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A |     PHILADELPHIA -- Spencer Strider could not watch Nick Castellanos' second home run off him in Game 4. The 20-game winner simply accepted his fate — he gave the ball to Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker and awaited a reception almost as rude as the homers.Strider put his head down and walked toward the dugout as 45,000 fired-up, towel-waving Phillies fans — that had heckled and derisively chanted his name since he warmed up — pointed fingers at the pitcher and gave him the business one more time.Strider never broke stride, never looked up. If he had, Strider might have read the sign that read “Bye-Bye Strider.”It was soon bye-bye Braves — once again an October departure in Philly.When the bats in a lineup that hit 307 homers this season fell silent, so did Atlanta in a 3-1 loss to Philadelphia in Game 4 of the National League Division Series on Thursday night.“You look at the playoff format, you don't need to be a great team all year,” Strider said. “You need to get to the playoffs and then it's a different game.”One the Braves haven't yet mastered.A year after the 101-win Braves were eliminated in Game 4 in Philly, this season's 104-win edition suffered the same cruel fate. They scored a total of eight runs in the series.“Pretty much just told them they have nothing to hang their heads about. It stinks what just happened,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “We wanted to go deep into this postseason, but I said it my first meeting every year, it’s like we want to check the first box, win the division because you never know what might happen. And we hit 300 some homers and didn’t happen in this playoff series.”Maybe it was the short break from the regular season to the start of the NLDS that cooled off the Braves. Ronald Acuña Jr., one of the front-runners for NL MVP, was 2 for 14 in the four games. Marcell Ozuna and Orlando Arcia each went 2 for 13. Michael Harris II went hitless in 13 at-bats.Austin Riley homered in the fourth inning of Game 4, but that was it for the Braves.Trailing 3-1 in the seventh, Atlanta loaded the bases on three two-out walks. Craig Kimbrel then retired Acuña on a deep fly ball that was run down by rookie center fielder Johan Rojas.Rally, over.Strider allowed two homers to Castellanos, a go-ahead shot to Trea Turner — who entered 0 for 17 lifetime against Strider — struck out seven and threw 96 pitches in 5 2/3 innings.“They didn't have a cheat code,” Strider said. “If you ask them, I'm sure they'll tell you I hung a couple of sliders.”Just one month earlier, the Braves took three of four and clinched their sixth straight NL East title in Philadelphia. The Braves went 8-5 against the Phillies in the regular season.Those numbers were as empty as the Braves offense.The franchise that put together an unprecedented streak of 14 straight division titles in the 1990s and 2000s tried for one more memorable run just two seasons removed from winning a World Series.But outside of a fantastic Game 2 rally, little went right for the Braves.Phillies fans had saved the worst for Strider, who is 8-0 in the regular season against the Phillies and a disaster in the postseason against them. Phillies fans chanted “We Want Strider” in Game 3, and then reserved their loudest pregame boos for him in Game 4.Strider, perhaps tongue-in-cheek, had said in an interview “there should be no fans” at the ballgame.“Get rid of the fans, it’s too loud,” he told MLB Fits. “It’s too loud, everybody be quiet. We don’t need the cheering, we know you’re watching. I don’t need the fans.”Joking or not, the Phillies needed little incentive to jump all over the ace right-hander. Some fans wore T-shirts that read “Is This Too Loud For You Spencer?” and others held signs with the same message.It was part of quirky series overall for the Braves.The social media user behind the account for the mascot Blooper oddly took aim on the Phillie Phanatic, writing “his last highlight was recorded with a flash.” Phillies fans spent the rest of the remaining games roasting Blooper.But Blooper was far from the only error.After Philadelphia star Bryce Harper committed a baserunning blunder that closed out Atlanta's Game 2 win, Arcia cracked “Attaboy, Harper!” inside of the Braves' jubilant clubhouse. Harper responded with two homers in Game 3, staring at the shortstop as he rounded the bases after each drive.Atlanta joins this year's list of playoff teams that tore through the regular season only to flop in October. The teams with the five best regular-season records — the Braves, Baltimore (101 wins), Dodgers (100), Tampa Bay (99) and Milwaukee (92) — all failed to reach the LCS.“We got beat and didn’t play good enough to win the series. It’s as simple as that,” Snitker said. “We got beat by a really good club that has a penchant for it this time of year.”___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb。    8月26日讯 《每日邮报》撰文谈到沃特金斯与阿斯顿维拉之间濒临破裂的关系，这位英格兰前锋缺席了球队客场惨败布赖顿的比赛，并预计将以约5000万英镑的价格加盟沙特联赛的利雅得新月，这标志着双方长达18个月的故事迎来了尾声。上周沃特金斯与主帅埃梅里进行了闭门会谈，埃梅里得知这位30岁的前锋渴望转会利雅得新月且不惜采取罢训手段来推动交易后，果断将其排除在了对阵布赖顿的大名单之外，导致维拉在没有正印中锋的情况下惨败，而埃梅里在赛后也并未给予任何护短。回顾两人的分歧源头可以追溯到2024年的节礼日，当时状态出色的杜兰一度压制了沃特金斯，随后由于杜兰染红并被阿尔纳斯尔以7000万英镑求购，维拉选择将其出售，但为了平衡阵容拒绝了阿森纳对沃特金斯未达6500万英镑估值的求购，导致沃特金斯的儿时枪手梦碎。今夏维拉已经失去了蒂莱曼斯、罗杰斯、迪涅和孔萨等多位主力，埃梅里本希望沃特金斯能够留下来共同开创俱乐部的新时代，因此沃特金斯的离队愿望和罢训行为让一向开明的西班牙主帅感到这笔潜在的转会带有更多个人情感色彩，双方立场形成了强烈对比。沃特金斯的经纪公司Two Touch正在全力运作这笔转会，但维拉对经纪人韦尔纳扎的处理方式感到不满，同时沃特金斯也面临着沙特俱乐部提供的远超目前10万英镑周薪的高额薪资诱惑，且考虑到他即将年满31岁以及孔萨同样转会阿森纳，球员本人对俱乐部的要价持有不同看法。在埃梅里的调教下沃特金斯成长为欧洲顶级前锋并在上赛季末段大爆发闯入世界杯大名单，然而他在布莱顿赛前及比赛中的急躁表现反映出局势的紧张，他不仅与第四官员频繁争吵而且赛后也没有与对方主帅握手，这显示出他与俱乐部之间的矛盾已经彻底公开化。

B | 维拉此前也曾成功处理过大马丁想要离队的风波，但沃特金斯的未来目前显得更为棘手，由于上赛季已出现状态下滑的迹象，双方分道扬镳或许并非坏事，而维拉目前正密切关注潜在替代者杰克逊以及勒沃库森的科法内，球队迫切需要在对阵阿森纳前解决这一难题。

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