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Boomer: Alright Gio, let’s just call it what it was — an absolute embarrassment for the Flyers. Islanders win 16–4, they are now up two games to none in the series, and Philadelphia looked like they didn’t even belong on the same ice, or field, or diamond, whatever you wanna call it.
Gio: Yeah Booms, and it started out fine, right? Flyers put up four in the second inning, you’re thinking, “Hey, maybe they got somethin’ goin’.” Barry hits a homer, Gutierrez — the catcher, not the pitcher — hits a three-run bomb. They’re up 4–2. And then, ahhh… it all falls apart.
Boomer: Completely fell apart. Vinny Hixson, three-run shot in the fourth, Adrie Sijtsma — and I love this kid, by the way, I love the way he plays — goes deep later, drives in three, scores three. He’s just everywhere.
Gio: Yeah, and Pastor, the Islanders starter, he wasn’t even that sharp. Gives up four runs in the second inning. But the Phillies — excuse me, Flyers — couldn’t touch him after that. He ends up going seven-plus innings, keeps his team in it, and then the Islanders offense just explodes.
Boomer: Explodes. Bossy with four hits, Bauer drives in two, Valenzuela has three hits, Bernabel steals a couple bases… they’re running wild. Sixteen runs on sixteen hits. It was a laugher by the fifth inning.
Gio: And meanwhile, the Phillies — the Flyers, whatever — five hits total. That’s it. Nothing after the second inning. Completely dead. You can’t win playoff games like that.
Boomer: And you know what this sets up now, Gio? Islanders in complete control. They go to Philly up 2–0, Wells Fargo Center’s gonna be loud, sure, but the Flyers better figure it out or this thing’s gonna be over quick.
Gio: Yeah, and I just don’t see how they stop this lineup. I mean, Sijtsma, Bauer, Bossy, Valenzuela — it’s relentless. You can pitch around one guy, but the next guy’s gonna burn you.
Boomer: Islanders win 16–4, total domination. Player of the game: Adrie Sijtsma. Flyers on the ropes.
Gio: Flat out ugly.
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