Question: The Phillies were early contenders for the Wild Card but were unable to overcome injuries to players such as the eight time winner of what?

Context articles: 2003 Montreal Expos season
Scott Rolen
1999 Philadelphia Phillies season
Anything's Wild
2017 Arizona Diamondbacks season
2012 National League Wild Card Game
Renato Molinari
Castrol Six Hour (New Zealand)
2011 Atlanta Braves season
Wild card (card games)

The 2003 Montreal Expos season was the 35th season for the Expos in Montreal.
 It involved the Expos attempting to win the NL East.
 On August 28, 2003, the Expos led the NL Wild Card, tied for first place with the Marlins, Astros, Phillies, and Cardinals, but faded away in the stretch and failed to make the postseason, finishing 18 games back of the Atlanta Braves in the NL East and 8 games back of the Florida Marlins in the Wild Card.
Scott Bruce Rolen (born April 4, 1975) is an American former professional baseball third baseman.
 He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays and Cincinnati Reds.
 He was an eight-time Gold Glove winner and seven-time All-Star.
The Phillies were early contenders for the Wild Card, going a season-high 13 games over .500 on August 6 (61–48), but injuries to pitching staff ace Curt Schilling and third baseman Scott Rolen, as well as a struggling bullpen, proved too tough to overcome.
 In one particularly bad stretch from August 28 to September 14, the Phillies went 1–18.
Anything's Wild is a video poker game that allows the player to select any card (by rank) to act as the "wild card".
 The game is a variation of Deuces Wild and is based on five card draw where the player is dealt a five card hand.
 The player can then choose which cards to keep or discard and is dealt new cards accordingly.
 The payoff is based on the value of the hand.
 The "wild card" is announced before the hand is dealt and can be substituted for any card in the deck according to what is most beneficial to the player's hand.
 Since the game uses a standard deck, there are always four "wild cards" in play.
 This allows the player greater flexibility in building a winning hand.
The Arizona Diamondbacks' 2017 season is the franchise's 20th season in Major League Baseball and their 20th season at Chase Field and in Phoenix, Arizona.
 They began the season on April 2 at home against the San Francisco Giants.
 The Diamondbacks finished second in the National League West and made the post-season for the first time since 2011.
 On September 24, the Diamondbacks clinched a Wild Card berth with losses by the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Cardinals.
 They also clinched home field for the Wild Card game after a 3-2 walkoff victory over the Miami Marlins.
 They will host the 2017 National League Wild Card Game against the Colorado Rockies.
The 2012 National League Wild Card Game was a play-in game during Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2012 postseason played between the National League's (NL) two wild card teams, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Atlanta Braves.
 It was held at Turner Field in Atlanta, on October 5, 2012, at 5:07 p.m. EDT.
 The Cardinals won by a 6–3 score and advanced to play the Washington Nationals in the NL Division Series.
 In addition to being the inaugural NL Wild Card Game, it is notable for being the final game of Chipper Jones's career, as well as for a controversial infield fly rule call made by umpire Sam Holbrook.
 The game was televised on TBS.
Renato Molinari (born 27 February 1946 in Nesso) is an Italian powerboat racer, and the inaugural winner of the John Player Special F1 Powerboat World Championship in 1981, and won titles again in 1983 and 1984.
 In addition to this success, Molinari is an 18-time World Champion (in different categories); 11-time European Champion (in different categories), 4-time winner of the Rouen 24 hours, 4-time winner of the Paris 6 hours; twice winner of the Parker Enduro and 3-time winner of the Berlin 6 hours.
The New Zealand Castrol Six Hour Race was an endurance motorcycle race that was held for fifteen years at Manfeild, Palmerston North from 1974 to 1988.
 Many of New Zealand's top international riders competed at the Six Hour race; winners included Dave Hiscock (5-time winner), Neil Chivas (4-time winner), Graeme Crosby (3-time winner), Aaron Slight (2-time winner), and Ginger Molloy (first winner).
 The race was characterised by its exclusive use of unmodified standard production motorcycles and a running start where the racers had to run to their machines before they could start.
 There was special provisions that the machines were no older than 3 years old, which was a boon to the motorcycle industry in New Zealand at the time which saw a dramatic rise in the sale of Motorcycles after these events.
The 2011 Atlanta Braves season was the Braves' 46th season in Atlanta, and the 141st overall.
 For the first time since the 1990 season, Bobby Cox did not manage the club, having retired following the 2010 season.
 He was succeeded by Fredi González, the former third-base coach for the Braves between 2003 and 2006.
 After entering the playoffs with their first franchise Wild Card berth in 2010, the Braves attempted to return to the postseason for a second consecutive season.
 Entering the final month of the regular season with a record of 80–55 and an 8 ⁄ -game lead in the Wild Card standings, the Braves went 9–18 in September to finish the season with a record of 89–73.
 This September collapse caused the team to fall one game behind the St. Louis Cardinals in the Wild Card race after the final scheduled game of the season, which consequently eliminated them from postseason contention.
 On July 12, 2016, ESPN named the 2011 Braves collapse as the 25th worst collapse in sports history.
Card games, particularly poker games, may contain one or more cards designated as wild.
 These may be jokers, or they may be normal ranked and suited cards pressed into wild card duty ("deuces wild" is a common variant).
 In most cases, the wild card or cards must be agreed upon by all players before the cards are dealt and play commences.
 There are two common rules regarding wild cards: "fully wild" cards and the "bug".