Addison Barger might have to be forgiven for being a tad discombobulated.
After his drive to deep center was lodged under the centerfield fence, mitigating what could’ve been an even bigger moment, he found himself watching a soft liner to left and thinking it would drop.
Barger knew he was the tying run if he scored. He knew he had to get a good jump.
But the Toronto Blue Jays‘ slugger made the wrong choice.
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He got too far off, and when Enrique Hernandez got to the liner in left, it was an easy double off of second base to end the game.
Barger admitted as much afterward in speaking with ESPN’s Jesse Rogers:
“I was pretty surprised he got to it. Off the bat, I thought it was going to go over the shortstop’s head. I didn’t think it was going to travel that far. It was kind of a bad read.”
Addison Barger gives his point of view on the game-ending play pic.twitter.com/kaz7gsc5uq
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That out sent the World Series to a decisive Game 7.
The Blue Jays will probably have Max Scherzer on the mound.
The Dodgers will likely have some combination of Shohei Ohtani and Tyler Glasnow.
Barger will get a chance at redemption, and really, he was a lot closer to being the hero on Friday night than the final play would suggest.
It’ll all come down to one more game, thanks in part to an odd ending to Game 6.
