The Philadelphia Phillies kept the good times rolling in Game 1 of the NLCS.
It is their second straight appearance in the Championship Series and this time they get to host.
No team has a better home-field advantage than the Phillies.
Their fans make life difficult on the opposing team while helping the Phillies players feed off the energy.
Two players who have been elite during the postseason run are Bryce Harper and Nick Castellanos.
No duo in baseball is swinging the bats better right now than those two.
According to ESPN Stats & Info, Castellanos and Harper have combined to hit eight home runs in their last three games.
Nick Castellanos and Bryce Harper have combined to hit 8 HR in their last three games, the most by a duo in a 3-game span in a postseason in MLB history.
They edge out Castellanos and Trea Turner in this same span, as well as Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth in 1928 (7 each). pic.twitter.com/NzGULRSfsy
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) October 17, 2023
That is the most home runs by any duo in a 3-game span in postseason history.
It is incredible to see the kind of run the Phillies have been on.
They are undefeated in the playoffs at home (5-0).
And have a chance to go up 2-0 in the NLCS with a win on Tuesday night.
The Phillies got after Diamondbacks ace Zac Gallen in Game 1.
Gallen only lasted five innings in the game while giving up eight hits and five earned runs.
The Phillies were all over him from the first inning when Kyle Schwarber and Harper each hit solo home runs.
In Game 2 it will be the daunting Phillies lineup taking on Merrill Kelly.
Kelly has thrown one game in the postseason, where he pitched 6.1 scoreless innings and struck out five.
With the way the Phillies are hitting, the D-Backs must swing the bats much better in Game 2.
If not they will most likely be headed back to Arizona down 0-2 in the series.
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