'If there were a way to harness the energy of a charged, nervous crowd and convert it into offense, the Phillies would have scored a thousand runs Thursday night,' writes MikeSielski. And yet...
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And through all of it, all of it, the 45,693 in the stands screamed and cheered and pleaded for just one more reason to scream and cheer and plead again.And through all of it, pretty much all of it, the Phillies were quiet. They had Kyle Schwarber’s leadoff home run, and thereafter they waited until the eighth inning to wake up again. Their bats might as well have been throw pillows., Houston up three games to two in this series and heading home to Minute Maid Park for Game 6 on Saturday.
Yes, the Astros have a terrific pitching staff. Yes, the Phillies were close. Yes, they had their chances. But being close and having chances will never be enough against an opponent of Houston’s quality. If you get men on base, you have to get them in. If you want to beat this team — four World Series appearances in six years, 106 victories this season, hated for their history of being sign-stealing cheaters and tough enough not to care about being hated — you have to get them in.
They had Justin Verlander bearing the pressure of his long and ugly history in the World Series, a surefire Hall of Famer who had never won a game in the Fall Classic. And they had him wobbling and never could knock him out. Bases loaded in the bottom of the second, and Rhys Hoskins struck out. Two on in the third, and Bryson Stott flied out to right field.
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