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HOUSTON – The final pitch of the 2022 World Series left veteran right-hander Ryan Pressly’s hand and broke down and away from the Phillies’ Nick Castellanos.
Pressly watched as Castellanos reached out and poked a fly ball up the right-field line in foul territory. Right fielder Kyle Tucker raced over, squeezed his glove around the ball, and broke out in a smile.
“I don’t think you can really top that,” Pressly said in a recent conversation with the Sun-Times. “It was amazing. And just seeing that ball going into Tucker’s glove, of all people, too, and being here [in the Cubs organization] with him, it was something that we’ll never forget, obviously.