Ending a season on a head-scratching error is hard enough, but the Phillies also will have all offseason to think about a blown call that led to the Dodgers tying the game.

Philadelphia starter Cristopher Sanchez revealed that home plate umpire Mark Wegner apologized to him for a missed strike three that preceded a walk that eventually led to the game-tying run in the Phillies’ season-ending 2-1 loss in 11 innings in Game 4 of the NLDS .

“He knows he missed it because he told me and he apologized to me,” Sanchez said through a translator . “A lot of pressure, important game, important situation, you can’t miss those things, you can’t miss those calls. I get it with the pressure, added pressure and all, but if the pitch is a strike, it’s a strike.”

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