PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 7, HOUSTON ASTROS 0
THE 118 T H WORLD SERIES
POSTGAME NOTES VS.
3 TUESDAY | NOVEMBER 1, 2022
LINE SCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
Houston (1-2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 8
Philadelphia (2-1) 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 x 7 7 0 2
Tuesday, November 1, 2022 Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, PA
Win: Suárez (2-0) Loss: McCullers Jr. (0-1) Save: None
First Pitch: 8:05 p.m. Temp: 65° (clear) Attendance: 45,712 Time of Game: 3:08
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
The Phillies hit 5 HR, setting a club record for a Postseason game and tying the record for a World Series game, joining the Astros in 2017 Game 5 vs. LAD (10 innings), Athletics in 1989 Game 3 at SF and Yankees in 1928 Game 4 at STL… the previous single-game franchise record was 4 HR in Game 4 of the 2022 NLCS vs. SD, Game 5 of the 2009 NLCS vs. LAD, Game 4 of the 2008 World Series vs. TB and Game 4 of the 2008 NLDS at MIL…marked the 13th instance of 5 HR (or more) for any team in Postseason history and the most since the Dodgers in Game 5 of the 2021 NLCS vs. ATL…fell one shy of a Postseason record; the only team with 6 HR in a Postseason game is the Cubs in Game 3 of the 2015 NLDS vs. STL.
• The Phillies have 22 HR in 14 games this Postseason, including 17 HR in 6 games at home…they are 22-9 all-time in Postseason games at Citizens Bank Park.
• The Phillies became the first team in World Series history with 3 HR through the 2nd inning and the first team in World Series history with 5 HR through the 5th inning…they became the third team to homer in both the 1st and 2nd innings of a World Series game, joining the Royals in 1980 Game 4 vs. PHI (both Willie Aikens) and Dodgers in 1977 Game 2 at NYY (Ron Cey, Steve Yeager).
• Kyle Schwarber and Rhys Hoskins hit back-to-back homers in the 5th inning…it was the second time the Phillies hit back-to-back homers in the World Series, joining 2008 Game 3 vs. TB (Chase Utley, Ryan Howard; 6th inning).
• The Phillies pitched a World Series shutout for the second time in franchise history, following 1993 Game 5 vs. TOR…it marked the eighth Postseason shutout in club history and third this season, joining Game 1 of the NLCS at SD and Game 2 of the NL Wild Card Series at STL…marked their largest margin of victory in a shutout win since Game 3 of the 2009 NLCS vs. LAD (11-0 win).
RANGER SUÁREZ
Has a 1.23 ERA (14.2-IP, 2-ER) in five career Postseason apps (3 starts), all this year…improved to 2-0 with a save in these outings, joining a win in Game 3 of the NLCS vs. SD…pitched five scoreless innings and became the second Phillie to make a scoreless start in a World Series game, joining Curt Schilling (9 IP, 5-hit shutout) in 1993 Game 5 vs. TOR…marked the 13th scoreless start in Phillies Postseason history and fourth this year, joining Aaron Nola in Game 2 of the Wild Card Series and Zack Wheeler in Game 1 of both the NLCS and NLWCS.
• Held the 1-thru-5 hitters in the Astros lineup hitless in 11 AB against him.
BRYCE HARPER
Became the second Phillie (3rd time) to homer in the 1st inning of a World Series game, joining Chase Utley in 2009 Game 5 vs. NYY and 2008 Game 1 at TB… marked his sixth homer this Postseason with four go-ahead shots (also Game 5 of the NLCS vs. SD, Game 1 of the NLCS at SD and Game 2 of the Wild Card Series at STL)…his 6 HR are tied with Rhys Hoskins in 2022, Chase Utley in 2009 and Lenny Dykstra in 1993 for 2nd in a single Postseason in Phillies history behind Jayson Werth (7) in 2009…the 6 HR are also tied for 4th for a Phillies Postseason career behind Werth (11), Utley (10) and Ryan Howard (8)…the four go-ahead homers are tied with HOU Jose Altuve in 2019, NYM Daniel Murphy in 2015, HOU Carlos Beltrán in 2004, BOS David Ortiz in 2004 and OAK Gene Tenace in 1972 for 2nd in a single Postseason behind STL Albert Pujols (5) in 2004.
• In a span of 2 pitches seen at Citizens Bank Park, hit a game-winning homer in Game 5 of the NLCS vs. SD (8th inning) and a go-ahead homer tonight (1st inning)…according to the Elias Sports Bureau, it marked the first time a Phillie homered on back-to-back pitches at home in the Postseason since Chase Utley in the 2009 World Series…it also marked the first time since at least 2000 that a player homered on back-to-back pitches at home in the Postseason and both of them were go-ahead homers, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
• Is the first player with at least 6 2B, 6 HR and 20 hits in a single Postseason.
