Justin Turner clutched the lumber in his left hand and pointed toward the left-field seats at Miller Park. As he started his trot down the first-base line, he kept his bat aloft, posed in his follow-through, as if he never wanted the feeling to leave his limbs. He knew the feeling well, the sensation of a go-ahead home run in a playoff game, and he exulted for a few extra moments in the eighth inning of a 4-3 victory over the Brewers in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series.
The two-run shot gave the Dodgers the lead and evened the series.