PHILADELPHIA – In a sport that often defies logic, Philadelphia Phillies person in power Nick Castellanos there’s a simple explanation for the Phillies’ return from the disastrous first half climax of Saturday’s Game 4 of the National League Championship Series: “It’s hard to play in the woods, man.”
After San Diego Padres rumbling out of the gate with four runs in the first game, the Phillies were right back in with three runs at the bottom of the first table – en route to a four-hit, 10 start in a 10-6 win The Phillies have a win after reaching their first World Finals since 2009.
“We knew the crowd would be a factor,” the first Rhys Hoskins said as the Phillies improved to 4-0 at Citizens Bank Park in the post-season while scoring 31 runs and hitting .313 – in a post-season period where runs were scarce. “We’re confident in that. We’ve seen that in the NLDS. And we feel that’s a big part of when you start those innings, you get a few players, it’s going to be big. a little bit more. You get a big hit, it gets bigger and that’s where you can really snowball things.”
The Phillies’ top line-up threw snowballs throughout the game. Their top five players delivered great nights as each had at least two hits or scored at least two runs, combining 9 to 18 with seven basic hits and all 10 runs. all score. The biggest hero was Rhys Hoskins, who hit two critical points in two home runs for a four RBI game.
The Hoskins’ first home leg follows Kyle Schwarber’s lead single at the end of the first game, after the Padres have beaten the opening four. Bailey Falter. Hoskins did the full count against the starting Padres Mike Clevingerwho threw a fast 94 mph ball down the middle of the field that Hoskins drilled 384 feet to the center left.
“A lot of us said ’27 games,'” after the end of the first inning, Hoskins said. “We’ve failed before. We know with a bullpen game the possibility that a lot of people have to be put in positions they’re not used to and we’re going to have to knock. We did that tonight. “
His second homecoming was even more impressive. Padres who is left-handed Sean Manaea was relieved, appearing for the first time after the season. With the Padres leading 6-4, Schwarber had a slam dunk and Padres coach Bob Melvin left Manaea, who had an ERA of 6.44 in the second half, to face the right-handed Hoskins.
At 1-1, the Hoskins crushed a 417-foot-tall sinker at a 108.4 mph exit to a similar area of the stands mid-left. The home game mounted the match and Citizens Bank Park exploded into a frenzy.
“No one on the team deserved those moments more than Rhys,” said Castellanos. “He’s been here from the beginning, he’s been through a lot of loss here, he’s been through hard times, so to be on this stage and come through like this, I couldn’t be happier for him.”
It was the eighth two-homer game in post-season Phillies history and the first since Chase Utley in Game 5 of the 2009 World Series, while Hoskins said he appreciates baseball history – especially the Phillies history and mentioned alongside Utley and other Phillies greats – he previously said he was tired of hearing about the club winning the 2008 World Series. He wanted to make it. own history.
Now how is he studying 2008.
“It feels like we’re living, right. The scarves are red, it’s jarring, isn’t it? Like, yeah, just the panorama. And as soon as you step onto the pitch, really in the clear. the polishing process, you can kind of feel the power building,” he said. “I need some more. I need some more.”
For the Padres, Clevinger’s brief game – 15 pitches and no hit – sent Melvin past nine innings after his rolling hit.
“This is probably one of the worst days of my life,” Clevinger said. “That sums it up. It sucks.”
Nick Martinez threw three perfect rounds before Manaea entered the fourth round and allowed to run. He was back in the second inning of the fifth inning. After the Hoskins’ home game ended, JT Realmuto walk and Bryce Harper hit a double mid-left to score Realmuto with a run ahead.
“I tried to get [Manaea] once around the lineup,” Melvin explained. I think his content is better. He has 95. He has swings and slides when entering this area, but he can’t locate it. The second round, four hitters, five hitters, it was pretty quick. “
The Phillies aren’t careful to get ahead, but they’re confident – especially with the trump card Zack Wheeler in Game 5 and had a great start in Game 1 when he only let one hit go over seven innings without a goal.
“I’ve said this several times over the past few days, and I’m sorry it’s becoming superfluous,” Hoskins said. “You couldn’t have written it better for the people in that room, for the staff, for everyone in this organization, but I think the most important thing is for the city. Yeah, you can’t write it well. more. I can’t imagine what tomorrow will be like.”
