PHILADELPHIA -- This is what 11 years of waiting looks and sounds like.

It is Rhys Hoskins crushing a baseball, raising his arms, spiking his bat and racing around the bases as a sellout crowd loses its mind. It is fans cheering so loudly after a Bryce Harper homer that ears started to ring on the field. It is Aaron Nola looking cooler than ever as he entrenches himself as a big-game pitcher. It is a ballpark that rocked and rolled for hours because it had waited forever for this.

The Phillies beat the Braves on Friday in Game 3 of the National League Division Series at Citizens Bank Park, 9-1, to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series. The Phils need one more victory to punch their ticket to the NL Championship Series.

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¡°God, it was loud,¡± Hoskins said.

¡°So loud,¡± Harper said. ¡°Absolutely insane. Electric. Nothing that I could have ever dreamed. It was whoa. It was chills again, because that was unbelievably cool. I hope it's like that for the next two weeks.¡±

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The Phillies¡¯ first postseason game at home since Game 5 of the 2011 NLDS lived up to the hype. It got as loud as Doc¡¯s no-hitter in Game 1 of the 2010 NLDS, J-Roll¡¯s walk-off in Game 4 of the 2009 NLCS, Lidge¡¯s strikeout in Game 5 of the 2008 World Series, the Flyin¡¯ Hawaiian¡¯s grand slam in Game 2 of the 2008 NLDS and Tug¡¯s strikeout to finish Game 6 of the 1980 World Series.

¡°It's obviously something that I've heard about for a long time,¡± Hoskins said about postseason baseball in Philadelphia. ¡°Debuting in 2017, seeing pictures, hearing stories, being around guys that were there, Spring Training.¡±

Nola got them to their breakout moment on Friday. He allowed one unearned run in six-plus innings, the only one he has allowed in 12 2/3 innings in the postseason. He sent the Phillies into the bottom of the third with a scoreless tie. Brandon Marsh worked a leadoff walk against Braves right-hander Spencer Strider, who was making his first start since Sept. 18.

Marsh raced to third on an errant pickoff throw.

Strider¡¯s fastball averaged 98.4 mph in his first two innings, but it dropped to 96.4 in the third.

The Phillies noticed immediately. The dugout buzzed.

¡°I peeped the board and saw 5s and 6s,¡± Marsh said. ¡°The first couple innings, he was pumping 8s, 9s, maybe 100.¡±

Bryson Stott fouled off four pitches in a nine-pitch at-bat that ended with a double to right field to score Marsh to make it 1-0. The crowd roared. The Braves¡¯ bullpen remained quiet.

Atlanta was sticking with Strider.

¡°In hindsight, he was so good the first two that, I don¡¯t know, maybe we got kind of ¡­ I don¡¯t know,¡± Braves manager Brian Snitker said.

Strider intentionally walked Kyle Schwarber, who later snapped a postseason hitless streak that spanned 35 plate appearances (2021-22) with a single in the seventh. The Braves wanted to face Hoskins, who was 0-for-10 with seven strikeouts in his career against Strider. Hoskins was 1-for-19 with seven strikeouts in the postseason. He also made a costly error in Atlanta¡¯s 3-0 victory in Game 2.

Hoskins heard some boos during pregame introductions. He heard more after a first-inning strikeout. But then Strider threw him a first-pitch fastball at 93.8 mph. Hoskins crushed it at 107.3 mph for a three-run homer that made it 4-0.

Hoskins turned to the Phillies¡¯ dugout, raised his arms and spiked his bat. He touched first base then sprinted around the bases.

¡°They¡¯re digging up the bat,¡± Matt Vierling said.

Hoskins said afterward in the clubhouse that he did not even realize what he did until Schwarber showed him a couple innings later on an iPad.

¡°That¡¯s what I did?¡± Hoskins said.

¡°It blew the roof off of our park, metaphorically,¡± catcher J.T. Realmuto said. ¡°It was incredible. The stadium went wild. That¡¯s what he¡¯s here to do. He¡¯s our guy who comes up big in spots like that, and he did tonight.¡±

Realmuto singled against Strider, who finally left the game. Dylan Lee entered to face Harper, who crushed a first-pitch fastball for a two-run homer to make it 6-0. The crowd went wild again.

¡°We¡¯ve got to get a decibel count,¡± Garrett Stubbs said. ¡°Rhys, straight homer, bat spike, looked at the stands. Blacked out from watching. And then Dylan Lee comes in to get Harper out, and first pitch, wham-o.¡±

¡°I can finally hear,¡± Stott said. ¡°My PitchCom was at 20, and I still had to cover it to hear what pitch was coming. It¡¯s usually at 8. It was at 20. I don¡¯t like the yelling in my ear, so I just keep it low. I couldn¡¯t keep it low today.¡±

The party was on. It could pick up as early as Saturday afternoon in Game 4. Teams with a 2-1 lead in a best-of-five series have gone on to win the series 67 of 93 times (72 percent). In Division Series with the 2-2-1 format, teams up 2-1 and playing Game 4 at home have advanced 21 of 26 times (81 percent).

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¡°One game away,¡± Harper said. ¡°This is what it¡¯s all about. We have an opportunity to clinch at home. And we have an opportunity to come out and hopefully strike first.¡±