Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Miguel Rojas surprisingly revealed that the Dodgers knew they might win the World Collection after Sport 4 of the Nationwide League Division Collection in opposition to the San Diego Padres.
In the course of the Dodgers’ hardest collection of the postseason, in opposition to a division rival who had overwhelmed them on a number of events over the common season, the Dodgers realized they’d what it took to win all of it in line with Rojas.
Earlier than that realization, Rojas recalled that the Dodgers did really feel doubt after they fell behind 2-1 to the Padres within the NLDS. The Padres simply needed to win one of many remaining two video games to win the collection, whereas the Dodgers must win two straight.
“It occurs after Sport 3 of the NLDS,” Rojas informed Dodgers Nation’s Doug McKain on Dodgers Dougout Reside. “… It was a second the place it was loads of doubt like, ‘Can we do that, going through the Padres, and realizing that we’re going in opposition to these guys?’”
Rojas credited Kiké Hernández and the bullpen for main the Dodgers to the win in Sport 4 of the NLDS, which gave them the momentum to win the collection and ultimately the World Collection.
“The bullpen day solidified what they have been all through the entire yr … I believe that was once we began believing that,” Rojas mentioned. “After we did that in Sport 4, there’s the assumption that you’ve, like, no person’s gonna beat us now. There’s no method we’re shedding Sport 5, no matter who they received on the mound. No method we’re giving up runs by the bullpen. No method we’re making a mistake on the sector. There’s no likelihood we lose on this collection. In order that’s after I really feel like all the pieces shift in our aspect.”
The Dodgers went on to win Sport 5 of the NLDS. They defeated the New York Mets within the NL Championship Collection and the New York Yankees within the World Collection for the franchise to win their eighth World Collection, and Rojas’ first championship.
“That’s why this workforce was additional particular,” Rojas mentioned. “And I really feel like that was a second when even with the fellows who weren’t beginning at the start, we nonetheless received an opportunity to win a championship.”
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