PHILADELPHIA — Back and forth they went, the Dodgers and Phillies, two of baseball’s better teams finishing up an early-season three-game set at Citizens Bank Park.
The Phillies won the first game; the Dodgers the second. Both games were low-scoring affairs. So it only made for both clubs’ bats to come alive in the series finale, where the conditions were cloudy, chilly and a little wet.
The Phillies put a six spot on the board in the bottom of the third with rain falling from the sky. Six straight hitters without an out started the inning. The sixth batter was Nick Castellanos, who launched a first-pitch fastball for a grand slam, giving the Phillies a 6-2 lead after they started the frame down 2-0.