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PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – JULY 21: Brandon Marsh #16 of the Philadelphia Phillies throws a ball to fans during a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Citizens Bank Park on July 21, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Emilee Chinn\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
The Philadelphia Phillies<\/a> evened up their series with the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night, defeating them 4-2.<\/p>\n Now, as they enter Game 3 of the series on Sunday afternoon, Phillies interim manager Don Mattingly made some notable changes to his starting lineup.<\/p>\n Phillies Announce Brandon Marsh Decision<\/p>\n After facing back-to-back left-handed pitchers over the last two nights, Mattingly stuck to his platoon approach with All-Star outfielder Brandon Marsh and kept him out of the lineup.<\/p>\n Now, with right-hander Tyler Mahle on the mound for the Braves on Sunday, Marsh is back in the lineup and will bat seventh. Bryce Harper will start in right field, while J.P. Crawford gets the start in center field.<\/p>\n Via Underdog MLB<\/a>: \u201cPhillies 9\/6 K. Schwarber DH T. Turner SS B. Harper RF L. Arraez 2B A. Bohm 1B B. Stott 3B B. Marsh LF J. Crawford CF G. Stubbs C A. Nola SP.\u201d<\/p>\n Phillies 9\/6<\/p>\n K. Schwarber DH A. Nola SP<\/p>\n \u2014 Underdog MLB (@UnderdogMLB) September 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Marsh\u2019s 2026 Season<\/p>\n It\u2019s been Marsh\u2019s best season of his MLB<\/a> career. He\u2019s earned his first All-Star selection and was even named one of the nine starters.<\/p>\n He\u2019s currently batting .268 with 67 runs, 128 hits, 17 home runs and 57 RBIs across 136 games and 478 at-bats. He also owns a .421 slugging percentage and a .734 OPS.<\/p>\n Looking at the Phillies<\/p>\n Philadelphia is currently trying to catch the Braves in the NL East, which means simply splitting this series isn\u2019t good enough.<\/p>\n They\u2019re four games back entering Sunday with an 80-62 record, but they still hold a strong cushion in the Wild Card race.<\/p>\n If the season ended today, the Phillies would hold the second Wild Card spot.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tCole Sullivan<\/a> Cole Sullivan is a sports journalist for Heavy.com covering the NFL, NBA, college football, and college basketball. A member of the United States Basketball Writers Association, he has written for FanSided, Athlon Sports, The Sporting News, and Newsweek. Sullivan earned an Associate degree from Franklin Pierce University and a Bachelor’s degree from Lynn University, where he studied Communications and Media Studies with a focus on Sports Journalism. More about Cole Sullivan<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – JULY 21: Brandon Marsh #16 of the Philadelphia Phillies throws a ball to fans…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280731,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70],"class_list":["post-280730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
T. Turner SS
B. Harper RF
L. Arraez 2B
A. Bohm 1B
B. Stott 3B
B. Marsh LF
J. Crawford CF
G. Stubbs C<\/p>\n