In the aftermath of the greatest outing of his career, which just happened to come in the biggest game of his life, Dodgers reliever Will Klein had a franchise icon approach him in the clubhouse.

Sandy Koufax, the standard for Dodgers’ pitchers, sought out the unheralded 25-year-old righty to applaud him on his four shutout innings in extras that bought time for the Dodgers’ 6-5 walk-off win in 18 innings in Game 3 of the World Series on Tuesday night.

“Nice going,” Koufax told Klein, according to ESPN .

While Game 3 may be remembered more in time for Freddie Freeman’s walk-off homer or Shohei Ohtani’s pair of blasts, the Dodgers don’t take a 2-1 series lead without Klein.

He threw a career-high four innings and allowed just one hit while striking out five spanning 72 pitches.

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