Jack Flaherty struggled in Sport 5 of the NLCS, however that opened the door for an unsung hero to shine. Brent Honeywell stepped in in the course of the fourth inning, pitching 4.2 innings and saving the Dodgers’ high-leverage arms for Sport 6.
“I don’t do it for me, I do it for these guys in right here,” Honeywell mentioned. “I like these guys. I like Doc. I like all people over right here. I advised [Roberts] within the dugout, ‘That is my recreation till it’s not.’ And I attempted to maintain us within the recreation.
“We had a shot to win. I felt like we made the flip slightly bit, battled our [tails] off right here. We knew they have been going to combat tonight, it’s playoff baseball. The sequence is 3-2. Gotta save the canine.”
Despite the fact that Honeywell left Sport 5 feeling prefer it didn’t go his means, what he did for the Dodgers paid off a few nights later. When he returned to the dugout in New York, Max Muncy advised him, “You simply received us Sport 6.”
Honeywell gave up 4 runs on six hits, however supervisor Dave Roberts was nonetheless stuffed with reward when he pulled him from the sport within the eighth inning. He emphasised how essential Honeywell’s efficiency was afterward.
“It’s not all the time enjoyable whenever you’re going via it, actually from my chair,” Roberts mentioned of the problem of realizing if and when to deploy his higher-leverage relievers after falling behind by seven runs after three innings. “It’s important to stay steadfast in how you employ your pitchers as a result of finally it’s about successful 4 video games in a seven-game sequence.
“With our leverage guys, primarily Blake and Evan, it simply wasn’t accountable [to turn to them] at that time of the sport. So Honeywell did a unbelievable job, saving everybody and realizing we now have a bullpen recreation coming.”
Within the massive image, what Honeywell did in Sport 5 was about greater than that evening. His effort set the Dodgers up for a pennant-clinching win in Sport 6.
“That’s what a seven-game sequence is all about, what playoff baseball is,” Honeywell mentioned. “There’s a job for everyone, each single one among us in right here. Tonight wasn’t our evening, however something I can do to assist us is what I need to do.”
Along with his work in Sport 5, Honeywell additionally threw reside batting follow to Mookie Betts.
“I fed him down the center and mentioned crank that s— out of the ballpark,” Honeywell mentioned.
Betts then rotated his postseason droop.
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