Andy Pages will without end be linked to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 2025 World Series title for his game-saving catch within the winner-take-all matchup towards the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.
Pages, who had simply changed Tommy Edman in heart area, traveled 121 ft to monitor down a ball off the bat of Ernie Clement with two outs and the bases loaded, sending the sport to further innings. Pages used his size to attain for the ball over Kiké Hernández and collided with him in the process.
The 25-year-old made the same catch within the Dodgers’ 6-3 win over the Texas Rangers on Saturday, however was ready to narrowly keep away from a collision with Teoscar Hernández. Hernández appeared to name for the ball earlier than Pages reduce in entrance of him to make the catch.
“I think it’s his,” Hernández stated after the sport when requested whose ball it was. “I was playing a little closer to the line. You know, it’s one of those where I can get it, he can get it, but it’s definitely his ball.”
The SportsNet LA broadcast caught Pages and Hernández playfully going backwards and forwards with one another within the dugout over who had precedence to make the catch. So a lot in order that they even requested Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts for his enter.
“I mean, shoot, yeah, exactly,” Roberts jokingly stated after the sport when requested if Pages has claimed possession of the left-center area hole.
“We got to make sure we clean that up. Because it’s funny when the play is made, but we got to make sure that the communication is clear.”
Andy Pages off to scorching begin
Along with enjoying stellar protection in heart area, Pages has been one of many Dodgers’ most efficient bats by way of the primary two weeks of the common season.
He enters play Sunday main the National League in whole hits (23), RBI (17), batting common (.442), on-base share (.482), slugging share (.750), on-base plus slugging (1.232) and bWAR (1.6).
Pages was named NL Player of the Week for March 30-April 5 after going a mixed 13-for-20 in the course of the stretch. He turned the primary Dodgers participant with at the least 5 multi-hit video games in a row since Shohei Ohtani completed the feat from April 3-8, 2024.
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