In arguably the biggest moment of the biggest game of the year, the pitcher on the mound for the St. Louis Cardinals was Alex Reyes.
Game 1 of the 2020 postseason, bottom eighth, Cardinals up, 6-4.
Two on, two out.
This would’ve been a dangerous spot even if the Padres hitter had been present-day Bip Roberts. But the hitter was Fernando Tatis Jr.
And Reyes got the phenom to ground out.
“It the kind of thing you think about when you're a little kid in the backyard,” Reyes recalled Thursday via Zoom from Cardinals spring training.