Philadelphia Phillies fans: "You all did a great job getting this far, so hold your heads up", "#RedOctober was one hell of a run"

After a Cinderella run in this year's postseason, the Philadelphia Phillies came up just short as the Houston Astros closed them out in the World Series after six games. Game 6 ended with a score of 4-1 in favor of the spacemen courtesy of Yordan Alvarez' three-run moon shot.

To say that the Phillies were expected to contend and make a deep postseason run this year would be a lie. The team were 21-29 before skipper Joe Giradi was replaced.

From that point on, the Phillies fought back to clinch a Wild Card spot and eliminated a couple of NL titans along the way. For the team's efforts this year, the Philadelphia Phillies fans showed their appreciation on Twitter.

A pitcher's duel between Zack Wheeler and Framber Valdez in the first five innings saw the game remain scoreless. Kyle Schwarber opened the scoring in the match with his solo shot in the top of the sixth inning.

When Wheeler got in a jam half an inning later, the Phillies coaching staff pulled the ace and replaced him with lefty Jose Alvarado. With two men on base, Alvarado gave the go-ahead three-run home run to the dangerous Yordan Alvarez.

Christian Vazquez tacked one more run to the Astros' lead with an RBI single. That was ultimately the finishing touch to their World Series run and the end for the Philadelphia Phillies.

Philadelphia Phillies' journey to the World Series

No one would have thought that the Phillies could overcome such insurmountable odds to even make the postseason. They got into the playoffs and toppled some of the league's giants on their way to the Fall Classic.

They first overcame the NL Central champion St. Louis Cardinals in the NL Wild Card round. The Philadelphia Phillies then eliminated the reigning World Series champion Atlanta Braves in the NLDS.

They dominated another postseason dark horse in the San Diego Padres before ultimately succumbing to the Houston Astros in the Fall Classic.

About the author

Daniel Santiago is a journalist who has been reporting on baseball at Sportskeeda since 2022. He was drawn towards the sport after the underlying statistics and the analysis surrounding it grabbed his attention.

Daniel particularly enjoys furnishing reports about historic events in baseball and analyzing the game through a statistic-based outlook, based on Fangraphs and Baseball-Reference. This is in line with how he enjoyed watching baseball as a pastime. As a writer, he is very particular about cross-checking from reputable sources and doing his due diligence.

He became a lifelong Hideki Matsui fan after his exploits in the 2009 World Series for the New York Yankees. Among the current generation, Daniel's favorites include Shohei Ohtani and Jung Hoo Lee. Daniel is a huge follower of Asian baseball and both Ohtani and Lee have been in the top echelon of their respective leagues during their time with the NPB and KBO.

His favorite moment as a baseball fan was the final at-bat of the 2023 World Baseball Classic between Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout. He believes there aren't many words to fittingly describe the intensity of the moment.

As an avid sports fan, Daniel watches other sports and Esports when not writing about baseball.

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