The Phillies were two outs away from a 2-2 series tie in the 2009 NLCS. Raúl Ibañez led-off the inning with a weak ground ball to second base.
In stepped Matt Stairs. The crowd of over 46,000 at Citizens Bank Park recognized the significance of the batter vs. pitcher matchup and cheered accordingly.
Stairs didn’t have a chance to win the game with one swing in his second at-bat against Jonathan Broxton. The Dodgers closer ended up walking Stairs on four pitches.
“I wasn’t going to give him one over the middle,” Broxton said after the game.