Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber and Nick Castellanos homered to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 5-3 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 1 of the NL Championship Series. Zack Wheeler struck out eight in six innings to help the defending National League champions win their seventh Game 1 of the last two postseasons.
Philadelphia Phillies’ Bryce Harper celebrates after a home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the=1- inning in Game 1 of the baseball NL Championship Series in Philadelphia, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. Philadelphia Phillies’ Bryce Harper hits a RBI-single against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the third inning in Game 1 of the baseball NL Championship Series in Philadelphia, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023.
The Diamondbacks were simply the latest team to unravel under the red storm of 45,396 towel-waving, deliriously-cheering fans at Citizens Bank Park. The Phillies never gave fans a reason to stop — or a chance for Arizona to catch its breath until it was too late. When Castellanos lined his fifth homer of the playoffs in the third — all in the past three games — it gave the Phillies 32 home runs in 13 postseason games at Citizens Bank Park over the last two years.
Trea Turner hit a one-double in the third, leaving first base open. Gallen pitched to Harper instead of walking him and got burned by an RBI single for a 4-0 lead.Those runs proved crucial for the Phillies. Geraldo Perdomo hit a two-run homer off Wheeler in the fifth that made it 5-2.
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