The Philadelphia Phillies entered the Wild Card round with a chance that the series could go sideways.
The Miami Marlins had their number for the majority of the year, winning seven out of the 13 games during the regular season.
Divisional matchups in a quick best-of-three series provide challenges due to a variety of factors.
However, the Phillies took care of business, dispatching the Marlins in two emphatic games to advance into their second straight NLDS.
On Wednesday, the story wasn't about the superstars littered throughout the lineup.
The story was about their young star who is in his second season of Major League Baseball.
Bryson Stott blasted the second grand slam in Philadelphia's postseason history in the sixth inning to put the Phillies up 7-0.
He delivered another iconic bat spike that rivaled Rhys Hoskins' last year against the Atlanta Braves.
The 25-year-old second baseman also became the youngest player in franchise history to have four RBI in a single postseason game.
He beat the previous mark set by Shane Victorino in 2008, when the 27-year-old drove in four runs on two separate occasions eight days apart.
"I didn't really know I even did the bat spike -- [Garrett Stubbs] told me. I don't usually pimp home runs. I don't think I hit them far enough to do that. So I just kind of got caught up in the moment, I guess," Stott told Paul Casella of MLB.com after the game.
It was a big moment for the young star.
That home run was his first of his postseason career and his first ever grand slam.
Stott gave the crowd something to go crazy about and they did just that, turning the spotlight onto how wild of an environment it is at Citizens Bank Park during October.
"I don't really have much memory of the swing and stuff like that. I know I yelled at the dugout and I couldn't really hear myself, so I knew the crowd was loud," he said.
It was certainly loud as the franchise's young star etched his name into Philadelphia history.
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