ATLANTA — “No Time Like October” flashed across the video boards around Truist Park, a fine little slogan that had suddenly turned ominous. Ninety-four wins and an NL East title, yet the Atlanta Braves were trailing in the bottom of the eighth of their first wild-card game — and suddenly in very real danger of not even seeing October.
The Braves had handed the Game 1 ball to ace Chris Sale. The Phillies had skidded into the postseason sideways and smoking, their fate in doubt until the very last day. All three games of the wild-card series would be in Atlanta, before an enthusiastic, if late-arriving, home crowd. Everything was set up for the…
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