Phillies 10, Diamondbacks 0
NLCS Game 2 - Tuesday Night, October 17th in Philadelphia
Phillies lead series, 2-0
One Sentence Summary: Aaron Nola and three Phillies relievers combined for the shutout, while the Phillies offense plated 10 runs in this decisive win against the Diamondbacks.
What It Means: After an off-day (and catching up on some sleep) Wednesday, the Phillies open a three game set in Phoenix on Thursday. My hope is only two games are played.
What Happened: Nola won his third game of this postseason, allowing just three hits in six innings while striking out seven. Jeff Hoffman, Matt Strahm and Orion Kerkering kept the Diamondbacks from scoring over the final three frames with a combined six more strikeouts. The pitching was aided by a few great defensive plays from Alec Bohm at third base.
What It Means: After an off-day (and catching up on some sleep) Wednesday, the Phillies open a three game set in Phoenix on Thursday. My hope is only two games are played.
What Happened: Nola won his third game of this postseason, allowing just three hits in six innings while striking out seven. Jeff Hoffman, Matt Strahm and Orion Kerkering kept the Diamondbacks from scoring over the final three frames with a combined six more strikeouts. The pitching was aided by a few great defensive plays from Alec Bohm at third base.
Trea Turner and Kyle Schwarber (twice!) hit solo home runs and the Phillies held a 3-0 lead with no outs in the bottom of the sixth. Schwarber now has 18 career postseason home runs, tying him with Reggie Jackson for the most by a left-handed hitter in postseason history. The Phillies are tying, setting or breaking all kinds of postseason home run records at this point, both for the franchise and among all teams, and it's a little difficult to keep up at this point.
Following Schwarber's second home run, it would quickly be 6-0 following a two-run double from J.T. Realmuto and a double from Brandon Marsh to bring Realmuto home. Four more runs would score in the seventh. Bryce Harper singled and came around to score on Bohm's double. A Bryson Stott pop up dropped between three Diamondbacks players in the infield, much to the delight of the 45,412 fans in attendance. Realmuto singled home Bohm, and Stott scored on a Nick Castellanos sacrifice fly, making it 10-0, Phillies. Bench players Jake Cave, Edmundo Sosa and Garrett Stubbs all got into the game late as manager Rob Thomson all but emptied his bench. (Sorry, Cristian Pache.)
Featured Card: So many big hits to choose from, and Schwarber's two home runs were once again amazing, but given Nola's steadying performance I thought the winning pitcher deserved the card.
Featured Card: So many big hits to choose from, and Schwarber's two home runs were once again amazing, but given Nola's steadying performance I thought the winning pitcher deserved the card.
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Field Report: We braved the traffic both to and from the ballpark to enjoy the festivities from Section 415. I ended up with three tickets, with Jenna, Doug and me leaving our house fairly early due to the Flyers home opener and a soccer match between Mexico and Germany happening at Lincoln Financial Center. South Jersey traffic was awful getting to the park, South Philly traffic was nightmarish leaving the park.
While at the game, we had a blast. Jenna and Doug opted for Shake Shack while I went back to Uncle Charlie's Steaks. Before first pitch, we caught up with an old friend who was also sitting in our section, and then settled in to watch the show. I'd be fine with not going to another NLCS home game this year.
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