The ballpark hushed as the baseball soared through the early-evening sky. The crowd had pinned its hopes on Cody Bellinger as he ripped a drive into right field, but now they sounded unsure. A few steps outside the batter’s box, Bellinger tracked the ball’s flight, waiting to see if it was fair or foul.
The glare of sun disguised the baseball for a moment before it emerged, a flicker of white colliding with the yellow foul pole for a stunning, uplifting grand slam for Bellinger and the Dodgers in a 21-5 victory over Milwaukee. Bellinger greeted the result with a mixture of euphoria and disbelief.