The Philadelphia Phillies' 2025 season ended heartbreakingly for the organization. Following an NLDS series against the Los Angeles Dodgers that was tightly contested throughout and concluded in extra innings, the Phillies felt they let the series slip away. Philadelphia reliever Orion Kerkering has certainly had plenty of time to ponder the Dodgers' winning run in Game 4 that clinched the series and helped propel Los Angeles to win its second consecutive World Series.
The 24-year-old made a costly mistake of throwing a ground ball to catcher J.T. Realmuto to try to get the winning run on third base out at home plate rather than making a cross-body throw to first baseman Bryce Harper, where Kerkering had a better chance of recording an out and ending the inning.