Watch: J.T. Realmuto hits inside-the-park HR
J.T. Realmuto’s first career postseason home run stayed within the walls of Citizens Bank Park.
On a 1-1 count against Braves reliever Collin McHugh, Realmuto crushed a slider to that pesky top of the left center field wall that’s built for this kind of chaos.
Michael Harris II had no chance on that play, but right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. was nowhere near the ball as well. Third base coach Dusty Wathan made the gutsy call to send Realmuto home and the speedy catcher beat the relay rather easily for an inside-the-park home run to give the Phillies a 4-1 lead.
This is not Realmuto’s first inside the parker at Citizens Bank Park.
He’s the first catcher in postseason history to hit an inside-the-park home run. Alcides Escobar was the last player to hit one in the postseason in Game 1 of the 2015 World Series for the Kansas City Royals.
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