The infield single set up a two-run home run by Cody Bellinger that provided the Dodgers with a one-run advantage. They went on to win 5-1 to win the National League Championship Series, four games to three. Machado was heading to the World Series.
Asked if he felt he won the back-and-forth over with the Miller Park faithful that unfolded over the last couple of days, Machado smiled and responded with a question of his own.
Machado was one of the primary reasons the Dodgers won the game Saturday night, the seventh of the National League Championship Series.