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Diamondbacks' Merrill Kelly Doesn't Expect Phillies Crowd in NLCS to Top WBC

Opposing players keep riling up the Philadelphia Phillies and their fans.

This time, Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Merrill Kelly—who will take the mound in Game 2—said that he doesn't expect the Citizens Bank Park crowd to be any more raucous than what he faced as a member of Team USA during the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic against Venezuela:

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Merrill Kelly before his Game 2 start a Citizens Bank Park:<br><br>"I haven't obviously heard this place on the field, but I'd be very surprised if it trumped that [WBC] Venezuela game down in Miami.