We like the Philadelphia Phillies to defeat the New York Mets and force a Game 5 on Wednesday for a number of reasons. Here are some of the more important ones:

Philadelphia will not go down without a fight. They were a top contender entering this postseason and shouldn't be written off by any means yet.

Ranger Suarez began the season as hot as anyone. Even though he cooled off, he still had very solid numbers on the year.

Jose Quintana has faced the Phillies a number of times over his career with mixed results. Over his last five starts vs. them (since the beginning of last year,) he has a 4.50 ERA.

Although they've flipped the script in the postseason so far, NYM hit much worse during the day in the regular season. Something to consider as the postseason moves along.

We don't expect Quintana to be nearly as strong as Manaea was yesterday. Philadelphia will get their hits and they should make the most out of them.

In an elimination game, look for Bryce Harper and the rest of the Phillies crew to battle adversity and come through to force a win-or-go-home Game 5 back in Philly on Friday.

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