The Philadelphia Phillies have been eliminated from the MLB playoffs in the most heartbreaking way: on a very avoidable error.

With the Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers tied 1-1 in extra innings, Orion Kerkering hand his hands full with a bases loaded, two outs situation. Andy Pages broke his bat on a 0-1 pitch that made its way to Kerkering at the mound. However, the Phillies pitcher bobbled the ball and in his haste to make a play, threw to home plate instead of going to first base for what should have been an out.

Instead, Kerkering threw a wild ball at catcher J.T. Realmuto, who couldn't corral the ball and the Dodgers ended up walking off the Phillies after the catastrophic error. Here's how the full play unfolded in Game 4 on Thursday night.

That is such a rough throw to make. It's clear Kerkering was rattled in the moment and wasn't able to settle himself to make the easy play at first.

While it'd be easy to blame the Phillies bowing out in the playoffs on Kerkering's error, the Phillies offense did him no favors in this series. What a tough way to bow out of the postseason.

This article originally appeared on For The Win: Phillies pitcher makes catastrophic error to end playoff run

Reporting by Mary Clarke, For The Win / For The Win

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