The bottom of the seventh inning of Game 7 of the ALCS against Seattle is a perfect example. First, Addison Barger worked a lead-off walk. Then, Isiah Kiner-Falefa followed with a single to put two on. Following that, Andrés Giménez put down a perfect sacrifice bunt to set the table for George Springer's season-changing three-run blast to give the Blue Jays the lead.
2013: The Dodgers are the first team to clinch a spot in the League Championship Series as they eliminate the Braves with a 5-4 win in Game 4 of the NLDS. Trailing 3-2 in the bottom of the eighth, the Dodgers reversed the tide on Juan Uribe's two-run homer off David Carpenter. Carl Crawford hits a pair of solo homers for Los Angeles's other two runs.
While the Yankees sputtered to a 13-7 loss in Game 2 of the American League Divisional Series against the Toronto Blue Jays, which once again shifted their season back to the brink, Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal began pondering aloud on-air about Aaron Judge. Aaron Judge turns 34 next April. How many more chances are the Yankees going to get him at his peak? he asked. He's not going to continue like this forever. And here they are again in serious trouble in the postseason.