Stairs, Rips 1 into the night, deep into right, way out of here.

Swam on, get it, crossed, and the Phillies are going to lead it.

Hardborough, the swing of his life.

The O2 pit, swing and a miss, struck him out.

The Phillies pull off a series win against the best team in baseball.

Was it a playoff preview for what we can expect from the Phillies? From WHYY. This is hitting season. Hey there, podcast, pals. I'm John Stolness from The Good Fight. You can follow me on X and Blue Sky at John Stolness. Coming up, we are going to take a look at this Phillies Brewer series, specifically the final two games. And because the Phillies lost, the second game, we'll probably focus most of our attention on the third game, the series clinching win against the Brewers. So we'll talk about that. Get into some of the guys who are playing really well right now. And we'll dip in on a couple of veteran players for the Phillies who are cold at the

moment. And also just as a public service announcement, when we talk about players who aren't performing

well, I just want to let the folks online know, we don't hate them. Okay? That's not what this is

about. When we point out somebody slumping in some really bad numbers, we don't hate them.

It's called analysis and trying to figure

out what's working and what's not. It's just hashtag content here, folks. We'll also take a

look at what's coming up for the Phillies here this weekend, as well as the Mets, the Dodgers,

and the Brewers. So lots to get to on this edition of hit and season. Normally at this time of the

week, you hear Justin and Liz. Justin is off today, so I am filling in for him. But the wonderful Liz Rocher, the editor of

Sabre's Baseball Research Journal, is joining us, as she always does here at the end of the week.

Follow her on Blue Sky and X at Liz Rocher. Liz, happy Friday. I mean, hey, the Phillies win a series against the Brewers and the Eagles won a stupid game on Thursday night.

So it's been a, it's been a 24 hours.

I stayed up to watch that entire Eagles game because I hate myself.

You obviously hate yourself too.

That was a stupid game. But the Phillies game earlier

was not stupid. It was really good. It was an impressive win, I think. Yeah, and we're going to dive

into that game here in depth in just a couple of seconds, but first just to kind of let you know where

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