It was a longball party on Wednesday in Philadelphia, as the Phillies clobbered six home runs — tying the record for most in a game in MLB postseason history — en route to a 10-2 Game 3 demolishing of the Braves and a 2-1 lead in this NLDS.
Philadelphia Phillies' Bryce Harper hits a home run during the fifth inning of Game 3 of a baseball NL Division Series against the Atlanta Braves Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, in Philadelphia. It was a longball party on Wednesday in Philadelphia, as the Phillies clobbered six home runs — tying the record forWhat initially seemed like a pitchers’ game in the first two innings quickly turned into a home run derby in the bottom of the third.
Bryce Harper proceeded to hit a three-run shot that scored Trea Turner and Brandon Marsh and put Philadelphia ahead 4-1. Two batters later, the Phillies knocked Bryce Elder out of the game. Michael Tonkin inherited Alec Bohm and Bryson Stott and was tasked with getting the final out. He instead conceded an RBI double to J.T. Realmuto that made it 6-1.
The next two frames passed largely without incident until Harper launched his second home run of the game into center field in the fifth. Atlanta responded feebly, with an RBI single from Orlando Arcia that cut Philadelphia’s lead to 7-2 in the sixth. But the Phillies got the run back on a Turner home run to center field in the bottom of the inning and then tacked on two more homers from Castellanos and Marsh in the eighth, making it 10-2 and sending the Phillies faithful into pandemonium.The Phillies’ six-run third inning both gave the team the lead and all but put things out of reach for the Braves.
With those two home runs, Harper set the record for homers in NLDS history, with 10 in his career in just 26 games. It was Harper's first career multihomer postseason game. He also now has thebegins at 6:07 p.m. ET Thursday in Philadelphia.
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