Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Homers, scores three times
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Castellanos went 3-for-4 with a solo home run, a double, and two additional runs scored in Wednesday's win over the Cubs.
Castellanos helped the Phillies clinch a first-round bye and home-field in the NLDS with his big performance. He belted his 30th double of the season in the opening frame before launching a solo home run off Javier Assad in the third inning to give the Phillies a 4-0 advantage. Castellanos is currently riding a seven-game hitting streak, batting .500 with five extra-base hits, five RBI and seven runs scored during that stretch. The 32-year-old has played in all 159 contests for the Phillies this season, slashing .253/.310/.428 with 23 home runs, 86 RBI, 79 runs scored and six stolen bases.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Slugs homer No. 20
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Castellanos went 1-for-2 with a walk, a two-run home run and a second run scored in Wednesday's 3-2 win over the Rays.
The 32-year-old outfielder put the Phillies in the lead early by taking Shane Baz deep in the first inning before coming home with the winning run in the sixth. Castellanos has had a somewhat disappointing season overall, but he's now reached 20 homers for the sixth time in his career, and 80 RBI for the fifth time.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Drives in all three runs in win
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Castellanos went 2-for-5 with a double and three RBI in Sunday's 3-2 extra-innings win over Atlanta.
Castellanos tied the game with a two-run double in the sixth inning and added a walk-off single in the 11th. He went 4-for-15 with four RBI during this weekend's four-game series versus Atlanta. Castellanos is up to a .249/.303/.421 slash line with 19 home runs, 76 RBI, 65 runs scored, 27 doubles and five stolen bases over 137 contests this season.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Hits go-ahead homer
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Castellanos went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run and an additional run scored in Thursday's 5-4 win over Atlanta.
Castellanos' seventh-inning blast gave Philadelphia its first lead of the game, and the bullpen held on for the win. Over his last seven games, Castellanos has gone 9-for-28 (.321) with three homers, nine RBI and three multi-hit efforts. The veteran outfielder is slashing .250/.303/.425 with 19 homers, 73 RBI, 65 runs scored and five stolen bases over 134 contests this year, but he's batted a much more reliable .296 (42-for-142) since the All-Star break, which is more in line with his usual production.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Homers in win
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Castellanos went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in Tuesday's 5-0 win over the Astros.
Castellanos pounced on a hanging curveball from Justin Verlander to give the Phillies a 4-0 lead in the third inning. The outfielder has hit safely in eight of his past 10 games, tallying three multi-hit efforts with two long balls and 10 RBI in that span. On the season, he's hitting .250 with 18 homers, 71 RBI and 63 runs scored across 545 plate appearances.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Delivers clutch double
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Castellanos went 1-for-4 with a two-RBI double during Tuesday's 3-0 win over the Twins.
Castellanos starred in the Phillies' three-run ninth inning, belting a two-out, two-RBI double off Jhoan Duran to give Philadelphia a comfortable lead. In his last seven games, Castellanos is 8-for-27 (.296) with two homers, five doubles and nine total RBI.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Doubles, homers
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Castellanos went 2-for-5 with a solo home run and a double during Sunday's 6-0 win over the Pirates.
Castellanos put the finishing touch on the Phillies' win, clubbing a solo home run in the ninth inning off Josh Fleming. In three games following the All-Star break, Castellanos is 5-for-12 with three doubles, a homer and merely one strikeout. On the year, the 32-year-old has 14 homers, 45 runs and 50 RBI along with a .690 OPS.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Homer, four RBI in win
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Castellanos went 2-for-5 with a home run and four RBI in Saturday's 11-5 win over the Athletics.
Castellanos got the Phillies on the board with a two-run home run in the second inning and then added a two-run double in the eighth. The outfielder was on a 2-for-17 skid over his past five contests and hadn't driven in a run since his last homer July 4. On the year, he's batting .235 with 13 home runs, 47 RBI and 44 runs scored over 398 plate appearances.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Has four hits, drives in three
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Castellanos went 4-for-5 with a double and three RBI in Sunday's 7-6 win over the Marlins.
For the second time in his last 10 games, Castellanos had a four-hit performance after having only one in his previous 264 games. Castellanos has 12 RBI over his last 11 games and now has 42 for the season. The recent hot streak has pushed Castellano's season line to .231/.289/.386 with 11 home runs through 83 games.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Drives in five Saturday
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Castellanos went 2-for-3 with a home run and five RBI in Saturday's 12-1 win over the Diamondbacks.
