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| 2023 Topps Heritage Clubhouse Collection Relics Gold #CCR-AN |
Citizens Bank Park - Philadelphia, PA
95-65, 1st Place, 13 games ahead of the Mets
95-65, 1st Place, 13 games ahead of the Mets
One Sentence Summary: Aaron Nola was fantastic in this 3-1 win over the Twins.
What It Means: The Phillies have two more regular season games, and then they'll play an intrasquad game, open to the public for $10 per seat, on October 1st. This marks the third time in franchise history the Phillies have had back-to-back 95 win seasons. They did it in 1976-77 and 2011-12, and now 2024-25.
What Happened: Nola was throwing a perfect game until Christian Vazquez hit a solo home run with two outs in the sixth. He'd pitch eight innings, allowing two hits while striking out nine. He also tied and then passed Robin Roberts for second place on the Phillies' all-time strikeout leaders list. Nola has 1,876 to the 1,871 by Hall of Famer Roberts. Steve Carlton is first on the list, with 3,031, a mark that will likely not be broken.
What It Means: The Phillies have two more regular season games, and then they'll play an intrasquad game, open to the public for $10 per seat, on October 1st. This marks the third time in franchise history the Phillies have had back-to-back 95 win seasons. They did it in 1976-77 and 2011-12, and now 2024-25.
What Happened: Nola was throwing a perfect game until Christian Vazquez hit a solo home run with two outs in the sixth. He'd pitch eight innings, allowing two hits while striking out nine. He also tied and then passed Robin Roberts for second place on the Phillies' all-time strikeout leaders list. Nola has 1,876 to the 1,871 by Hall of Famer Roberts. Steve Carlton is first on the list, with 3,031, a mark that will likely not be broken.
In the first, Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper singled and Schwarber scored the game's first run on an Alec Bohm sacrifice fly. The red hot Edmundo Sosa hit a solo home run in the bottom of the fifth. After Nola gave up the Vazquez home run in the top of the sixth, the Phillies got the run back in the bottom of the inning when Bohm singled and Brandon Marsh doubled him home. Jhoan Duran allowed a few baserunners in the ninth, but shut down his former team to record his 16th save with the Phillies.
Featured Card: Of course it's Nola. I don't buy many singles via eBay, focusing on Phillies team sets, but this card found its way into my eBay cart recently given the reasonably low price coupled with other discounts. I find it strange Topps had an employee hand write "80/99" instead of having it stamped in the printing process.
Featured Card: Of course it's Nola. I don't buy many singles via eBay, focusing on Phillies team sets, but this card found its way into my eBay cart recently given the reasonably low price coupled with other discounts. I find it strange Topps had an employee hand write "80/99" instead of having it stamped in the printing process.
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