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NLDS Game 4 - Thursday Night, October 12th in Philadelphia
Phillies win series, 3-1
One Sentence Summary: A pair of home runs from Nick Castellanos, a stellar pitching performance from Ranger Suarez and the bullpen and a game-saving catch from Johan Rojas in center field led to this 3-1 series clinching victory over the Braves.
What It Means: The Diamondbacks come to Citizens Bank Park on Monday night to start the NLCS, with the Phillies returning to the NLCS for the second year in a row. The winner will face either the Astros or Rangers in the 2023 World Series. Hard to believe, Harry.
What Happened: The ballpark was once again electric. The Phillies had runners in scoring position each of the first three innings, but couldn't plate any of them against Braves' starting pitcher Spencer Strider. Austin Riley gave the Braves a brief lead in the fourth when he homered to left off Phillies' starter Suarez. With the crowd needing a boost, Castellanos hit the first of his two home runs to deep left field in the fourth to tie the game. Trea Turner broke the tie in the fifth with a solo home run, and Castellanos launched his second homer of the game in the sixth, giving the Phillies a 3-1 lead. His pair of home runs marked the first time in postseason history a batter had hit two home runs in back-to-back postseason games. Turner would go 4 for 4 in the game.
What It Means: The Diamondbacks come to Citizens Bank Park on Monday night to start the NLCS, with the Phillies returning to the NLCS for the second year in a row. The winner will face either the Astros or Rangers in the 2023 World Series. Hard to believe, Harry.
What Happened: The ballpark was once again electric. The Phillies had runners in scoring position each of the first three innings, but couldn't plate any of them against Braves' starting pitcher Spencer Strider. Austin Riley gave the Braves a brief lead in the fourth when he homered to left off Phillies' starter Suarez. With the crowd needing a boost, Castellanos hit the first of his two home runs to deep left field in the fourth to tie the game. Trea Turner broke the tie in the fifth with a solo home run, and Castellanos launched his second homer of the game in the sixth, giving the Phillies a 3-1 lead. His pair of home runs marked the first time in postseason history a batter had hit two home runs in back-to-back postseason games. Turner would go 4 for 4 in the game.
Seranthony Dominguez replaced Suarez in the sixth, with Jose Alvarado taking over and retiring three batters to end the sixth and start the seventh. Craig Kimbrel relieved Alvarado with two outs in the seventh and two runners already on. He walked Travis d'Arnaud to load the bases and likely MVP winner Ronald Acuna, Jr. stepped to the plate with a chance for a devastating hit. Acuna connected for a long fly ball to deep center field tracked down by Rojas, and the threat was over. The next six outs were recorded by Kimbrel, Gregory Soto and surprisingly, Matt Strahm. Strahm put runners at the corners for the Braves in the ninth before recording the final three extremely tense outs. Vaughn Grissom struck out on a check swing to end the game and start the on-field celebration.
Featured Card: Castellanos batted .467 (7 for 15) in the NLDS with four home runs. Similar to what I did last year, I also wanted to create a highlight card to commemorate the team moving on to the next round of the playoffs.
Featured Card: Castellanos batted .467 (7 for 15) in the NLDS with four home runs. Similar to what I did last year, I also wanted to create a highlight card to commemorate the team moving on to the next round of the playoffs.
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Field Report: Jenna pinch-hit for me and took Doug, and they enjoyed the game from Section 315. I realized watching the game at home on TV was actually way more stressful than being there, and I found myself muting the audio on more than one occasion during the tenser moments of the game.
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