(Philadelphia) Kyle Schwarber hit two of three solo home runs off Merrill Kelly and the Philadelphia Phillies crushed the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-0 on Tuesday.
Trea Turner hit the other long ball, while JT Realmuto placed two balls to safety and produced three runs. Aaron Nola gave up three hits and struck out seven batters in six innings.
The Phillies are 7-1 since the start of the playoffs and are only two wins away from a second consecutive appearance in the World Series.
Game 3 will be held at Chase Field. The Texas Rangers also took a 2-0 lead in the American League Championship Series at the expense of the Houston Astros before Wednesday’s duel.
It was another raucous night in Philadelphia, as Kelly was targeted after arguing that the fans at Citizens Bank Park couldn’t be any louder than the ones he heard cheering for Team USA at the World Classic. baseball.
He wasn’t talking about just any match. He was talking about the one in May in which Turner hit a grand slam that sent the Americans to the semifinals.
“I’ve obviously never heard this place on the pitch, but I’d be very surprised if it was louder than the game [de la Classique mondiale de baseball] in Miami,” he said before Game 1.
Kelly, who has won 12 games this season, was booed from the moment the players were introduced to his walk to the mound, in a show of fans determined to return to the stadium at the end of the month.
How noisy? “Like an AC/DC concert,” Turner said before the second game.
Phillies manager Rob Thomson said another team’s manager told him last year that a playoff game in Philadelphia was like “four hours in hell,” and Turner sounded the charge when He sent a fastball to left-center field in the first.
The supporters were recorded at 112 decibels by the daily Philadelphia Inquirer – the equivalent of a jackhammer – and Turner helped the crowd reach that level.
Noise is good, but so are circuits. Schwarber’s long balls in the third and sixth were the 14e and 15e of the Phillies over the last four games.
However, it was the pitchers who made the difference.
Nola, eligible for full autonomy after the World Series, polished his record a little more in preparation for his next contract. He won his three playoff games, striking out 19 batters while posting a 0.96 ERA.
Nola was removed from the game when the score was 6-0. He could get another start in this series – or possibly against one of the Texas teams in the World Series.