The 2026 Major League Baseball postseason continued on Wednesday with a quartet of Wild Card Series Game 2s. Since the opening round of the playoffs is a best-of-three affair, all four games were elimination games for the teams that lost Tuesday's Game 1s. Here are the final scores and schedule for Wednesday's wall-to-wall playoff action so far: To sum up all the Wild Card Series Game 2 action, we're here to declare a winner and loser from each of the four games.
You can find those authoritative and inarguable declarations just below. There's a lot to choose from when it comes to winners in this white-knuckled affair. There's Cristopher Sánchez and his yeomanlike start, there's Bryce Harper's redemption act, there's Kyle Schwarber's comeback-launching homer, and there's Andrew Painter's three innings of scoreless relief in his postseason debut.
In the end, though, we must go with Bohm. Earlier in the game, Bohm helped turn a couple of crucial double plays, including this one in the sixth that turned out to be essential to the Phillies' survival: Bohm also made a couple of nice scoops, as he continues to adapt quite well to first base duty. All of that, though, was prelude to Bohm's big moment in the top of the 10th.
With two outs and the game tied 3-3, Bohm stepped in against dominating rookie reliever Didier Fuentes. With the count 1-1, Fuentes confronted Bohm with a 99.4 mph fastball at the top of the zone and on the inner half. Let's roll tape: That's a go-ahead opposite-field home run on a pitch that doesn't really lend itself to driving it oppo.
It's also the first home run that Fuentes has allowed to a right-handed batter all year. That turned out to be the winning run and, thanks to Bohm and so many others, the Phillies forced a decisive Game 3. Braves starter and deadline addition Tyler Mahle rebounded from a 23-pitch first inning to twirl a gem.
After seven strong innings, he handed the bullpen a 3-1 lead and an 86.5% chance of closing out the series and advancing to the NLDS to face the Dodgers. Instead, the bullpen couldn't protect the lead. Lefty Dylan Lee, who didn't allow a home run to a left-handed batter during the regular season, permitted back-to-back homers to Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper in the eighth.
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