Diamondbacks 5, Phillies 1
NLCS Game 6 - Monday Night, October 23rd in Philadelphia
Series tied, 3-3
One Sentence Summary: A shaky and short outing from Aaron Nola and a lack of clutch hitting from the Phillies big bats led to this 5-1 defeat to the Diamondbacks in NLCS Game 6.
What It Means: For the first time in franchise history, the Phillies will play in a Game 7. Winner heads to the World Series to meet the Texas Rangers on Friday night. I'm honestly more nervous than excited.
What Happened/Featured Card: After striking out the side in the first inning, Aaron Nola had trouble finding outs in the second. He allowed back-to-back solo home runs to Tommy Pham and Lourdes Gurriel Jr., walked Alex Thomas and gave up an RBI double to Evan Longoria to quickly make it 3-0 Diamondbacks. The Phillies got a run back in the bottom of the second when J.T. Realmuto led off with a double and scored on an RBI single from Brandon Marsh. In the top of the fifth, Nola's night ended after a Ketel Marte RBI triple, scoring Corbin Carroll who had singled to reach. Marte would drive home another run in the seventh off suddenly struggling reliever Orion Kerkering. Relievers Michael Lorenzen, Craig Kimbrel and Gregory Soto kept the game within reach, but the Phillies could not piece together any kind of rally.
What It Means: For the first time in franchise history, the Phillies will play in a Game 7. Winner heads to the World Series to meet the Texas Rangers on Friday night. I'm honestly more nervous than excited.
What Happened/Featured Card: After striking out the side in the first inning, Aaron Nola had trouble finding outs in the second. He allowed back-to-back solo home runs to Tommy Pham and Lourdes Gurriel Jr., walked Alex Thomas and gave up an RBI double to Evan Longoria to quickly make it 3-0 Diamondbacks. The Phillies got a run back in the bottom of the second when J.T. Realmuto led off with a double and scored on an RBI single from Brandon Marsh. In the top of the fifth, Nola's night ended after a Ketel Marte RBI triple, scoring Corbin Carroll who had singled to reach. Marte would drive home another run in the seventh off suddenly struggling reliever Orion Kerkering. Relievers Michael Lorenzen, Craig Kimbrel and Gregory Soto kept the game within reach, but the Phillies could not piece together any kind of rally.
The Phillies offense went 1 for 7 with runners in scoring position and struck out 10 times. Kyle Schwarber, Trea Turner, Bryce Harper and Nick Castellanos were a combined 0 for 13 with six strikeouts.
2023 Chachi #71 NLCS Game 5 / 2023 Chachi #73 NLCS Game 7
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It's been a crazy series so far and I can't wait for Game 7 tonight!
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