Phillies Go Down Swinging And Missing, And Throwing And Missing | Defector

"In the play-by-play, this is how the Philadelphia Phillies lost the NLDS: With the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning, Los Angeles Dodgers centerfielder Andy Pages bopped a broken-bat ground ball directly to the mound. Phillies relief pitcher Orion Kerkering bobbled the ball, scrambled to recover it, and-with still a lifespan's worth of time to toss Pages out at first base and end the inning-panicked."

"The ultimate cruelty of the Kerkering error is its comprehensibility. In a sport where Javier Báez once brain-boomed the Pittsburgh Pirates into total defensive collapse by attempting to retreat to home plate on a grounder, Kerkering's throw to home was very poor, but not truly a one-in-a-lifetime error. It's not common, but you've seen a play like that more than once, and you'll see it again."

With the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the 11th, Dodgers centerfielder Andy Pages hit a broken-bat grounder to the mound. Phillies reliever Orion Kerkering bobbled the ball, scrambled, then panicked and threw vaguely toward home, allowing a walk-off run on a throwing error. Pages, who had been 1-for-14 in the series, officially finished 1-for-15. The error is understandable and not unprecedented, but its timing was catastrophic. Philadelphia's offense produced four or fewer hits in three of the four games, undermining solid starting pitching and costing the series.

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