Welcome to August: Phillies 3, Marlins 1

Tuesday’s heroics were a long time coming for Nick CastellanosJuly did not go well for Nick Castellanos. He was arguably the worst player in baseball during the month, and looked every bit as bad as he did for most of 2022. To a lesser extent, July was also unkind to Seranthony Dominguez. He spent most of the month on the injured list and had been shaky since his return.

But on Tuesday night, Castellanos delivered a clutch, game-winning home run, and Dominguez earned a save with a dominant ninth inning, leading the Phillies to a 3-1 win over the Marlins.

The Phillies’ first inning was about as “Phillies first inning” as a first inning can get. Facing nemesis Sandy Alcantara, Kyle Schwarber…