The Philadelphia Phillies' radio call of Marcell Ozuna's two-run moonshot off Yunior Marte is the content our petty souls crave.
Collectively, we should almost feel bad for the guys in the Philadelphia Phillies' booth calling Marcell Ozuna's two-run homer off Yunior Marte to firmly put this extra-innings game out of reach.
It was a great pitchers' duel between Aaron Nola of the Phillies and Bryce Elder of the Atlanta Braves. As the game went into a 10th frame, we all had a feeling that the team who screwed up first would lose. That would be the Phillies, as Kyle Schwarber looked exceptionally unathletic trying to catch a fly ball. It allowed Atlanta to score two runs to make 3-0 in the top of the 10th.
A few batters later, Ozuna hit one where only a fan could catch it, doing a "hand dance" with third base coach Ron Washington after taking his sweet, sweet time to touch 'em all on Thursday.
[Highlight] The Phillies radio call of Marcell Ozuna's home run in the tenth.
by u/handlit33 in baseball
Keep in mind this is the same Phillies team that saw Rhys Hoskins spike a bat after hitting a big fly off Spencer Strider in last year's NLDS. It is a division rivalry, so none of our feelings really matter.
Atlanta would go on to win the game 5-1, winning both games vs. Philadelphia that were played.
Philadelphia Phillies' broadcast team in utter shambles after Marcell Ozuna HR
Atlanta improved to 48-26 on the season with Thursday afternoon's victory. It was the Braves' eighth in a row, giving them a commanding six-game lead over the Miami Marlins in the NL East race, now a full 10 games ahead of third-place Philadelphia. The Phillies have dropped to 38-36 on the year and would not qualify for the postseason as a Wild Card team if the season ended today.
For the Braves, they will travel to the other Senior Circuit franchise that is hotter than the fricking sun right now in the Cincinnati Reds. They have won an MLB-best 11 straight to shockingly take a three-game lead in whatever we want to call the NL Central these days. As for the Phillies, they will host a greater NL East disappointment than they are in the grossly overpaid New York Mets.
Overall, you can relate to the frustration coming out of the Phillies' broadcasting booth over this. Philadelphia had no luck with its bullpen on Tuesday night in the Game 1 loss. With Game 2 on Wednesday night getting rained out, it was all up to the Thursday matinee to salvage something from this bitter rivalry series. Sadly, the Braves have no love for those in the City of Brotherly Love.
This complete meltdown of epic proportions could not have happened to a sweller group of guys.