Phillies 9, Braves 1
NLDS Game 3 - Friday Afternoon, October 14th in Philadelphia
Phillies lead series, 2-1
One Sentence Summary: The Phillies, elevated by an absolutely electric crowd at Citizens Bank Park, decisively beat the Braves behind the pitching of Aaron Nola and home runs from Rhys Hoskins and Bryce Harper.
What It Means: A win on Saturday afternoon sends the Phillies to the NLCS to face either the Dodgers or the Padres, who are currently up 2-1 in that NLDS series.
What Happened / Featured Card: Nola was brilliant again, allowing just an unearned run in six strong innings and striking out six. Jose Alvarado, Brad Hand and Connor Brogdon shut the Braves down over the final three innings.
What It Means: A win on Saturday afternoon sends the Phillies to the NLCS to face either the Dodgers or the Padres, who are currently up 2-1 in that NLDS series.
What Happened / Featured Card: Nola was brilliant again, allowing just an unearned run in six strong innings and striking out six. Jose Alvarado, Brad Hand and Connor Brogdon shut the Braves down over the final three innings.
The tide turned in the bottom of the third inning. Brandon Marsh drew a lead-off walk and went to third base on an errant pick-off throw from Braves starter Spencer Strider. Bryson Stott doubled to right to give the Phillies a 1-0 lead. After Kyle Schwarber was intentionally walked, Hoskins launched his three-run home run, spiking his bat afterwards and forming a Phillies memory and iconic moment that won't soon be forgotten. J.T. Realmuto quickly followed with a single and then Harper homered to center on the first pitch he saw to give the Phillies a 6-0 lead.
Three more runs were added in the seventh behind Harper's RBI double and Nick Castellanos' two-run single to right. It was glorious. Unless there's a more exciting and dramatic game yet to come in this postseason, and I hope there will be, this will be the game we're seeing years to come replayed during the winter months and Phillies rain delays.
Field Report: And we were there! Before returning to our section of many, many years, Section 315, we took part in the pregame block party, bought some postseason merchandise and enjoyed some heavy snacks at Pass and Stow's. From the pregame ceremony featuring team introductions and a Shane Victorio ceremonial first pitch, to the final out, the atmosphere was electric and I can confirm I don't think I've ever heard the ballpark that loud before. We waved our red rally towels, appeared on Phanavision and lost our voices. It took nearly an hour to escape the parking lot postgame, but it was worth every minute of it. I'm grateful our boys were able to witness Phillies postseason baseball and experience what being a part of a truly wonderful fanbase feels like. And I was thinking of my Dad, who passed away 11 years ago on this day. He would have loved the outcome, but would have been fine skipping the crowds and the traffic. Go Phils!
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