The Diamondbacks did it again Friday night, rallying from a late three-run deficit to stun the Phillies 6-5 in Game 4 and tie up the NLCS at two games apiece.
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"Hopefully when we do things like this," Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said,"the baseball world sees that the Arizona Diamondbacks are a damn good baseball team." The moment was particularly satisfying for Thomas, who in May was demoted to Triple-A, where he spent a month. He returned and played well enough to earn a nomination as a Gold Glove finalist in center field, but after going hitless in Philadelphia, where the Phillies won the first two NLCS games, Thomas started on the bench in Games 3 and 4. He pinch-ran Thursday and scored the game-tying run in the first comeback win of the series.
"A lot of people didn't think we would be here, and honestly none of that mattered," Thomas continued."We believed in the guys in the clubhouse and our coaching staff and everybody in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization. Definitely just a crazy, crazy season, crazy playoffs."moving to within one win of the World Series. The Phillies looked as if they'd wind up there, too, particularly as Arizona stumbled in the middle innings.
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