MLB playoffs: Cody Bellinger robs Fernando Tatis Jr. of perambulate-forward homer

For a moment, it gave the impression as if Padres celeb shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. had accomplished it again.

Tatis had beforehand pulled off home shuffle heroics in San Diego’s Wild Card Sequence bear over St. Louis. With two outs within the seventh inning and the Padres trailing by a shuffle, Tatis hit what regarded as if it would possibly perhaps most seemingly perhaps be a surefire two-shuffle blast to straightaway heart field.

Then Cody Bellinger became into Superman, and the Dodgers escaped with their lead intact.

Bellinger and the leisure of the Dodgers had been understandably fired up after the game-saving play. Pitcher Brusdar Graterol flung his hat and glove in pleasure, and then regarded as if it would possibly perhaps most seemingly most seemingly blow a kiss to Padres third baseman Manny Machado. Machado, unsurprisingly, used to be now now not too comfortable with that.

Graterol’s taunt, and Machado’s reaction, sparked several diverse Dodgers to shout at Machado and the Padres dugout. Graterol stayed within the game within the eighth, when he confronted Machado to leadoff the inning. The umpire crew warned both managers about any escalation. Graterol retired all three batters in pronounce—collectively with Machado, on a groundout to 2nd inferior—without incident. The Dodgers would within the damage bear, 6-5, after an eventful ninth inning to expend a 2-0 series lead.