Breaking ball and a call. Strike three. Third strikeout 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. Huffer watches it fly.

From W.HY and Billy Penn, it is hitting season.

Hey there, everybody.

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

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Coming up, Philly's big win on opening day against the Washington Nationals.

Got kind of dicey there at the end of the game, but 162 and O is still in play after the Phillies 7 to 3 10 inning victory over the

nationals in the nation's capital.

And I've got the top five storylines from that game.

Wouldn't it be great if we could do this on this podcast after every game, top five

storylines of every game, but that'd be, I think that'd be a little overkill, wouldn't it, kids?

But this is obviously opening day.

It's a big day.

Everybody's excited.

There are high expectations for this baseball team.

And despite, like I said, it getting a little bit nerve-wracking in the later

innings, the Phillies end up pulling it out for a great win on

opening day, a memorable win on opening day. So I've got the top five storylines from that game

that we will go through, as well as some odds and ends, some alibis from the end of the game.

And we'll look ahead to the rest of the series and a couple opening day notes from around

Major League Baseball on Thursday.

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