BYE BYE BRAVES: Phillies Beat The Better Atlanta Squad For The Second Year In A Row To Advance To The NLCS
Incredible. Just incredible. The Phillies just beat the way better Braves in the postseason. Again. Just an amazing team that has all the positive "IT" vibes you can imagine. And it all started tonight with Sir Ranger Suarez. What an absolute gem of a pitcher and man.
Here is Ranger's last 7 appearances vs the Braves, including tonight:
5 IP, 1 R
3⅔ IP, 0 R
6 IP, 1 R
3⅓ IP, 1 R
6 IP, 0 R
6 IP, 1 R
5 IP, 0 ER
The man just has some big ol' nuts on him in the primetime vs. the best. All the credit to him and the bullpen (albeit shaky as shit) for holding the greatest offense in MLB history to 1-run. In fact, they held the Braves to 0, a VERY lucky 5, and 2 runs in the other games. This pitching staff can officially beat any team on Earth.
And then there's the offense. You know what's cool? Nick Castellanos and his son Liam at the ballpark.
You know what's cooler? Nick Castellanos going deep to left with his son Liam at the ballpark.
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You know what's even cooler? Nick Castellanos going deep AGAIN for the second straight game, with his son Liam at the ballpark. First player in playoff HISTORY to hit multi-homer games back to back in the playoffs. Say it with me: NICKY TWO BOMBS GONNA GET THE PAPERS GET THE PAPERS!!!
You know what's actually the coolest? Nick Castellanos bat flip after going deep to left with his son Liam at the ballpark.
S/o to Trea for going a cool 4-4 which included a dinger to up his average in the playoffs to only .500. Marshy with a few big knocks, as well. But arguably the moment of the game was the Phillies bullpen walking the bases loaded to have the entire Delaware Valley collectively shit their britches as MVP Acuna took. But then there's Johan Rojas to save us all…
Another shaky 9th closed down by the underrated Matt Strahm and that was all she wrote. Amazing. This team is everything and they're not even close to finished. Ha-Ha 'Atta Boy, Arcia!
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Celebrate, but don't get cocky. We've been here before. Don't take the D-Backs lightly and get the next job done. 8 more, Topper. Ring That Damn Bell.
And buy all the shirts. We're turning Red October into a Bloody November, baby.