by five wins this year and wound up with a 76-86 record. The Padres won only five of their last 15 games.
MILWAUKEE — Chase Headley drove in two runs, finishing the season with an NL-leading 115 RBIs, and the San Diego Padres beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 on Wednesday night.
Travis ihikawa drove in four runs for Milwaukee, including
Headley also drew two walks and finished with a .286 batting average. His previous RBIs high was 64 in 2009.
three with a double in the third that made it 6-0. The Brewers went 83-79, a drop of 13 wins after reaching the NL championship series last year.
Since Aug. 20, Milwaukee's 29-13 record was tops in the majors. The Brewers got within $1\frac{1}{2}$ games of St. Louis in the chase for the second wild-card berth, but that was dashed with a 3-6 stretch in late September.
Cameron Maybin hit a two-run homer for San Diego, and five relievers held Milwaukee hitless in the final six innings.
Tommy Lyne (2-0) pitched 1
1-3 innings for the victory and
Luke Gregerson earned his ninth
save. Jim Henderson (1-3) gave
up two runs in the seventh.
Brewers star Ryan Braun went 1 for 4. He led the NL with 41 homers and 108 runs, and also ranked first extra-base hits, slugging percentage and total bases. Braun was second in RBIs with 112 and third in batting at .319.
Braun won the NL MVP last year when he hit .332 with 33 homers, 111 RBIs and 109 runs. He faced a 50-game suspension after testing positive for elevated testosterone, but the players' union appealed and the test result was overturned by baseball arbitrator Shyam Das.
San Diego SS Everth Cabrera finished with 44 stolen bases to become the first Padres player to lead the league in that category. .3B Aramis Ramirez, who joined Milwaukee in the offseason, was taken out before the start of the third inning. He went out for warm-ups and received a nice hand when he was replaced by Jeff Bianchi. Ramirez set a team record for most RBIs by a third baseman (103) when he drove in a run in the first. The Brewers are the first team to lead the NL in home runs and stolen bases since the 1996 Rockies.
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