Game 3, and the first in Arizona. A matchup between Ranger Suárez, who has been lights out this postseason, and Brandon Pfaadt, a rookie who has struggled in his first campaign. The matchup favored the Phillies. But strange things happen in October, as we draw towards All Hallow’s Eve. Such as, for instance, the mysterious vanishing of an entire offense.
The first was a slow one for the Phillies offense, and, as it would turn out, a harbinger of things to come. Kyle Schwarber would not start this game with a signature leadoff homer, as he struck out looking.