MLB Playoffs 2023: How this October delivered two Game 7s

A week ago, it looked like both LCS could be headed for sweeps. Instead, we got two classics. Isn't baseball great?

PHILADELPHIA -- Every year, October baseball is a treat, a mish-mash of drama, intrigue, strategy, excitement and nerves frayed and fried. Game 7s take each of those elements and supercharge them. Sports exist for series that go the distance. And this October has gifted a pair of them.their first home loss of this postseason, booking a Game 7 in the National League Championship Series on Tuesday at Citizens Bank Park.

This is baseball at its best. Sure, games are always binary -- win or lose -- but Game 7s offer a twist: win or go home. They're not uncommon, exactly, but they are rare enough that the Phillies, who played their first game in 1883 and have played more than 20,000 games in their history, have never participated in a Game 7 -- until now.The last time both championship series in a full season went to Game 7s was 2004, and both series were all-timers.

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