Nick Castellanos vs Rob Thomson. Round 2. That’s what we witnessed when the Philadelphia Phillies brushed past the Atlanta Braves in Game 2 of the series. This was more of an even match, after the Phillies seemingly won Game 1 at the canter, blowing away the Braves with a scoreline of 19-4. But in this game, the tensions were high and the margins were thin, and it eventually boiled over in the Phillies’ dugout.
The pivotal moment took place on the diamond when Nick Castellanos made a brilliant play in right field and threw out Braves’ Matt Olson at home plate. The score was 1-1 at the time, and the Phillies took the lead at the bottom of the 8th when Alec Bohm hit a sacrifice fly to the right and won the second match of the series 2-1.
But the controversial moment came later in th