ATLANTA -- The Phillies know they need a miracle to reach the postseason. They are not running from that reality anymore.\n\nThey know they have two choices in how they respond to those long shot odds: Fight or quit. They showed some resolve on Tuesday night with a 5-4 victory over the Braves at SunTrust Park.\n\n• [Box score](https://www.mlb.com/gameday/567242/final/box)\n\nThe Phillies are four games behind the Cubs and Brewers for the second NL Wild Card spot with 13 games to play. Chicago and Milwaukee each have 11 games remaining. Even if both teams finish 5-6, the Phillies would need to go 10-3 to force a three-way tie.\n\nIt is why FanGraphs lists the Phillies’ postseason odds at just 0.6 percent.\n\n“I think first and foremost, we still have odds, and we know that,” Phillies first baseman
The Phillies need to finish 5-8 for their first winning record since 2011. It is not exactly a welcome consolation prize considering the organization’s expectations entering the season and a 33-22 start, but a losing record could be considered nothing less than a major disappointment.\n\n“We spent a lot of time today talking about the importance of these last 14 games,” Phillies manager Gabe Kapler said. “We know where we are in the standings, we know what the numbers say, but that’s not what we’re paying attention to right now. We’re paying attention to fighting for each other all the way through the finish line. We talked a lot about that today.”\n\nThe Phillies did not show much fight at the end of last season. In fact, an argument can be made that some players in the clubhouse quit. It resulted in nine losses in their final 11 games to finish 80-82, and the front office acknowledged it needed to be more careful about the players it brought into the fold.\n\nThe players that lived through last season’s collapse remember those final days well.\n\n“Sure, everyone that was part of that last year carries that with them,” Hoskins said. “Maybe it holds a little more weight now, especially that we’re here, but I think that’s kind of with guys throughout the whole year. Nobody wants to go through what we went through last year at the end of the year, nobody likes watching people clinch. I think everybody in the whole league is in the same boat there. But we still have a chance, and we know it. It started tonight, and we just have to continue it tomorrow.”\n\nPhillies right-hander
But the Braves came back. They cut the lead to two entering the ninth when pinch-hitter Adam Duvall hit a first-pitch solo homer to left field against Phillies closer