The 32-year-old slugger was hot from the jump, lofting a sacrifice fly in the first inning before crushing a two-run homer to left field off Scott McGough in the fifth and adding a two-run single in the sixth. Castellanos has shaken off his sluggish start to the campaign, and through 18 games in June he's slashing .270/.304/.554 with four homers, 10 runs and 13 RBI.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Four hits in walk-off win
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Castellanos went 4-for-5 with a pair of doubles, an RBI and a run scored in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Padres.
Castellanos capped Philadelphia's comeback victory in the bottom of the ninth inning, poking a ground-rule double down the right-field line, his second double and fourth hit of the game, to drive in Alec Bohm with the winning run. Castellanos is now 6-for-9 with four doubles in his last two games after going 0-for-14 in his previous three contests. Overall, he's slashing .219/.275/.371 on the year with nine homers, 31 RBI and 37 runs scored across 306 plate appearances.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Provides only offense in win
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Castellanos went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Wednesday's 2-0 win over the Brewers.
The veteran outfielder provided the game's only offense by taking Aaron Ashby deep in the fifth inning. Castellanos is beginning to climb out of his early season hole, batting .270 (17-for-63) over his last 16 games with four of his eight homers on the season, along with 11 runs and 11 RBI.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Three hits, home run in win
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Castellanos went 3-for-5 with a two-run homer, a double and a second run scored in Wednesday's 6-1 win over San Francisco.
Castellanos highlighted a three-hit day with a two-run homer off Kyle Harrison in the fifth inning, extending Philadelphia's lead to 4-0. It's just the second multi-hit game for Castellanos in his last nine contests -- he'd been stuck in a 5-for-32 slump prior to Wednesday. Overall, the 32-year-old outfielder is slashing .208/.271/.333 with seven homers, 28 runs scored and 24 RBI through 236 plate appearances this season.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Three-run homer in loss
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Castellanos went 1-for-5 with a three-run home run in Sunday's 7-6 extra-inning loss to the Marlins.
Castellanos took Miami starter Braxton Garrett deep for a three-run shot in the top of the first inning, giving the Phillies an early 3-0 lead. The long ball was his fourth of the season and second homer in his last three contests. Castellanos has now secured at least one hit in eight consecutive games, batting .322 with two home runs, seven RBI, eight runs scored and a stolen base over 31 at-bats during that stretch.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Hits game-tying homer
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Castellanos went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and an additional run scored during Tuesday's 7-5 win over the Angels.
Castellanos kicked off a three-run ninth inning for Philadelphia, tagging Angels closer Carlos Estevez for a solo home run to knot the game up at 5-5. After starting the season batting .153 with two runs scored in his first 20 games, Castellanos has started to turn the corner, scoring nine times with a .262 batting average since.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: No hits in loss
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Castellanos went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in Monday's 6-3 loss to the Reds.
Castellanos has started the regular season with three hits and two walks over 16 plate appearances, and he's also struck out five times. The 32-year-old is off to a bit of a slow start, but he should be a strong source of power and counting stats since he's comfortably situated in one of the best lineups across the National League.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Slugs two home runs in win
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Castellanos went 3-for-3 with two solo home runs and an additional walk in Thursday's 3-1 win over Atlanta in Game 4 of the NLDS.
Castellanos did the heavy lifting once again in this contest, as he has now hit two home runs on back-to-back nights in the midst of a power surge. The right-hander is no stranger to the long ball, slugging 29 home runs across 157 games in the regular season, but this hot stretch has come at an opportune time in these must-win matches. Castellanos is now slashing an electric .391/.440/1.000 line in 25 plate appearances this postseason with four home runs, six runs and five RBI. The outfielder will look to keep the streak going in the NLCS next week against the Diamondbacks.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Resting during afternoon game
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Castellanos will be on the bench for the afternoon portion of Saturday's doubleheader against the Mets.
The Phillies will be the fourth seed in the National League no matter what happens over the weekend, so their primary priority will be ensuring that nobody gets hurt or overworks themselves. Cristian Pache will get a start in right field in the afternoon game.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Takes seat Wednesday
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Castellanos is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against Pittsburgh.
It's a well-deserved day off for Castellanos after he made 51 consecutive starts, and he was productive at the plate during that span with 11 doubles, 15 homers, 46 RBI and an .860 OPS. Cristian Pache will man right field after Philadelphia secured its spot in the playoffs Tuesday.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Homers again, drives in four
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Castellanos went 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBI in Thursday's victory over the Mets.
Castellanos launched a 454-foot homer off Jeff Brigham in the sixth inning Thursday, the deciding blow in Philadelphia's eventual 5-4 victory. The 31-year-old Castellanos is now 4-for-8 with two homers and seven RBI in his last two games. He's up to 103 RBI on the campaign, a new career high. Overall, Castellanos is batting .274 with a .788 OPS and 28 home runs in an impressive bounce-back year with the Phillies.
