With a 10:05 PM start time, many Phillies fans aren’t going to be able to stay up to watch the entirety of a game in Sacramento. And when the game features less than stellar pitching and then goes into extra innings, it means that almost all of the East Coast fans are going to have to just wait until the morning to see what happened.

Those fans were likely very pleased when they awoke this morning to find the Phillies defeated the Athletics in extra innings by a score of 9-6, marking the team’s ninth consecutive victory.

For the second straight night, the Phillies jumped out to an early lead thanks to Trea Turner. Turner led off with a single, stole second, and then scored when A’s second baseman committed an error on Bryce Harper’s grounder. Nick Castellanos then drove in Harper to establish a 2-0 lead.

The lead only lasted until the second inning. Like just about every other pitcher who the Phillies have used this series, starter Cristopher Sanchez seemed like he was displeased with the quality of the Sutter Health Park pitching mound. He looked uncomfortable all night, and his control seemed spotty. Sanchez allowed two runs in the second thanks in part to three walks and a wild pitch.

Alec Bohm put the Phillies back on top with a solo home run in the fourth, and Sanchez managed to keep the A’s off the board for a few innings, thanks in part to double plays in the third and fourth inning. But he was let down by his defense in the fifth. Trea Turner committed a two-out error, and Miguel Andujar followed with an RBI single that tied the game and ended Sanchez’s night.

Schwarber put the Phillies immediately back on top with his 18th home run to lead off the fifth.

Jose Ruiz had finished off the fourth without incident but ran into problems in the fifth. A double and single tied the game, and after another infield single, he was removed in favor of Carlos Hernandez. Hernandez added fuel to the fire by walking the first batter on four pitches, then giving up an RBI single to Tyler Soderstrom. Fortunately, he was able to escape the jam by coaxing yet another double play.

Trailing for the first time, the Phillies didn’t wait long to answer back. Brandon Marsh walked to lead off the seventh and then Max Kepler was hit by a pitch. It looked like the potential big inning would be wasted when Trea Turner grounded into a double play, but Bryce Harper redeemed the inning with a game-tying single.

Joe Ross was forced to cover two innings, and while he worked around two base runners in the seventh, a Brent Rooker home run in the eighth put the Athletics on top.

The Phillies would have one last chance, against star closer Mason Miller. The Phillies did some damage against him on Friday, but it seemed too much to ask to do so a second night in a row. But when one team is on a long winning streak, and the other team is on a long losing streak, those are the things that tend to happen. With one out, Max Kepler sent one deep into the night to send the game into extra innings.

Both teams wasted good scoring opportunities in the tenth. The A’s did so a bit more dramatically with Brandon Marsh gunning down the winning run at the plate. (Once again, these are the things that happen when one team is going great and the other team is not.)

The Phillies didn’t waste their chances in the 11th. Kyle Schwarber doubled in a couple of runs, and Nick Castellanos added another with a sacrifice fly.

This time, the Phillies’ pitching didn’t surrender the lead. Max Lazar pitched a scoreless inning to secure the win.

The Phillies will go for the season sweep and their tenth win in a row on Sunday afternoon. And with the game scheduled for 4:05 eastern time, most fans will likely be able to stay awake to see the whole thing.