Phillies use home run ball to take NLCS Game 1 over Diamondbacks

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The Philadelphia Phillies drew first blood in the best-of-seven National League Championship Series against the Arizona Diamondbacks with a 5-3 victory in Game 1 on Monday night.

From the first pitch, the Phillies had momentum in their home park. Kyle Schwarber whipped his bat through the zone on a Zac Gallen 92 mph fastball and rocketed it over the right field wall to take a 1-0 lead.

That was just the start of how the long ball helped the Phillies take Game 1.

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Nick Castellanos #8 of the Philadelphia Phillies hits a solo home run in the second inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks during Game 1 of the NLCS at Citizens Bank Park on Oct. 16, 2023. (Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images)

Bryce Harper, a key contributor in the ALDS victory over the Atlanta Braves that was celebrating his 31st birthday Monday night, kept his red-hot bat on fire as he hit his fourth homer of the postseason two batters later.

Nick Castellanos wanted to join the party in the bottom of the second inning when he went to right field for his fifth homer of the postseason to make it a 3-0 game. 

Citizens Bank Park was shaking once again as Phillies continued to deliver big hits.

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But the Diamondbacks, who ran through the Los Angeles Dodgers in surprising fashion, didn’t roll over despite facing a 5-0 deficit after Harper hit an RBI single in the third and J.T. Realmuto added a two-RBI single in the fifth.

Geraldo Perdomo launched a homer to right field, a two-run shot that was his second of the postseason to finally get