Sunday, July 16, 2023

Game 82 - Phils Feast on Nationals' Pitching

2023 Topps Heritage #328
Phillies 19
, Nationals 4
Game 82 - Saturday Night, July 1st in Philadelphia
Record - 44-38, 3rd Place, 11 games behind the Braves

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One Sentence Summary:  The Phillies, relatively quiet at the plate the past few games, absolutely demolished Nationals pitching in this 19-4 win.

What It Means:  Shaquille O'Neal performed his postgame DJ set as his Diesel persona, and I imagine it was a fairly raucous crowd at Citizens Bank Park given this game's outcome.

What Happened:  Alec Bohm hit a pair of home runs and drove in six runs.  Nick Castellanos added a two-run home run and had three hits for the day.  Kyle Schwarber connected for a fifth inning grand slam.  It was an all too rare laugher of a game for the Phillies, who did all their scoring before the sixth inning and had 18 hits overall.  Zack Wheeler didn't throw a gem, but allowing four runs in five innings of work was good enough for his seventh win of the season.

Featured Card:  Bohm, the team RBI leader, was 4 for 5 with three runs scored and six RBIs.  I'm slowly working through the Topps Heritage Phillies team set in these game summary posts, and here's Bohm's 1974 Topps-inspired card from that set.

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