The Philadelphia Phillies were right one swing away from turning the tables in Game 2 of the NLDS. Down 4-1, heading into the ninth, the crowd was loud, and the momentum was definitely shifting. It looked like one of those vintage comebacks from the Phillies that was on the horizon. But, well, it turns out that Dave Roberts and the Los Angeles Dodgers had some other plans. And Mookie Betts was the executioner of that!

After a couple of sharp hits cut the Dodgers’ lead to just one, the Phillies suddenly had the tying run at second and no outs. This is when Bryson Stott came up with the intention to bunt Nick Castellanos. But what happened next might go down as one of the smartest defensive plays of this postseason—a wheel play. Dave Roberts later mentioned that it was an “impromptu” d

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