Daily News | NL Championship Series: Five subplots to Phillies vs. Padres
, Alec Bohm and Matt Vierling hit solo home runs against Josh Hader, who hadn’t given up a run in 40 consecutive appearances, tied for the major-league record.Beginning with that game, Hader gave up 16 runs in a span of 14⅓ innings before getting traded to the Padres. In his first seven outings for San Diego, he posted a 23.14 ERA.But Hader is back to dominating again.
There are other similarities between the teams. Both have stars in the middle of the order . After difficult regular seasons, Padres center fielder Trent Grisham and Phillies counterpart Brandon Marsh are having breakthroughs in the playoffs. Grisham is 8-for-21 with three homers; Marsh is 4-for-13 with one homer.Kyle Schwarber helped the Chicago Cubs break their 108-year World Series hex in 2016 and went to the playoffs with the Boston Red Sox last year.
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