Twitter reacts to Chris Taylor’s walk-off residence run in Dodgers-Cardinals NL wild-card recreation

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Dodgers outfielder Chris Taylor lived the dream of hundreds of thousands of baseball followers in Tuesday’s NL wild-card recreation towards the Cardinals, hitting a 420-foot walk-off residence run within the backside of the ninth — with two outs and one on — to safe the 3-1 win and ship Los Angeles to the NLDS vs. the Giants.

This is the second Taylor immortalized himself in Dodgers historical past:

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Taylor — who ended the common season with an 8-for-72 stretch on the plate — was making simply his second plate look of the evening within the essential second, having popped out to left area in his first at-bat within the backside of the seventh. Previous to his look, Albert Pujols and Steven Souza Jr. each lined out to heart area. Following that, T.J. McFarland walked Cody Bellinger, prompting Cardinals supervisor Mike Shildt to switch him on the mound with Alex Reyes.

Reyes lasted solely 4 pitches in substitute of McFarland — who finally took the loss — as Taylor smashed a dangling slider to win the sport. That mentioned, his two-run homer was one among just a few offensive outbursts for Los Angeles; Justin Turner bought the Dodgers on the board first with a solo homer within the backside of the fourth. The Cardinals’ lone run of the day got here when Tommy Edman reached residence on a wild pitch by starter Max Scherzer within the prime of the primary.

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Taylor later joined MLB Community to speak concerning the homer:

“As soon as (Bellinger) bought to second, I used to be simply making an attempt to get a success,” Taylor mentioned when requested whether or not he was on the lookout for a house run. “They sort of had the precise aspect open, so I used to be type of considering the opposite manner. He simply left a slider up that I used to be capable of get the hit out on.

“Fortunately I’ve had loads of apply at (coming off the bench to hit) the final three or 4 years. Actually I am simply making an attempt to not do an excessive amount of.”

Along with his residence run, Taylor turned simply the fourth participant in Dodgers historical past to hit a walk-off residence run within the postseason, becoming a member of Turner, Max Muncy and Kirk Gibson. Per MLB Stats, he’s the primary Dodgers participant to do it in a winner-take-all postseason recreation, and the first MLB player to do it since Edwin Encarnacion within the 2016 Al wild-card recreation between the Blue Jays and Orioles.

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Naturally, Twitter misplaced its collective thoughts in response to Taylor’s game-ending fireworks: