The Rays win game 4 of the World Series on a WILD play, a breakdown
What Happened
In a thrilling Game 4 of the 2020 World Series, the Tampa Bay Rays stage an incredible comeback against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the bottom of the ninth inning. The Dodgers hold a 7-6 lead as Kenley Jansen (Los Angeles Dodgers) takes the mound, needing just three outs to put the Rays away and take a commanding 3-1 series lead. Jansen quickly gets ahead of Rays outfielder Manuel Margot (Tampa Bay Rays) 2-0, but then serves up a couple hittable pitches that Margot fouls off. Jansen regains the upper hand, striking out Margot for the second out. Kevin Kiermaier (Tampa Bay Rays) then bloops a soft single that falls just out of the reach of Dodgers outfielder Chris Taylor (Los Angeles Dodgers), keeping the Rays' hopes alive. That sets the stage for Tampa Bay's superstar Randy Arozarena (Tampa Bay Rays), who has been the breakout star of the 2020 postseason. Jansen and the Dodgers discuss how to approach Arozarena, but the hard-throwing closer is unable to put him away. Arozarena works the count full before popping up weakly, bringing little-used outfielder Brett Phillips (Tampa Bay Rays) to the plate. "This is his first Major League at-bat in 17 days," play-by-play announcer Matt Vasgersian notes. "He hasn't gotten a hit in over a month." Despite the long layoff, Phillips battles Jansen and eventually reaches base on a soft single to right field. As chaos ensues, Phillips takes off for first base and Kiermaier races home to tie the game. The throw to the plate gets past Dodgers catcher Will Smith (Los Angeles Dodgers) and Randy Arozarena, who had tripped rounding third, scrambles to his feet and scores the winning run. "I saw Randy slip and I thought, 'Oh, at least we tied it up,'" an exhilarated Phillips says in his postgame interview. "The next thing I know, I'm airplaning around the outfield and getting dog-piled by my teammates." The stunning finish leaves the Dodgers in disbelief and the Rays celebrating wildly. "Baseball is fun, wow," Phillips exclaims, summing up the sheer excitement and unpredictability of this dramatic World Series moment.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentlast night we got one of the wildest
endings of a world series
you will see the dodgers are up seven to
six
three more outs they take a three to one
lead on the series which is pretty big
this game had been back and forth the
entire time lead changing relievers
giving up runs left and right kenley's
got three outs to go this one's brought
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the rays put in sugo and he quickly gets
ahead
2-0 janssen gives him that pitch kind of
meaty
let's go papi let's go says adamus then
another pitch kind of meaty swings
through that and then jansen finds the
bottom of the zone that's a nice pitch
gets the k
brewstar's excited emotions are high
kiermeier bloops one can [ __ ] come down
with it for the second out
no just out of his reach
a game inches a sixth sport brutal would
have been amazing play instead of it's a
it's a blue pit and kyra meyer's got
part of his bat in his hand then joey
wendell puts a charger on the left jock
casually tracks that one down
two outs one more out to go but big bad
randy arose arena the hottest hitter on
the planet
this postseason comes up to the plate he
has a home run
in this very game and he hit a home run
off kenley janssen in the game before
this game
so they have a little huddle on the
mound like hey do you want a picture of
this guy because
if he hits a walk-off homer against you
we're going to look like fools
jansen you can kind of see it he kind of
looks like he looks up here and says
he's my out now i don't know if he's
talking about randy or the next guy but
he doesn't record another out that pitch
was right down the middle
now adamus is praying to the roof in
arlington looking for anything to get
some help
randy takes the count is even one and
one
that's a little juicy and randy pops
that one up one
two now they're trying to punch him on
the away pitch they don't get it they
wanted it it would have been the end of
the game
when you go to the replay though you can
see that this one's pretty outside
good call by the ump good take by randy
just checked his swing 2-2
way outside now the count is full i mean
this is baseball little dribbler is this
going to be a game-changing play no it
goes foul
3-2 again they try to get him to swing
and miss you can't give him something in
the zone
he takes it he passes the baton to brett
phillips
who's coming to the plate in his first
major league at bat
17 days had gone by and he didn't even
get an at-bat in any of them
he hasn't gotten a hit in over a month
the storyline is being written
baseball will find you brett phillips
