Saturday’s ninth inning between the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets at Citizens Bank Park began as a comfortable five-run lead in favor of the home team.
Fifteen minutes later, Ian Kennedy had some work to do.
Back-to-back-to-back home runs had knocked Mauricio Llovera out of the game and forced Joe Girardi to turn to his newly acquired closer. Kennedy had promptly allowed a single and a walk sandwiched around a foul pop-up to bring the go-ahead run to the plate with one out.