Dodgers’ Dave Roberts Gushes Over Roki Sasaki: ‘All-Time’ Performance

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts applauded reliever Roki Sasaki after his magnificent performance in Game 4 of the NLDS.

Sasaki entered a 1-1 game in the top of the eighth inning, and continued to terrorize the Phillies’ offense. He sent Kyle Schwarber, Bryce Harper and Alec Bohm down in order in the bottom of the eighth, and retired each of the next six batters he faced. Sasaki’s performance coupled with a strong 11th inning from Alex Vesia allowed the Dodgers to find some offense for a walk-off to advance to the NLCS.

“Oh, my gosh. You’re talking about one of the great all-time appearances out of the pen that I can remember,” said Roberts. “Certainly given where he started this…