Dodgers beat Phillies on inexplicable game-ending baserunning gaffe
The Dodgers beat the Phillies 2-1 in a rain-soaked game at Citizens Bank Park, with a late baserunning mistake from Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto proving decisive. With runners on second and third and one out, Tanner Scott faced the possibility of blowing a five-out save. Instead, Brandon Marsh hit a ground ball to third baseman Max Muncy, and pinch-runner Justin Crawford was caught attempting to score after Muncy fired to catcher Dalton Rushing, who returned the ball to shortstop Mookie Betts for the tag near third. The real turning point came when Realmuto ran from second to third and then tried to retreat back to second, arriving too late and allowing Betts to throw to Tommy Edman at second. The Dodgers had earlier committed their own baserunning errors, including a bad turn by Shohei Ohtani that erased a run. Still, Max Muncy hit a two-run homer off Phillies ace Zack Wheeler in the fourth, and Justin Wrobleski delivered 6⅓ innings to hold on in sloppy conditions.





