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 NLG.

From W.HYY and Billy Penn, it is hitting season, and Red October gets off to a red hot start as the Phillies take game one of their wildcard series against the Miami Marlins 4 to 1.

Hey there, podcast, pals. I'm John Stolness from The Good Fight and Billy Penn. You can

follow me on Twitter at John Stolness. Just full disclosure. I'm dealing with a cough,

and so the voice isn't what it normally is. I am hoping that I can just bleed my voice through

these first couple of games until we can get past this round, because we have got to talk about this wildcard game number one.

The Zach Wheeler Show at Citizens Bank Park tonight as the Phillies take a 1-0-0 lead in this Best of 3 series.

They can win and move on to the next round in the division series by taking game 2 tomorrow night with Aaronnola on the mound.

But let's focus on what happened here on Tuesday night.

45,662 of you filled the ballpark.

And it sounded wild on the TV.

That was the Phillies' sixth straight win in postseason openers, by the way.

That's the third longest active streak in major league

baseball. And really what this was, again, the Zach Wheeler show here in game one of the

wild card series against the Marlins. He was absolutely amazing in this game, specifically for the

first six innings, ran into some trouble in the seventh inning. It looked like he was starting to

tire a little bit. But six in two thirds for Zach trouble in the seventh inning. It looked like he was starting to tire a little bit.

But six in two thirds for Zach Wheeler, five hits allowed just one earned run.

And even that was a tic-y-tack run.

Eight strikeouts, no walks in six and two-thirds.

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