Oct 6, 2024; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Nick Castellanos (8) reacts after hitting a walk off game winning RBI single during the ninth inning against the New York Mets in game two of the NLDS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Citizens Bank Park. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-Imagn Images
Screw it, you watched the game too. Let's jump right to the good stuff.
Nick Castellanos first:
NICK CASTELLANOS WINS IT FOR THE @PHILLIES!!! #NLDS pic.twitter.com/vM14etkamy
THIS MOMENT ❤️ pic.twitter.com/1OF0greMRS
What a ride for Castellanos in this one. About an hour before the scenes above, the guy was getting booed by 45,000+. There's a non-zero chance he won this game purely out of spite. But hey, whatever works.
Did Nick Castellanos say “these fucking people” here?
📹: @MLBONFOX pic.twitter.com/LIiMEY1XJF
Nick Castellanos with one of the most iconic Philadelphia performances of all-time…
From getting boo’d, to telling the fans off, to hitting the game tying bomb, to getting on base for Stott’s triple, to walking it off…
Epitome of Philadelphia. Period.pic.twitter.com/zkYncpbViW
This is the moment everything changed pic.twitter.com/uQ6qXimRGr
Ok but let's back up. It feels like a million years ago, but Cristopher Sanchez threw five really strong innings to keep this game close.
Cristopher Sánchez, Nasty 86mph Changeup. 👌 pic.twitter.com/m0aPr1nouf
Cristopher Sánchez today: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 88 pitches (66 strikes) pic.twitter.com/rlpxP4FiCM
How about Harper and Castellanos hitting back-to-back home runs to tie the game?
Harper and Casty bringing The Bank back to life pic.twitter.com/iyfE75JJT6
Bryce Harper is batting .327 with 12 home runs and a 1.171 OPS in 32 postseason games with the Phillies pic.twitter.com/X7Vz5tmqDZ
Bryce Harper is such a fascinating player to watch in big moments because he is completely unable to mask how much he wants the big hit
"Understand that passing the baton is huge in the Postseason. Understanding the guys behind you need to do their job too. You saw it tonight with Casty."
Bryce Harper talks with Tom Verducci after the Phillies walked off Game 2 of the NLDS to even up the series pic.twitter.com/jR5xo7gOPo
The only players in baseball history who have a higher postseason OPS than Bryce Harper are Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig
Insane
(Min 150 plate appearances, per FOX)
How about birthday boy Bryson Stott coming through in the eighth after the Mets re-took the lead?
Fans at Citizens Bank Park have taken to booing their own players pretty much every at-bat, as Luis Severino has set down 10 of the last 12 Phillies he's faced. Most of them didn't even bother singing along to Bryson Stott's popular walk-up song.
The Mets are breaking Philly.
BRYSON STOTT! ON HIS BIRTHDAY!
TWO-RUN TRIPLE! PHILLIES LEAD! #NLDS pic.twitter.com/SeXkBQzDdR
Say whatever you want about Bryson Stott, but the moment is just never too big for him when it matters.
The ball to the wall in '22, the triple tonight. The dude is a winner.
What a game!!! LETS GO!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRYSON!! pic.twitter.com/mHOybytfZN
Oh, also this catch. Mr. Stott had himself a game.
What a catch by Bryson Stott 👏
📲 Watch in 4K on the FOX Sports App pic.twitter.com/JOqQnpQMCs
Just gonna dedicate a whole section here to Nick Piccone, the hardest-working man on twitter.
And Franzke's calls on Bryce Harper and Nick Castellanos' back-to-back dingers in the 6th pic.twitter.com/jsJ9IEQiCR
¡NICOLAS CASTELLANOS!
¡LO PHILLIES GANAN!@Philliesbeisbol @OscarBudejen @Angelibo0507 @ElGringoMalo365 pic.twitter.com/ufxHk7Kuee
CASTELLANOS WALKS IT OFF IN GAME 2
SCOTT FRANZKE ON THE CALL pic.twitter.com/tjRN1W2uTD
Some odds and ends to close us out. Check back for updates, I know there's a lot of good stuff floating out there that I haven't seen yet. Just an incredible game.
Mr. Walkoff comes through BIG TIME pic.twitter.com/szqJ6xwiLJ
— Absolutely Hammered (@ah_pod) October 6, 2024
BACK 2 BACK! @Phillies #NLDS pic.twitter.com/bkSYc72TJq
This place was absolutely electric
PHILLY, YOU ARE THE BEST! ❤️ pic.twitter.com/rXOaAlQ2iU
Phillies win! That was epic!
Not to be dramatic but I’m so glad the Eagles are on their BYE this weekend because there is absolutely no way I would have survived both an Eagles game and that Phillies game.
An all-time classic postseason game at Citizens Bank Park! pic.twitter.com/CmJ407dlEe
“Phillies fans were cursing the team out two hours ago.”
Yes the hell we were. They deserved it. They did what we asked, so we’re happy.
Zip it.
We got ten more topper pic.twitter.com/EYgpPlp1ne
Midnight update:
Phillies fans have a message for New York:
#redoctober pic.twitter.com/DmmouAh6ir
Grimace better watch his back:
you wanna cry, grimace? i’ll kill your whole family
pic.twitter.com/mN7MVRkB1o
i'd marinate Grimace in soy sauce with mad garlic and chilli peppers then coat the fat cap with coarse sea salt to dry out overnight then id smoke it over applewood and reverse sear it to crisp up and id serve with hawaiian rolls and cole slaw
Celebs weighing in:
That’s great what was the final score https://t.co/D5CfDd3Zip
Phillies win! That was epic!
