Dodgers’ Kiké Hernandez walks through ‘Willie Mays’ moment where he got ‘dunked on’ by Andy Pages
The Los Angeles Dodgers won their second straight World Series title with a riveting 5-4 Game 7 victory against the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday night. The series finale included many heroes and fantastic plays. Dodgers outfielders Kike Hernandez and Andy Pages might be towards the top of the list after their late-game collision.
With the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the night inning, Pages, who was just inserted into the game, chased down a fly ball to keep the game tied and knocked down Hernandez in the process.
“I was going to pull a Willie Mays, and then [Pages] tackled me, and I felt like I got dunked on, and I thought we lost,” Hernandez told ESPN’s Alden Gonzalez. “I was just down because I thought we lost. And he came up to me and said, ‘Are you OK?' ‘F— that, do you have the ball?' He's like, ‘Yeah.' I'm like, ‘Yeah, let's go!'”
The grab helped Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto get through the ninth, and extended a game that had seemed lost until Los Angeles second baseman Miguel Rojas drilled a solo home run with one out in the top of the ninth to tie the game.
“That's what it's about. Those guys, I got so much respect for what John [Schneider] does with his team and his staff and organization,” Roberts told reporters after the game. “They gave us everything they had. It was just a brawl, both teams fighting and punching back and responding. Yeah, I mean, I'm just speechless. I really am. It's going to go down as one for the ages.”
The Dodgers are the first team to win back-to-back championships since the New York Yankees won three straight from 1998 to 2000.
Sam Darnold finishes masterful first drive vs. Commanders with 13th touchdown pass
So far, so good for the Seattle Seahawks against the Washington Commanders.
After forcing Washington to punt on their opening drive after just one first down, the Seahawks gave the ball to Sam Darnold, and he delivered a masterful first possession, ending it with his 13th touchdown pass of the season.
What was most impressive was how Darnold put Seattle's various pass-catching weapons to work, even as half the team's wide receivers have been ruled out for this game.
The 12-play, 90-yard drive included a couple of completions to league-leading receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who also broke off a run for a first down.
Darnold also completed passes to tight end AJ Barner and running back Ken Walker for first downs and multiple throws to rookie receiver Tory Horton Jr., including the touchdown to finish it off.
Darnold was a perfect 6/6 on the drive, totaling 67 yards and a touchdown and a 152.8 passer rating. We really can't overstate how well Darnold is performing right now. He's reading the defense, making the right decisions, and putting the ball just where it needs to be. Darnold is quarterbacking at a level that the Seahawks franchise has simply never seen before.
The run game was also effective for the Seahawks on that first possession, with Walker totaling 26 yards on five carries (5.2 yards per attempt).
It wasn't exactly perfect, though. The Seahawks were flagged for three penalties on the drive, including a 15-yarder for a cut block on Robbie Ouzsts and procedural flags on right tackle Abe Lucas and left tackle Charles Cross.
The Seahawks lead 7-0 early in the second quarter.
