With one swing, Rhys Hoskins turned his postseason around and helped put the Phillies one victory away from their first NLCS since 2010.
"Seeing pictures, hearing stories, being around guys that were there, that type of thing," he said.Like those old Phillies teams of Jimmy, Chase, Ryan, Cole, Chooch and Big Chuck, he felt the euphoria of a big October win.He saw his buddy, Aaron Nola, a product of the same draft, pitch an October gem.
The roar of the crowd was seared into Hoskins' eardrums, but it took a couple of innings for him to realize how he had punctuated his home run, which was preceded by some very good at-bats from Brandon Marsh , Jean Segura and Bryson Stott . When he crossed home plate, he celebrated with J.T. Realmuto and then with Bryce Harper, who told him,"We're not losing. We're not losing." Harper then went up and hit his own home run to make it 6-0.
"It blew the roof off of our park, metaphorically. It was incredible. The stadium went wild. That's what he's here to do. He's our guy who comes up big in spots like that and he did tonight."
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