Thanks to an exciting late-inning comeback, the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series on Friday, night time the sequence at 2-2. The best-of-seven has been diminished to a best-of-three.
Because of that, the NLCS will finish at Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park in Game 6 or 7. It can’t finish at Chase Field in Game 5, which means that the Phillies will be unable to dangle a post-clinch pool birthday celebration. Backup catcher Garrett Stubbs stated that used to be the plan — “If we take two here against Arizona, we’ll be bee-lining it for the water,” he stated — however no cube. The Phillies misplaced Games 3 and four.
The D-backs indubitably were not oblivious to Stubbs’ feedback and so they took some delight in protecting their house ballpark in Games 3 and four. “I’m glad we could defend the pool. You don’t love when teams can jump in your pool. That means they did something that we didn’t get to do,” D-backs ace Zac Gallen told the Philadelphia Inquirer.
“This team is extremely motivated,” D-backs supervisor Torey Lovullo added after Game 4. “I know that guys are going to step on it, stand on it, find a way to get it done. I think they take things personal. They have a chip on their shoulder. I know their backup catcher made a statement about sprinting towards the pool or making a bee-line to the pool. So I think they’re wearing that a little bit and they’re motivated by that externally, and they’re motivated to be as good as they possibly can internally.”
Hey, no matter it takes, proper? Athletes search for motivation anywhere they are able to to find it, and now not short of the different staff to have fun in your house ballpark’s pool is lovely just right motivation, I’d say. Unless avid gamers get started taking place Bernie Brewer’s slide at American Family Field, no different ballpark has a celebration-ready function like Chase Field’s pool. It’s distinctive and the D-backs need to give protection to it.
The Diamondbacks celebrated their Division Series win in the pool. If there may be some other pool birthday celebration this postseason, it’s going to be in Game 4 or 5 of the World Series. It can’t occur in the Championship Series and Arizona is confident of being the street staff in the World Series irrespective of whether or not they face the Houston Astros or Texas Rangers.