Hittin' Season #687: The Phillies Probably Should Have Won that Nationals Series

Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

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🗓️ 3 July 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

he Phillies' weekend included a lot of blown chances to sweep a bad team. Also, Nick Castellanos is an all-star, and what else has happened on (or near) the 4th of July in Phillies seasons of the past?

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0:00.0	Castellano has it and the Phillies have the National League Championship that
0:08.5	have beaten the Padres four to three and they celebrate on their home term as the Phillies of the
0:15.1	2022 and L-Chance.
0:27.6	From W.HYY and Billy Penn, this is Hidden Season of Philadelphia, Philly's podcast.
0:31.9	My name is Justin Clue, and I write for baseball prospectus and Billy Penn.
0:34.5	With me is Liz Rocher of Yahoo Sports.
0:35.3	Hello, Liz.
0:36.8	Hello, Justin.
0:40.8	Happy 4th of July week. How would you describe the vibes coming off our Phillies following that weekend at home against the Nationals? Before you
0:46.3	answer, let me remind you that this weekend the Phillies outscored the Washington Nationals
0:50.8	24 to 11. Yes, that's over double the amount of runs the Nationals scored against the Phillies.
0:57.4	And yet the Phillies managed to lose two out of three games in their own stadium to the worst team in their division.
1:03.5	All right, Liz, the vibes.
1:07.1	Beah.
1:09.4	And somehow the news that Nick Castianos is an all-star didn't quite take the sting of the weekend blundering off the series for me.
1:22.6	You know, plenty of things to be happy about right now, honestly.
1:27.2	They truly are as far as the Phillies go.
1:29.4	But that series was a bummer.
1:31.9	The Phillies lost two separate, very winnable games by a single run.
1:37.3	Yeah, it was just, it was a series they really should have swept.
1:40.4	I would have been totally fine with two out of three.
1:43.4	And they couldn't do that.
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