![]() But he thought the ball was clearly over his head, didn't think he was going to catch it. "You stay in front of it, make sure it's not caught. "Usually you don't pass the base," Thomson said. Phillies manager Rob Thomson talked about Harper's baserunning blunder. ![]() ![]() We got Money Mike making a crazy catch on the wall and us doubling up Harper to close it out." "I think the way it ended was one of the most exciting endings to a game I've ever seen as far as a defensive standpoint. "Every playoff win is exciting," d'Arnaud said. Just like that, the series is all tied up. It was the first postseason game in baseball history to end on a double play involving an outfielder, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. But Riley alertly backed up the play and zipped a throw to first that completed the double play. He backtracked desperately, and the throw back to the infield skidded past second baseman Ozzie Albies. Harper had rounded second base when Harris made the grab. If my body had to go down because of that, I would have done that." I was going to do anything I could to get a glove on it. "I knew once I went back I wasn't stopping. "I knew off the bat it was going to be close to the fence," Harris said. "That was one of my favorite postseason games ever."ĭ'Arnaud, who started at catcher over slumping Sean Murphy, gave the Braves hope with his shot into the left-field seats in the seventh, cutting Philadelphia's lead to 4-3. "It was really emotional, especially the way we came back," d'Arnaud said. Travis d'Arnaud and Riley hit two-run homers as the Braves, who were held without a hit into the sixth inning, rallied from a four-run deficit to stun the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 Monday night, evening the NL Division Series at one win apiece. Throw in a game-ending double play for the ages, courtesy of a remarkable catch by Michael Harris II and some astute positioning by Austin Riley, and suddenly this 104-win team has gone from down and out to showing a little postseason swagger. Phillies manager Rob Thomson talks after Game 2 NLDS loss 02:53ĪTLANTA (AP) - Baseball's most potent group of sluggers finally got into the swing of things - maybe just in time to save the season for the Atlanta Braves.
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