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Tom McCarthy, Scott Franzke Absolutely Crush Calls on Phillies’ Homers

Bob Wankel

By Bob Wankel

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Mandatory Credit: Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports

The Phillies provided fans with one of their most memorable wins in recent history by completing an improbable comeback to stun (and sweep) the Angels.

While the game itself may have been unpredictable, you knew Tom McCarthy and Scott Franzke would kill it on the calls of both Bryce Harper’s game-tying grand slam and Bryson Stott’s walk-off shot.

First, here is McCarthy on Harper’s second-deck bomb — with a strong assist from John Kruk:

Here he is on Stott’s blast:

And now for Franzke/ft. a laugh of disbelief from Larry Andersen (h/t to Nick Piccone, who always does a great job pulling the audio for these tweets):

And the radio call on the game-winner:

Just like old times. Really, some serious 2008-2009 vibes on these.

Bob Wankel
Bob Wankel

Bob Wankel covers the Phillies for Crossing Broad. He is also the Vice President of Sports Betting Content at SportRadar. On Twitter: @Bob_Wankel E-mail: b.wankel@sportradar.com

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