PHOENIX — The crack of the bat was a stunner, jolting the sellout crowd at Chase Field into a frenzy.
Light-hitting Alek Thomas, who had lost his spot in the starting lineup because of consistently weak at-bats, had just provided the most important swing of the Arizona Diamondbacks’ storybook season.
“I was just screaming as loud as I could,” Arizona outfielder Pavin Smith said. “I think everyone was in the whole stadium.”
Thomas hit a tying two-run homer in a three-run eighth inning, Gabriel Moreno followed with a go-ahead single, and the Diamondbacks stunned the Philadelphia Phillies with a 6-5 victory Friday night that tied the National League Championship Series at two games apiece.
Arizona trailed 5-2 before Orion Kerkering’s bases-loaded walk to Christian Walker with two outs in the seventh.