The National League Championship Series is underway San Diego Padres Host Philadelphia Phillies in Game 1 on FS1.
San Diego won New York Mets In three games in the NL Wild Card round, beat an opponent and follow that up Los Angeles Dodgers In four games in the NLDS. Philadelphia won St. Louis Cardinals In the NL wild card round, before taking down Atlanta Braves In four games in the NLDS.
Sent to San Diego Yu Darvish to the mound for Game 1 of the NLCSWhen Philadelphia left Zack Wheeler.
Here are the best plays from Tuesday.
Philadelphia Phillies at San Diego Padres
Jake Cronenworth Saves a run
Bryce Harbor Hit a pitch to right-center field in the top of the first inning, but Cronenworth made a spectacular diving play, sending the ball to first base before Harper touched the bag for the third out. If Cronenworth hadn’t acted, Kyle Schwarber I would have hit from third base.
That alone is enough
Harper hit a solo home run to the opposite field Just It went over the left field wall in the top of the fourth inning. Philadelphia leads 1-0.
Bryce Harper gave the Phillies a 1-0 lead
Bryce Harper hit a solo home run to give the Philadelphia Phillies a 1-0 lead against the San Diego Padres.
Yeah… it’s gone
Schwarber dropped Darvish’s pitch in the sixth and hit a solo home run to right field. The ball traveled 488 feet and hit 119.7 mph. The homer gave the Phillies a 2-0 lead.
Kyle Schwarber hit a solo homer in the sixth inning
Kyle Schwarber hits a solo home run to push the Philadelphia Phillies’ lead to 2-0 against the San Diego Padres.
After the scrimmage, Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthal spoke with Schwarber in the dugout.
Wheeling and Dealing’
The Padres couldn’t find their bats on Tuesday night, mainly because of the dirt Wheeler was dishing out on the mound.
Fear not, Serandani is here
Wheeler was pulled after 83 pitches and seven innings, opening the door for that Serantani Dominguez Pick up where he left off.
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