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Looking back at the top 10 plays of the 2022 playoffs for the Phillies

By Nick Butler

Oct 8, 2022; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Edmundo Sosa (L) and left fielder Kyle Schwarber (R) celebrate in the clubhouse following his team’s 2-0 victory against the St. Louis Cardinals during game two of the Wild Card series for the 2022 MLB Playoffs at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 8, 2022; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Edmundo Sosa (L) and left fielder Kyle Schwarber (R) celebrate in the clubhouse following his team’s 2-0 victory against the St. Louis Cardinals during game two of the Wild Card series for the 2022 MLB Playoffs at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports /
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The 2022 season was a roller-coaster ride of emotions for both the Philadelphia Phillies and their fans. While the season did not end the way the team and fans wanted, it still reignited the flame of passion for the fanbase and not only reminded the fans who know what a Red October brings but gave the young fans memories for a lifetime.

From Nick Castellanos’ amazing defensive slides to Scott Franzke’s Bedlam at the Bank call on Bryce Harper’s swing of his life. There were moments that were seared into our memories and gave us chills like we haven’t felt since (more than likely) 2008.

Philadelphia Phillies: Looking back at the top 10 plays of the 2022 playoffs

Number 10

Phillies ninth-inning rally versus the St. Louis Cardinals

The Phillies bats were just as cold as the weather in St. Louis that day and felt like they were just going to roll over and let the Cardinals win this game and ultimately walk off into the sunset after the Wild Card round. Well, it didn’t exactly happen that way.

I remember holding my breath in the top of the ninth, bases loaded with one out thinking, “Bohm is going to ground out to short and end up in a double play to end the ball game.” At 101 mph, Alec Bohm gets hit with the ball and a run goes across the plate to make it a 2-1 game.

Jean Segura, a player who had the longest active playoff draught in the Majors at the time, finally had his chance to play hero. Segura did not miss. Smashing a slider that was down and away, he got it past Tommy Edman. This was not only the game-winning hit, but the series-changing hit as well.

Number 9

Ranger Suarez closes out the Padres to send the Phillies to the Series

Ranger Suarez wasn’t having the best postseason and really struggled. Fatigue most likely got to Suarez at this point in the season. After all, this was his first full season as a true-blue starter. It takes a lot of a pitcher when they go from the bullpen to a rotation piece, especially since Suarez went from throwing at max 35 pitches to about 90 pitches or more.

Suarez wasn’t the only one who was dealing with fatigue, but when he was asked to pitch the biggest inning of his entire career, he delivered. While Suarez is usually calm and collected, the emotion he displayed was raw and filled with a release from all the frustration that he most likely felt from how he pitched throughout the postseason and the relief from rewarding Thomson for trusting him with this important situation.

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