LOS ANGELES — Orion Kerkering made a wild throw previous dwelling as a substitute of tossing to first after mishandling Andy Pages’ bases-loaded comebacker with two outs within the eleventh inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 Thursday to win their NL Division Collection 3-1.
Kerkering hung his head and put arms on knees after his throw sailed previous catcher J.T. Realmuto as pinch-runner Hyeseong Kim crossed the plate, advancing the Dodgers to the NL Championship Collection towards the Chicago Cubs or Milwaukee.
Realmuto had pointed to first when the two-hopper hit off Kerkering’s glove and rolled simply in entrance of the mound. Followers within the crowd of fifty,563 at Dodger Stadium erupted after spending the ultimate three innings on their toes.
Phillies supervisor Rob Thomson wrapped an arm round Kerkering when the distraught reliever reached the dugout.
Nick Castellanos’ RBI double within the seventh off Emmet Sheehan had put the Phillies forward however Jhoan Duran walked Mookie Betts with the bases loaded within the backside half, forcing within the tying run.
Tommy Edman singled off Jesús Luzardo with one out within the eleventh and took third on Max Muncy’s two-out single that eluded diving shortstop Trea Turner.
Kerkering walked Kiké Hernández, loading the bases. Pages, in a 1-for-23 postseason slide, hit what seemed to be a routine grounder, the sort each pitcher practices gloving from spring coaching on.
Philadelphia, sporting its powder blue throwback uniforms on the street for the second straight day, was knocked out within the Division Collection for the third straight season whereas the defending World Collection champion Dodgers reached the LCS for the eighth time in 13 years.
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