ATLANTA — They haven’t gotten hot yet.
That’s the most tantalizing aspect of where the Phillies suddenly find themselves. They are two wins away from the National League Championship Series. They have their two aces on the mound in the next two games. One of those games will be played in front of a home crowd that has spent the last 11 years yearning for a chance to relive October. If they need a second game at home, they’ll have that, too. And they haven’t gotten hot.
That’s different from saying that the Phillies haven’t played good baseball. They have. Very good baseball. It is why they earned themselves a spot in this best-of-five National League Division Series. It’s why they hold a 1-0 lead after a 7-6 victory over the Braves on Tuesday afternoon.
