The Diamondbacks ended the Phillies’ October unbeaten streak at home and shattered the club’s veneer of invincibility in South Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA — At 8:09 p.m., the crowd went quiet. In truth, they had been muted for much of the evening, shocked by the performance of the starter, irritated by the fruitless at-bats from their lineup, galled by the gumption of their guests, the . The crowd at Citizens Bank Park had rocked and reeled for so much of this October, but no game this October had ended like this one did, at 8:09 p.m., with a 5-1 Phillies loss.
And his plight did not end there. , the late-game hero of Game 4, took a four-pitch walk. , the veteran third baseman, recorded just his second hit of this series in the next at-bat. Longoria crushed a belt-high fastball into the left-center gap. Thomas breezed home. Longoria cruised into second base. Nola managed to strand Longoria, but still ended the inning with Philadelphia in a 3-0 hole. The flurry quieted the crowd. They did not stay silent for long.
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