{"id":97472,"date":"2022-10-15T01:31:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T01:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/rhys-hoskins-spikes-bat-after-nlds-game-3-home-run\/"},"modified":"2022-10-15T01:31:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T01:31:02","slug":"rhys-hoskins-spikes-bat-after-nlds-game-3-home-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/rhys-hoskins-spikes-bat-after-nlds-game-3-home-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhys Hoskins spikes bat after NLDS Game 3 home run"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PHILADELPHIA — After waiting six seasons for his first taste of the postseason, things hadn’t quite gone according to plan for Phillies first baseman Rhys Hoskins over the past week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hoskins went 1-for-18 with six strikeouts through his first four postseason games, while also failing to make a play at first base in the sixth inning of Game 2 of the National League Division Series that led to Philadelphia’s only playoff loss thus far.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hoskins let out all of those frustrations in one swing — and one emphatic bat spike — in the Phillies’ 9-1 win on Friday in Game 3 of the NLDS at Citizens Bank Park.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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After the Braves opted to intentionally walk Kyle Schwarber — who was 0-for-17 with nine strikeouts this postseason at the time — Hoskins unloaded on a first-pitch fastball from Braves starter Spencer Strider. Hoskins launched it for a three-run homer that jumped off his bat at 107.3 mph, per Statcast, and sent the home crowd into a frenzy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The moment the ball left Hoskins’ bat, he stared into the Phillies’ first-base dugout and lifted both hands in the air before spiking his bat into the dirt. He then took off in a sprint around the bases before being mobbed by teammates outside the dugout.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Strider, who was making his first start since Sept. 18 due to a strained left oblique, cruised through two perfect innings with his fastball averaging 98.4 mph. That number dipped to 96.4 mph in the third — and the pitch to Hoskins was only 93.8 mph. That’s tied for the slowest fastball of Strider’s career.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“We all know he throws hard. You have to be on the fastball there,” Hoskins said on the FS1 broadcast. “I was lucky enough to get one in the middle of the plate and down. He’s tough to hit, tough to square up. That’s why he’s pitching in this game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“I don’t know after that. I don’t know if my feet touched the ground.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hoskins’ first career postseason homer ignited a six-run third inning that also featured a two-run homer by Bryce Harper that left the bat at 108.4 mph and traveled a projected 401 feet into the right-center-field seats.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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PHILADELPHIA — After waiting six seasons for his first taste of the postseason, things hadn’t quite gone according to plan for Phillies first baseman Rhys Hoskins over the past week. Hoskins went 1-for-18 with six strikeouts through his first four postseason games, while also failing to make a play at first base in the sixth …<\/p>\n

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