'I don't think any of us are in shock,' Harper said. 'We're one of the last teams playing right now, and it's really cool to see that. When you look at the scoreboard and nobody's playing that day ... you're grateful for the opportunity to be here.'
The Phillies are just one win away after Saturday night's 10-6 win over the San Diego Padres in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series at Citizens Bank Park. The place will be rocking Sunday afternoon for Game 5. Things line up pretty favorably for a clinch. Ace Zack Wheeler will be on the mound. Bullpen aces Jose Alvarado and Seranthony Dominguez will be rested and ready to go.
"You can't write it better for the guys in that clubhouse, for the staff, for everybody in this organization, but I think most importantly for the city," Hoskins said."Yeah, you can't write it better. I can't imagine what tomorrow is going to be like." "He just looks so comfortable and confident at the plate," reliever David Robertson said of Hoskins."He's a bad man right now."
Harper is having a brilliant postseason. He's hitting .410 with six doubles, four homers, nine RBIs and a 1.311 OPS in 10 games. The Phillies are 8-2 in those 10 games. His 10 extra-base hits are already tied with Jayson Werth and Ryan Howard for most by a Phillie in a single postseason. Werth got his 10 extra-base hits in 62 plate appearances and Howard in 64. Harper has done it in 41.
"Tonight is like one of those nights where you think that's what you have when you put it together in spring training."