Nick Castellanos drove in three runs and made a potentially game-saving catch in the ninth inning, lifting the Philadelphia Phillies over the reigning World Series champion Atlanta Braves 7-6 in the opener of their NL Division Series on Tuesday.
The Phillies have won three straight games to begin these playoffs, hardly looking like a team making its first postseason appearance since 2011. They followed up their wild-card sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals with a victory over the team that finished 14 games ahead of them in the NL East.
Alec Bohm added two RBIs for the Phillies, who built a 7-1 lead by the top of the fifth and made it stand up against a Braves lineup that squandered numerous chances to get back in the game. The Braves ace was roughed up for eight hits and six runs — two of them unearned, but that was because of a throwing error by Fried.
Fried routinely retired the first two hitters of the game, but the Phillies suddenly strung together four straight singles — all of them to the opposite field — for a 2-0 lead.D'Arnaud halved the deficit with a homer deep into the left-field seats leading off the second, but 22-year-old starter Ranger Suárez and the Phillies were not flustered.
The Phillies knocked out Fried in the fourth, the left-hander leaving with runners at second and third. Jesse Chavez had a chance to escape the jam after he struck out Realmuto, but Castellanos came through with another two-our hit — a single to left that brought home two more runs for a 6-1 lead.After walking two to load the bases in the first, Suarez escaped on Contreras' inning-ending double play.
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