Phillies 6, Diamondbacks 1
NLCS Game 5 - Saturday Night, October 21st in Phoenix
Phillies lead series, 3-2
One Sentence Summary: The Phillies salvaged a game in Phoenix behind Zack Wheeler's masterful performance and three big home runs from Kyle Schwarber, Bryce Harper and J.T. Realmuto.
What It Means: Doug and I listened to most of this game on the drive from Rhode Island back to home. I'm also aware the Phillies are setting hitting and pitching records as this postseason progresses, but I'm too locked in to the here and now to be able to digest these records. Game 6 will be played in Philadelphia on Monday, with the Phillies one win away from a return to the World Series.
What Happened: Wheeler shut down the Diamondbacks through six innings, allowing a seventh inning lead-off home run to Alek Thomas. The ace allowed six hits and struck out eight on the way to his third win of the postseason. Jeff Hoffman, Seranthony Dominguez and Matt Stram thankfully didn't cause too much trouble while recording the final six outs of the game.
What It Means: Doug and I listened to most of this game on the drive from Rhode Island back to home. I'm also aware the Phillies are setting hitting and pitching records as this postseason progresses, but I'm too locked in to the here and now to be able to digest these records. Game 6 will be played in Philadelphia on Monday, with the Phillies one win away from a return to the World Series.
What Happened: Wheeler shut down the Diamondbacks through six innings, allowing a seventh inning lead-off home run to Alek Thomas. The ace allowed six hits and struck out eight on the way to his third win of the postseason. Jeff Hoffman, Seranthony Dominguez and Matt Stram thankfully didn't cause too much trouble while recording the final six outs of the game.
The Phillies scored quickly in the first. Schwarber had a lead-off single, advanced to second on a Bryce Harper single and would come around to score a few batters later on Bryson Stott's RBI single to right. With Stott stealing second, Harper broke for home and was credited with the first Phillies steal of home in postseason history. In the sixth, Schwarber launched his fifth home run of this postseason and Harper followed a few batters later with his own majestic home run to make it 4-0 Phillies. Realmuto's blast came in the eighth with Harper on board, and allowed us to start hoping again for a trip to the World Series.
Featured Card: I've tried to keep these postseason cards to one image per card, but I felt I wanted to feature the trio of Wheeler, Schwarber and Harper here. All three keep coming up big this postseason, and hopefully they've got enough for five more wins.
Featured Card: I've tried to keep these postseason cards to one image per card, but I felt I wanted to feature the trio of Wheeler, Schwarber and Harper here. All three keep coming up big this postseason, and hopefully they've got enough for five more wins.
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