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Phillies Nation Perfect Season: Kingery’s walk-off sac-fly wins it

After hitting his first career grand slam in the previous game, Kingery came up big again with his first walk-off. (Gavin Baker/Icon Sportswire)

It took 12 innings, but the Phillies were able to finish off their homestand with a win against the Cincinnati Reds.

Shortstop J.P. Crawford got the scoring started in the bottom of the second with his first career home run to make it 2-0. César Hernández added another run on a solo home run in the fifth inning, but not before the Reds scored two in the top of the fourth against Nick Pivetta.

The Phillies held a 3-2 lead into the top of the ninth behind a strong outing by Pivetta and clean work from Adam Morgan, but Héctor Neris had his first blown save of the season on an RBI single by Phil Ervin that left the game tied.

Things stayed scoreless until the bottom of the 12th, when Scott Kingery came up with men on the corner and just one out. Kingery, who smashed a grand slam in the previous game, hit a fly ball deep enough to right field to score Pedro Florimon from third to give the Phillies a 4-3 win.

Reds Lineup

Jesse Winker, left field
José Peraza, second base
Joey Votto, first base
Scooter Gennett, second base
Devin Mesoraco, catcher
Phil Ervin, right field
Phil Gosselin, third base
Luis Castillo, pitcher
Billy Hamilton, center field

Phillies Lineup

César Hernández, second base
Scott Kingery, third base
Odubel Herrera, center field
Carlos Santana, first base
Maikel Franco, third base
Nick Williams, left field
Jorge Alfaro, catcher
Nick Pivetta, pitcher
J.P. Crawford, shortstop

You can watch the full game down below or by using this link. You can also watch it on your Smart TV or streaming device with the Youtube app. Just put in ‘CIN at PHI April 11 2018’ into the search bar and click on the video.