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These Phillies analysts are worried their team might be the victim of an underdog story.

The NBC Sports Philadelphia crew entertained the idea of the Phillies possibly blowing the NL East to the Mets after Tuesday’s 6-5 loss dropped the edge to just five games.

The discussion even ventured into how Wednesday is essentially a must-win game with Philadelphia attempting to avoid a potentially season-changing three-game sweep.

“But, in our eyes, it’s fine to say this is a big game (Wednesday),” analyst Ricky Bottalico said.

“You go win tomorrow, you’re back up six. No harm, no foul, see ya later.”

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