takes the first pitch and it's a hell of
a take
it's a hell of a pitch and it's a hell
of a call by the ump just off the plate
1-0
then they bust him up and in that's
actually the nicest
cutter jansen through i think little
chart movement at the end over the plate
then cuts in
ump gives it to him low and away and the
ump gets the strike call there and
philip's like oh
come on man and look at this pitch i
mean we're slowing we're doing a freeze
frame on a zoomed in
slowed down thing to think humans can
make this call
with their eyes in lifetime it's just
crazy but it's what we ask of them
he calls this a strike it's probably
fifty percent of time called a strike
fifty called the ball [ __ ]
says adamus one two pitch another little
punch job to shallow
right center chris taylor comes up with
it he botches it
kiramire scores that's the tying run
taylor throws home to muncie he throws
home where's the second runner oh there
he is what the hell where's the ball now
confusion chaos bad baseball beautiful
baseball we got it all
let's slow it down go bit by bit because
i was at the stadium live and i didn't
know what the hell happened
[Applause]
so phillips punches that one all right
chris taylor comes up with it
now randy's going for third and chris
taylor sees that and he knows he's the
go-ahead run the game's tied that is
what it is
but if we can stop this runner from
going to third or throw him out at third
that'd be
amazing so he tries to come up with a
big
play takes his eyes off of it now he
botches that ball now randy's going home
botches it now he's got to come home but
look by the time he gets the ball
here randy hasn't even touched third
base
and they're waving him home that's a
crazy
send he's in shallow right field randy's
fast but
i mean this play is made a lot but
runner in motion create chaos
so he runs home all right but now look
chaos has been created and randy trips
and falls
and rolls on his back and now the
dodgers have them dead to rights
taylor throws it into muncie muncie
catches the ball
he sees that oh he's on the ground
okay i can slow down take my time with
this a little bit
looks like he slows his arm down halfway
through which kind of leads to like a
dart throw
that pulls taylor off the bag now taylor
still should have caught this it's right
in his glove
he doesn't realize that randy fell over
he thinks he's in a race against time so
he tries to catch it
and do the quick swipe tag and then he
misses the ball
but then kenley didn't back up the
catcher i don't think that would have
made a difference
because this ball it hits the ump in the
leg and then ricochets away i think
randy's scoring no matter what uh but
just crazy
crazy play randy scores he slaps the bag
he's the happiest guy in the world
just hanging out with home plate his
best friend
roberts can't believe it no one knows
what the hell was going on
roberts is angry frustrated mad
disappointed and probably confused
always confused now i love this kier
meyer started celebrating before randy
even scored look look at the right of
the screen kirimeyer's got his arms up
and he's running to go celebrate with
phillips before randy even touches home
plate
phillips sees that he's over there
bouncing around he sees this he sees
them chasing him
throws the helmet up in the air goes for
a little bird flight
around the outfield just looks majestic
and beautiful kiermeier sees him says i
want to go for a little flight as well
he throws his hands up quickly crash
lands
kiramire's gonna fall he doesn't have it
in him to fly around the outfield
phillips though
just beautiful just beautiful
majestic have yourself a moment first
major league at bat
he runs himself into exhaustion looks up
at the roof in arlington and says thank
you for answering adamus's prayers
and then his teammates come over to him
but he can't breathe and they're trying
to celebrate with him and all he
continues to tell him is
i can i can't breathe guys
[Applause]
i love that little moment where we're
allow's like are you all right
we're not gonna celebrate and then the
camera's just all over him
having a little moment trying to catch
his breath he actually had to see the
trainer
before his interview to catch his breath
and see if everything was okay
again first world series at bat only
world series at bat
puts the ball in play chaos ensues bad
baseball ensues beautiful baseball
ensues phillips is the hero
his interview was awesome once i saw
randy slip
i was like oh shoot at least we tied it
up and then he missed the ball i don't
know what happened but then he scored
the next thing i know
i'm airplaneing around the outfield and
i get dog piled and
here i am talking to the boys man
baseball is fun
wow man baseball is fun wow
couldn't agree more brett this one's
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