There were six pivotal pitches in a National League Championship Series Game 5 between teams that are beginning to look a lot like each other, who score, defend and even carry themselves as though they could trade uniforms and play on. They even share Will Smiths. One of those, the Los Angeles Dodgers catcher, contextualized those six pitches.
He said, “I was just trying to push him out over [the plate], get a pitch to hit, not let him bully me in there and he made a mistake and I capitalized on it.”
The pitcher through those six pitches was also Will Smith, the well-traveled left-hander.