What an absolute heart stopping victory that one was
It’s kind of impossible to understate how big a victory yesterday was. Going into the series, the way the schedule set up, one could safely assume that Zack Wheeler and Aaron Nola would get at least three of the five possible starts, one of them coming on short rest. While it’s easy to assume a Phillies’ victory in those games, this is October. You can never count on even your sure things (ask Justin Verlander). If the Phillies were able to steal game one, they wouldn’t have to depend on those two to win their starts.