PHILADELPHIA (AP) \u2014 Bryson Stott swung the bat, then stared almost in a daze as the ball plopped 412 feet away into the right-field seats. Stott swears he has almost no memory of the second grand slam in Philadelphia Phillies postseason history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His light trot, then \u2014 slam! \u2014 the thud of his bat as the lumber spiked the turf, well, Stott doesn\u2019t remember that, either. This playoff highlight was a blur. He yelled something at his Phillies teammates, who had already turned the dugout into a jubilant mosh pit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What did he say? Who knows? Stott couldn\u2019t hear himself or anyone else near him \u2014 the slam set off pandemonium inside another packed Phillies ballpark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was running around the bases in kind of a blackout,\u201d Stott said. \u201cI don\u2019t know, I have to go back and watch it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/a>Stott\u2019s grand slam punctuated a postseason sweep and Aaron Nola tossed seven shutout innings in a performance worthy of a playoff ace that led to a 7-1 win over the Miami Marlins in Game 2 of their NL Wild Card Series on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/a>\u201cWe know we\u2019re a really good team and we\u2019ve just got to continue to do that,\u201d slugger Bryce Harper said inside a rowdy, boozy clubhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After making quick work of the surprising Marlins, it\u2019s time for an anticipated rematch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n J.T. Realmuto also homered as the Phillies advanced to another best-of-five Division Series against Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr., Matt Olson and the Braves. Game 1 is Saturday in Atlanta. The Phillies did not announce a scheduled starter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NL champion Phillies finished third last season in the NL East at 87-75, a full 14 games behind the 101-win Braves, only to beat them in four games in the NLDS. The Braves were even better this season with a major league-best 104 wins and a sixth straight NL East crown \u2014 clinched last month in Philadelphia \u2014 while the Phillies again earned a wild card with 90 wins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s going to be an electric series and we can\u2019t wait,\u201d Harper said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n More postseason thrills are surely ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stott provided one Wednesday when he turned on reliever Andrew Nardi\u2019s first-pitch fastball in the sixth and launched it into the right-field seats for a 7-0 lead. He slammed his bat as he ran down the first-base line, and the Stott Shot sent Phillies fans into a delirious frenzy with the countdown to a clinch officially on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nola followed Game 1 starter Zack Wheeler\u2019s excellent effort with one of his own, and had 46,000 fans on their feet chanting \u201cLet\u2019s Go, Nola!\u201d when he needed a lift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHe went through a lot this year because he struggled at times and there were the home runs and the big innings and things like that, but he just kept grinding and he kept fighting, kept working,\u201d Phillies manager Rob Thomson said. \u201cFinally, he found some stuff at the end of the year, and he\u2019s been lights out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The one knock on Nola, eligible for free agency after the World Series, is his trouble with shutdown innings. After Realmuto went deep to make it 3-0 in the fourth, Nola ran into a jam in the fifth. He put runners on first and second with one out before he got Jes\u00fas S\u00e1nchez to ground into an inning-ending double play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nola picked \u2014 more than pitched \u2014 his way out of Miami\u2019s only other serious threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Marlins briefly caught a break in the third when Jon Berti\u2019s deep drive into the left-center gap knocked off left fielder Cristian Pache\u2019s glove for a one-out double. Berti then inexplicably tried to steal third and was busted by Nola as the righty went into his delivery. Nola noticed Berti taking off and, instead of throwing a pitch, simply stepped toward third and threw him out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI feel like there was a little momentum shift,\u201d Nola said. \u201cFor a pitcher, it\u2019s definitely a plus to pick a guy off in a situation like that, especially when a guy that can run is on second base with less than two outs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those are the kind of mistakes a postseason novice like the Marlins make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI think the culture changed,\u201d manager Skip Schumaker said. \u201cI believe that there\u2019s a new standard in that clubhouse now. Now it\u2019s up to them to protect that standard, honestly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n With fans again waving their red rally towels, many wearing Phillies overalls popularized by backup catcher Garrett Stubbs, and the team on the brink of a clinch, the Phillies had their way with Miami starter Braxton Garrett.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Philadelphia again had six 20-homer hitters in the lineup but \u2014 a night after failing to go deep in Game 1 \u2014 again stitched together runs against Garrett.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kyle Schwarber ripped an RBI double to right in the third that scored Pache for a 1-0 lead. Pache raced around the bases from first, his helmet still bouncing on the dirt as he slid headfirst into home. Trea Turner, the $300 million shortstop, smacked an RBI single that scored Schwarber for a 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By then, the Game 2 victory seemed inevitable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After all, there\u2019s a reason the Phillies call the postseason Red October: They just don\u2019t lose at Citizens Bank Park. At least, not often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Phillies, who won the 2008 World Series at home, moved to 24-11 in the postseason at the ballpark, the top postseason winning percentage for any team in any park (minimum 20 games).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Realmuto crushed his fourth career postseason homer off David Robertson in the fourth to make it 3-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI think we\u2019ve got a really good club, and I think we\u2019re built for series-type baseball,\u201d Thomson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOH, BABY!<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n