• His 21 hits and 12 XBH both extend Phillies records for a single Postseason…the 12 XBH are tied for 5th in a Postseason in Major League history, two shy of the record held by TB Randy Arozarena in 2020 and STL David Freese in 2011.
ALEC BOHM
His solo homer in the 2nd inning marked the 1,000th homer in World Series history…according to the Elias Sports Bureau, 516 different players combined for the first 1,000 HR in World Series history…No. 1 came in 1903, No. 100 in 1930, No. 200 in 1947, No. 300 in 1957, No. 400 in 1966, No. 500 in 1976, No. 600 in 1986, No. 700 in 1997, No. 800 in 2007, No. 900 in 2017 and No. 1,000 in 2022.
• His 6 XBH are the most by a Phillies 3B in a single Postseason, passing Pedro Feliz (5) in 2009, Dave Hollins (4) in 1993 and Mike Schmidt (4) in 1980.
BRANDON MARSH
At 24 years, 318 days, became the youngest player in Phillies Postseason history to homer in a World Series game, passing Joe Blanton (27.320) in 2008 Game 4 vs. TB…became the 2nd-youngest in World Series history to homer out of the No. 9 spot in the batting order behind CHC Javier Báez (23.337) in 2016.
PIVOTAL GAME 3
When the Fall Classic has been tied 1-1, the Game 3 winner has gone on to win the World Series 67.2 pct. (41 of 61) of the time and the Game 3 loser has come back to win the World Series 32.8 pct. (20 of 61) of the time…among series tied 1-1, the last three to win Game 3 (2021 Braves, 2020 Dodgers, 2017 Astros) have all won the World Series…over a larger span, teams winning Game 3 to take a 2-1 lead have won the World Series in 19 out of the last 24 times since 1969.
• This is the third time the Phillies have led 2-1 through Game 3 of the World Series, and the previous two times resulted in the only World Series titles in franchise history (2008, 1980)…this is the third time the Astros have trailed 2-1 through Game 3 and they went on the lose both previous series (2021, 2019).
HOUSTON ASTROS
The Astros allowed 5 HR, tying Game 3 of the 2020 ALDS vs. OAK (Dodger Stadium) for the club record in a Postseason game…matched the record for a World Series game, joining the Dodgers in 2017 Game 5 at HOU, Giants in 1989 Game 3 vs. OAK and Cardinals in 1928 Game 4 vs. NYY…the Astros became the first team in World Series history to allow 3 HR through the 2nd inning as well as the first team in World Series history to allow 5 HR through the 5th inning…in the 5th inning, they allowed back-to-back homers in the World Series for the second time in franchise history, following 2021 Game 4 at ATL (Swanson, Soler).
• The Astros were shut out in a World Series game for the fourth time in franchise history, following 2021 Game 6 vs. ATL, 2021 Game 3 at ATL and 2005 Game 4 vs. CHW…they have been shut out in three of their last seven World Series games, compared to once in the first 20 World Series games in club history.
• Were held to 0 XBH in a World Series game for the third time, all since 2021.
LANCE MCCULLERS JR.
His 5 HR were the most allowed in a game in Postseason history…the previous high for a Postseason game was 4 HR, 11x-last NYM Max Scherzer in Game 1 of the 2022 Wild Card Series vs. SD…the previous high for a World Series game was 4 HR by STL Dick Hughes in 1967 Game 6 at BOS, CIN Gene Thompson in 1939 Game 3 vs. NYY and CHC Charlie Root in 1932 Game 3 vs. NYY.
• The previous high for a Postseason game in Astros history was 4 HR by José Urquidy in Game 3 of the 2020 ALDS vs. OAK (Dodger Stadium)…the previous high in the World Series by an Astros pitcher was 2 HR, 7x-last Framber Valdez in 2021 Game 5 at ATL…including regular season, the only other Astro to allow 5 HR in a single game was José Lima (5) on April 27, 2000 vs. CHC.
• Yielded homers to his fourth, sixth, ninth, 19th and 20th BF…became the second pitcher to allow homers in the 1st and 2nd innings of a World Series game, joining NYY Catfish Hunter in 1977 Game 2 vs. LAD (Ron Cey, Steve Yeager).
• Three of his 5 HR came against left-handed batters, compared to 1 HR vs. 96 lefties faced in the regular season (Kyle Schwarber, leadoff homer on Oct 3).
