Dodgers beat Phillies on game-ending baserunning gaffe
The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 following a critical baserunning error by Phillies catcher JT Realmuto in the ninth inning. The game ended on a double play after two Phillies runners were caught in a rundown between third base and home plate.
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Add The California Post on Google PHILADELPHIA –– Nothing will top the championship significance, or defensive intuition, of the now-famous wheel play the Dodgers turned in the National League Division Series against the Phillies last October.
But on Tuesday night, in the same ballpark where the Dodgers produced that unforgettable highlight to escape a near-collapse in Game 2 of that NLDS, their infield conjured some more ninth-inning magic.
Only this time, with the help of an inexplicable baserunning mistake from veteran Phillies catcher JT Realmuto.
To finish off a rain-soaked 2-1 win against the Phillies, the Dodgers turned a game-ending double-play by catching two Phillies players in no-man’s-land on the bases.
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