On a night full of drama and emotion, the Philadelphia Phillies achieved a heart-stopping victory by beating the New York Mets 7-6 and tying the National Division Series (NLDS) at one game each.
The Philadelphia team, which had been trailing for much of the match, managed to rally at the last moment to take a victory that kept its hopes of making the postseason alive.
Nick Castellanos: The Phillies’s Unexpected Hero
The big figure of the night was Nick Castellanos, who, after being booed by the fans at the start of the game, became the hero that the Phillies needed. With two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, Castellanos connected a single that drove in the winning run, causing an eruption of joy at Citizens Bank Park.
The Phillies’s victory came unexpectedly, as for most of the game it looked like the Mets would take Game 2 of the series. Philadelphia was down 3-0 in the seventh inning, but the team never gave up and mounted a spectacular comeback.
With an unstoppable offense, the Phillies scored three runs to tie the score, which excited the fans and put pressure on the Mets.
A series that maintains suspense
The Philadelphia team showed great resilience, coming back from an early deficit and proving that they have what it takes to fight for a spot in the National League Championship Series.
The Phillies, with their heart-stopping victory, have tied a series that promises to be full of emotions and drama, just as was the first game, in which the Mets came back with five runs in the eighth inning to win 6-2.
Phillies vs. Mets: Road to Glory
With the series tied, both teams will now travel to New York for Game 3 of the NLDS, which will be played at Citi Field. The Mets are returning home after more than two weeks away, and they are eager to get back to playing in front of their home fans.
The New York team has had to overcome numerous obstacles to get here, including a doubleheader in Atlanta and a ninth-inning home run in Milwaukee to emerge victorious from the wild-card round.
For their part, the Phillies are motivated after this victory, knowing that they have the ability to compete at the highest level and with the confidence necessary to seek a place in the National League Championship Series.
Castellanos becomes the hero
Nick Castellanos’s two-out single in the ninth inning gave the Phillies a 7-6 win over the New York Mets to tie the American League Division Series at 1-1 on Sunday.
In an electrifying game played at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Castellanos, 32, finished the game 3-for-5, with a home run and two RBIs.
“It’s incredible,” said Castellanos after the match. “The series is tied, we must turn the page and concentrate on the third game.”
The Mets took the lead in the third inning with a pair of runs on a one-man-on-base homer by Mark Vientos off Phillies starter Cristopher Sanchez.
They added another one an inning later on a Pete Alonso homer and were ahead on the scoreboard until the sixth inning when the home team tied the game on a Bryce Harper homer with a runner on and another Castellanos homer, both off pitches from Dominican starter Luis Severino.
The Phillies scored three runs in the eighth inning off Puerto Rican reliever Edwin Diaz and appeared to be headed to the win, but the Mets tied the score on Vientos’s second homer of the game with another man on board off Matt Strahm’s pitches.
