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PHILADELPHIA — Nick Castellanos might see the joy on his son Liam’s face from the on-deck circle Thursday evening.
Liam supplied his dad encouragement earlier than he walked to the plate.
“Let’s go!” he stated.
Game 1 towards the D-backs is Monday at 8 p.m. ET at Citizens Bank Park.
“He ran up to me and gave me a hug,” Castellanos stated about his postgame encounter with 10-year-old Liam. “Then I asked him if he wanted to go to Xfinity [Live!]. And he said, ‘Yeah!’”
The Phillies took their postgame social gathering to the leisure advanced throughout the road from the ballpark as a result of they dispatched the Braves from the postseason for a second straight yr. Atlanta gained 104 video games this yr. It had arguably the best offense in baseball historical past. It had an ace in Spencer Strider that Philly couldn’t beat within the common season. The Phils not solely silenced the Braves’ bats with glorious beginning pitching and a stalwart bullpen, however in addition they gained each video games that Strider pitched, together with Game 4.
The Braves wanted to win Thursday to ship the sequence again to Atlanta for a decisive Game 5 on Saturday evening. Third baseman Austin Riley hit a solo homer towards Philly left-hander Ranger Suárez within the fourth inning to offer the Braves a 1-0 lead.
It was the primary time this postseason the Bank fell silent, if for under a second.
Castellanos stated after a brutal Game 2 loss on Monday in Atlanta that the Phillies thrive when they’re punched within the face. Well, Castellanos countered Riley’s punch in the underside of the fourth. He crushed a first-pitch slider from Strider for a game-tying solo dwelling run to left area. Castellanos coolly flipped his bat, then sprinted across the bases. He pointed to the sky earlier than he touched dwelling plate, dragged his hand throughout the dust, then pointed to Liam, who has turn out to be a fixture on the ballpark and within the clubhouse the previous two years.
“It’s such an incredible moment,” J.T. Realmuto stated. “I can’t imagine being a father with your son there like that when he can appreciate it. I can’t imagine being Liam and getting to watch your dad succeed in the postseason like this and the crowd going wild. It gives me goosebumps just thinking about it. How cool of a moment is that for a father and a son?”
“We’re pretty lucky to play a game for a living and just have some fun,” Trea Turner stated. “I think it’s special, and it’s really cool.”
It is cool, in accordance with Castellanos.
“You know, this is what I do for a living,” he stated. “Baseball is my job, and it takes me away from him more than I would like it to. So to be able to — for him to be able to come and be next to me and be a part of this, I mean, he’s been at the house when I’ve sucked. He’s been at the house when I’ve done well. He’s been at the house during so many different times of my career throughout his life. So for him to be able to be next to me and witness all of it, I think, is good for his maturation in the future. So as close as I can keep him to me, you know, is always going to make me happier.”
Turner hit a solo homer within the fifth to offer the Phillies a 2-1 lead. Castellanos added an insurance coverage run when he crushed a 100-mph fastball from Strider into the left-field seats to make it 3-1. It was the quickest pitch he’s hit for a homer in his profession.
The homer knocked Strider out of the sport.
“There’s not really a lot of words that are going to be able to capture that feeling, but it’s special,” Castellanos stated.
Castellanos raised his arms and cap to followers as he walked to his spot in proper area within the seventh. His first season in Philadelphia in 2022 was a tough one. Castellanos struggled together with his new environment and being away from his household.
Nothing felt proper, and it confirmed on the sector.
But Castellanos is extra comfy now. He made the NL All-Star group this yr and he completed the common season with 29 dwelling runs and 106 RBIs. He hit a pair of homers in Game 3 of the NLDS, together with a game-tying dwelling within the third that sparked a six-run rally.
“This year, I feel like me being in a more comfortable spot, all the extra energy that comes with playoff baseball, I’m able to channel it better,” Castellanos stated.
Castellanos channeled that power into these two big homers, two big moments, in Game 4. His homers each got here towards Strider, who represented Atlanta’s final stand.
“‘That’s why you’re here,’” Harper stated he informed Castellanos after he homered. “‘That’s why I wished you right here. For [these] moments proper there.’
“We were 16, 17, 18 years old playing for Team USA. He did the same stuff, in the biggest tournaments, on the biggest stages. That’s Nick Castellanos. And that’s why he’s here.”
