Cody Bellinger delivers Dodgers to historic 2-1 win over rival Giants in NLDS Game
SAN FRANCISCO — Cody Bellinger slashed the slider and raised his right arm, pointing to the hysterical group of Los Angeles Dodgers in the visitors’ dugout at Oracle Park as he ran down the first-base line, understanding the magnitude of the moment. He turned to them once he rounded first base and pounded his chest. After months of frustration, of injuries and struggles and flat-out looking lost with a bat in his hand, Bellinger had produced the biggest hit of the Dodgers’ season.
The single to right field off Camilo Doval, the formerly untouchable San Francisco Giants closer, scored Justin Turner from second base, giving the Dodgers the lead in the ninth inning of Game 5 of the National League Division Series.
Minutes later, after first base umpire Gabe Morales ruled
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