The Philadelphia Phillies certainly didn’t get off to a good start, but a double-digit run pretty much solves everything.
The Phillies are one win away from winning the National League pennant after winning Game 4 of the NLCS, 10-6.
The Phillies made it a bullpen game and Bailey Falter retired the first two men they faced. But Manny Machado hit a solo homer to left center to put the Padres up early. But the Padres kept it going – the next two Padres on base and Brandon Drury doubled them both. Rob Thomson yanked Falter, but Hasung Kim hit an RBI single off Conor Brogdon to put San Diego up 4-0.
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But the Phillies quickly responded. After Kyle Schwarber led off the bottom half of the inning with a single, Rhys Hoskins hit a two-run homer to cut the deficit in half. JT Realmuto then walked and scored from first on Bryce Harper’s double. Neither pitcher has recorded his three outs. In fact, Padres’ Mike Clevinger said he didn’t record a single out.
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The second and third were silent, but the Phillies hit a tying run in the fourth on a leadoff double by Nick Castellanos before Bryson Stott singled him in.
In the fifth inning, Juan Soto put San Diego back in front of a two-run homer, but Hoskins quickly struck back with his second two-run homer of the night to tie the game at six. In fact, the 5th bottom was almost a copy of the 1st bottom. Real Muto scored from first on Harper’s double again and this gave the Phillies their first lead of the night. Castellanos then singled Harper down the middle. Schwalber hit a solo homer in the sixth to put the Phillies ahead 9–6, and Real Muth added to the fun with a solo homer in the seventh.
The Phillies relievers (non-starters in this case) pitched 8.1 innings of 2-run balls combined, but those runs were Soto’s only homers. They allowed just five hits and took eight while walking one.
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Zach Wheeler threw a gem in Game 1 and will do the same in Game 5 on Sunday afternoon, sending the Phillies to their first fall classic since 2009.
First pitch at 2:37 p.m.