What we saw Monday night in Philly wasn’t just rare — it was nearly historic. And I mean that literally. The Phillies walked it off in the 10th inning without a hit. That’s not a typo. You’d have to rewind the tape back over five decades — all the way to 1971 — to find the last time a team won on a walk-off catcher’s interference. That’s how long it’s been. And this one had drama written all over it.
Glove Tap, and the Call That Wins it For The Phillies
At the bottom of the 10th. Brandon Marsh starts the inning at second, automatic runner style. Nobody out. Phillies’ Edmundo Sosa steps up. Count’s 2-2. He checks his swing, and bam — bat meets glove. Catcher Carlos Narvaez is stunned. Umpires call it clean initially. But hold up — Philly wants a review. They get it. And wouldn’t you know it — catcher’s interference. Marsh scores. Ballgame.
Cue the celebration in Philly. Cue the confusion in Boston.
Now let me tell you — Narvaez wasn’t thrilled, and you can’t blame him. “Really weird,” he said afterward. “I had the ball, then I felt the contact.” He took the blame like a pro, but it clearly stung. “That cannot happen again. It sucks. We don’t want to lose a game, especially in that way,” he added. You could almost feel the frustration through the postgame quotes.
Wheeler Brings the Heat, Harper Brings the Fire
Let’s not forget, this wasn’t a cheap win by any stretch. Zack Wheeler was nails — six innings, 10 strikeouts, just two earned runs. That’s an ace doing ace things. Then the Phillies bullpen — Banks, Kerkering, Strahm, and Lazar — slammed the door shut. Lazar, by the way, picks up his first big league win. Congrats, kid.
Meanwhile, Bryce Harper is a man on a mission. Fourteen hits and thirteen extra-base hits in his last eight games. That includes nine doubles and four homers. To compare, he had seven XBHs in the 25 games before that. The dude is dialed in.
Sox Can’t Catch a Break — Or the Ball
On the Sox side, Walker Buehler did his job. Seven innings, two runs, one earned. That’s good baseball. But then came Jordan Hicks, who, let’s be honest, didn’t have it. Ten pitches. No outs. A walk. A wild pitch. Then the intentional walk that led to the Sosa swing and the glove tap heard ‘round the baseball world.
Boston had a chance. Jarren Duran led off the night with his ninth home run of the year. Trevor Story tied it up in the sixth. But they couldn’t close it.
And with that win, the Phillies stay on top in the NL East at 57-43. Boston? Still in the mix, but third in the AL East and now chasing the Yankees.
These two squads go at it again Tuesday night. After this kind of opener? You better believe there’s more fire coming.
