With his home run in the seventh inning against Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer in Game 5 of the National League Division Series, Joc Pederson became just the third Dodgers player to hit a home run in a winner-take-all postseason game, and the first in 35 years.
Thursday is the 10th winner-take-all postseason game the Dodgers have played in in franchise history. They won five of the first nine, including four of five since moving to Los Angeles in 1958, with the only LA loss coming in the 2015 NLDS in Game 5 against the Mets.
Pederson’s home run joined a pair of memorable Dodgers home runs in such games.