Phillies one defeat from elimination after 7-2 loss to Mets

NEW YORK — 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."