The Diamondbacks’ Cinderella story isn’t ready to turn into a pumpkin quite yet.
Before a packed and raucous sellout crowd at Chase Field, Arizona’s young miracle team produced yet another one late Friday night, giving itself a real chance to pull off the upset of this October. The young upstart squad that never quits overcame a late deficit to defeat the Phillies and tie at two games apiece an NL Championship Series that was supposed to be over by now, but will at least return to Citizens Bank Park now for a sixth game — and maybe a seventh.
“Momentum is a real thing,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said before the game. “The narrative definitely has changed. And I think our team is always ready to go out and scrap, fight, do battle — do whatever it takes to do whatever they have to do to win a baseball game.” Who could blame them? The Phillies certainly appeared unstoppable after they won Game 2 by a 10-0 score and eventually pushed their postseason lead in home runs to 20-4 over their opposition, which also included in the wild card round the Marlins, who actually won more regular-season games than Arizona. But while the Marlins have been busy firing or forcing out some of their key decisionmakers, the Diamondbacks are staging a party out here.
Could the stars actually be aligning for the Diamondbacks? It was a positive sign when Turner, who stole about a million bases in a row, was picked off by Joe Mantiply in the first inning — the reliever’s only inning as the opener in a bullpen game that worked for Arizona.
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