Phillies ride Aaron Nola, Rhys Hoskins to 9-1 win over Braves and move one win from NLCS
’ postseason run, the clip of Rhys Hoskins demolishing a ball into the left-field seats, raising both arms, and spiking his bat — and let’s be clear: this was a Jalen Hurts-quality spike — will play prominently.
But if we’re talking about the moment when playoff baseball truly returned to Citizens Bank Park after an 11-year absence, when the decibel levels at the yard in South Philly rose like they hadn’t since, what, Roy Halladay’s no-hitter in the 2010 NLDS, you have to rewind the tape by two batters.Hoskins was not yet in the on-deck circle in the third inning when the rookie shortstop dug in against. The first pitch was low and away. The next two were called strikes. Another ball.
Delirium turned into bedlam with Hoskins’ three-run homer and sprint around the bases. The first baseman was 1-for-18 with six strikeouts in the playoffs. A ball went underneath his glove at a critical moment of Game 2. He heard a smattering of boos when his name was called during pregame introductions.. The crowd stood. Red rally towels waved.How loud was it? Stott wears an earpiece to hear catcher J.T. Realmuto’s signs. He had to crank the volume to 20. His usual setting: 8.
And the fans roared again after Connor Brogdon ended the game with a strikeout and the Phillies walked off the field to the chorus of“Absolutely insane,” Harper said. “Electric. Nothing that I could have ever dreamed about. It was ... whoa. I’ve got chills again because that was unbelievably cool. I hope it’s like that for the next two weeks.”When the Phillies left on the evening of Sept. 25 for a season-ending 10-day road trip, nobody knew if they would make it back.
But Strider was Phillies kryptonite. They went 7-for-74 against the rookie sensation in three regular-season meetings. He throws primarily fastballs, but, as Alec Bohm said a few months ago, his heater is “different.” “That was the first time he would throw some at 95,” Stott said. “He’s always been 98 to 100 against us. He threw a couple down and we were able to get to him.”
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