It would have been a heck of a story if Albert Pujols had delivered the big hit to sink the very team with which he began his Hall of Fame career in the National League Wild Card Game.
Instead, it was Chris Taylor. Not that the Los Angeles Dodgers are complaining.
As a sort of ongoing punishment for the slump that followed his first All-Star selection in July, Taylor began Wednesday's do-or-die tilt against the St. Louis Cardinals on the bench. But manager Dave Roberts called his name for defensive duty in left field in the seventh inning, and he didn't miss his chance to make his mark offensively two innings later.