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Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

Hittin' Season #724: The Phillies Are Going to the Playoffs Again!

Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

WHYY

Sports, News, Phillies, Philadelphia, Baseball, Sports News

4.7693 Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

On Episode 724 of Hittin' Season, host John Stolnis from The Good Phight and BillyPenn recaps a dramatic night of baseball at Citizens Bank Park as rookie Johan Rojas walks it off in the 10th inning, clinching the Phils' second playoff berth in as many seasons! Also, John takes a quick look back at the Phillies' journey to the postseason here in 2023, and wonders just how far they can go this time.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Castellano has it. And the Phillies have the National League Championship that have beaten the Padres four to three and they celebrate on their home turn as the Phillies of the 2022 NLJ.

0:20.1

From W. HYY and Billy Penn, it is hitting season and it is Red October.

0:28.4

The Phillies are going back to the postseason for the second straight year after walking it off in dramatic fashion against the Pittsburgh Pirates 3 to 2 here on Tuesday night.

0:38.8

And we have got another month of playoff baseball in front of us.

0:42.9

Thanks to this Phillies team that has figured out a way to win these ball games.

0:47.9

Hey, everybody.

0:48.3

I'm John Stolness from The Good Fight.

0:49.7

You can follow me on Twitter at John Stolness.

0:52.1

And what a dramatic way to get back to the postseason as Johann Rojas, the rookie called up just about a month ago to hopefully provide a little defense in center field, continues to do everything and more the Phillies could have asked in a total team effort here this season.

1:10.1

And in this game on Tuesday night as

1:12.7

the Phillies win the first game of their series against the Pittsburgh Pirates, 3 to 2 in 10

1:17.7

innings.

1:18.1

And thanks to a huge Atlanta comeback against the Cubs, the Phillies also clinched the top wildcard

1:25.5

spot here on Tuesday night.

1:26.8

So the Phillies locked in as the number

1:29.3

four seed in the National League playoffs, and they will host the wild card round against either

1:34.4

the Diamondbacks, the Cubs, or the Cincinnati Reds against the Miami Marlins as well.

1:39.1

Those are the teams battling it out for that number two and number three spot in the wild card chase.

1:45.4

Anyway, the Phillies get into the playoffs on the walkoff hit.

1:49.1

What a dramatic moment at Citizens Bank Park.

1:51.9

According to my research, I do believe this is the first time in franchise history.

1:55.7

The Phillies have clinched a playoff spot on a walkoff hit.

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