{"id":108406,"date":"2022-10-26T07:07:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T07:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/phillies-world-series-south-jersey-family-returns-rhys-hoskins-game-5-nlcs-home-run-ball\/"},"modified":"2022-10-26T07:07:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T07:07:15","slug":"phillies-world-series-south-jersey-family-returns-rhys-hoskins-game-5-nlcs-home-run-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/phillies-world-series-south-jersey-family-returns-rhys-hoskins-game-5-nlcs-home-run-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies World Series: South Jersey family returns Rhys Hoskins’ Game 5 NLCS home run ball"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kevin Hartwell, of Mullica Township, was at the game with his 10-year-old daughter, Lia, and his 9-year-old son Kevin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — <\/span>Bryce Harper’s two-run home run helped get the Phillies to the World Series, but it was Rhys Hoskins who got things going earlier in the game.<\/p>\n Game 5 was scoreless until Hoskins belted a two-run homer in the bottom of the 3rd inning.<\/p>\n But what you didn’t see on TV is what happened in the stands.<\/p>\n SEE ALSO: Phillies fans break 24-hour merchandise record after clinching World Series berth<\/b><\/p>\n Kevin Hartwell, of Mullica Township, was at the game with his 10-year-old daughter, Lia, and his 9-year-old son Kevin.<\/p>\n Somehow the home run ball came right to them.<\/p>\n “Yea that ball must have bounced off somebody to my side, then off someone behind me. It was coming down rows. I jumped on it and picked it up,” recalled Hartwell.<\/p>\n “Everybody was so happy that they were pushing everyone and I was trying to hold onto my dad so I wouldn’t fall!” recalled Lia.<\/p>\n “I didn’t know who caught it and I was like, ‘Who caught it?’ And then he raised his hand with the ball in it!” added 9-year-old Kevin.<\/p>\n On Tuesday, Hartwell says they returned the ball to Hoskins — and what they received in return was even better.<\/p>\n “We got a signed bat, two signed balls by Rhys Hoskins. And we got pictures with him! It’s probably the most amazing day of my life,” said an excited Lia.<\/p>\n