Breaking ball and a call. Strike three. Third strike out for Zach.

He's going to just watch it go! A grand slam for Bryson Stott!

And there's a high fly ball! Deep right field! Hopper watches it fly!

From W. H.Y.Y and Billy Penn, it is hitting season.

Hey there, podcast, pals.

I'm John Stolness from The Good Fight and Billy Penn.

You can follow me on X at John Stolness.

Coming up, first of all, happy Independence Day, everybody.

It is the 4th of July, and what better way to spend this day off of work, this day where we celebrate the birth of our great nation by listening to another new edition of your favorite Phillies podcast.

We're going to talk about the first two games of this Cub series.

Phillies win the first two games of their series in Chicago at Wrigley Field and as a result win the series. And they'll go for the sweep here on the 4th July on Thursday afternoon.

So we'll talk about the first two games of this series. Also some big news on Wednesday as

we now know who the Phillies All-Star

starters are going to be. Three Phillies are starters on the All-Star team coming up in a couple

of weeks. And we also heard that two Phillies, one player of the month honors for the month of June.

So big news, a big news day.

And then we'll answer a couple of mailbag questions real quick in this podcast, too.

So lots to get to on this edition of hit and season.

First, let's quickly recap this series against the Cubs.

Again, Phillies take the first two games.

They've won eight of their last 11 games the Phillies have, despite all of the injuries.

And they now are a season high, 28 games over 500 at 57 and 29.

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