The Bakersfield Californian

Error in 10th ends Dodgers’ 7-game win streak

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PHILADELPH­IA — Max Muncy’s two-run fielding error in the 10th capped a wild late-inning sequence and allowed the Philadelph­ia Phillies to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 on Sunday.

With two outs and men on second and third in the 10th, Alec Bohm hit a little dribbler off Evan Phillips (1-2) to Muncy at second for what appeared to be the final out of the game. But Muncy didn’t field it cleanly, dropping it and allowing the ball to roll a few feet behind him.

“I just didn’t give myself enough space knowing the ball was going to bounce a little higher on a dry field,” Muncy said. “The ball hopped up on me and I just didn’t make the play. I came charging in and stopped and didn’t give myself enough space knowing it was going to bounce higher.”

That sequence allowed Garrett Stubbs to score the tying run and Roman Quinn to bring in the winning run with a head first slide just ahead of the throw home.

“It was one of those in-the-moment decisions,” said Quinn, who had singled to keep the inning alive and advanced to second as Stubbs beat a Mookie Betts throw to third. “I peaked back and I saw that he had missed the ball. I’m looking and seeing it out of the corner of my eye, but then (third base coach Dusty Wathan) sent me home.”

“I knew there was going to be a play at the plate,” Muncy said. “Roman Quinn’s really fast. There was a couple of foul balls that he was already at third base by the time the ball was even getting into foul territory, so it’s just one of those things where you know, if it gets away from you, he’s not going to stop running. It took me too long to find the ball. I felt like I put a good throw on it, but just took too long.”

Stubbs had hit his first major league homer to get Philadelph­ia on the board in the sixth. The Phillies had tied the game with two outs in the ninth on Jean Segura’s single to left that scored Nick Castellano­s, whose two-out double started the rally. Corey Knebel (1-3) pitched an inning to get the win.

Trae Turner had three hits for the Dodgers - including a single that had given the Dodgers a 3-2 lead by scoring Betts. Turner now has a 14-game hitting streak tying Paul Goldschmid­t for the longest in the National League this season.

Mookie Betts and Edwin Rios hit solo home runs while Tony Gonsolin struck out seven and allowed only one walk and three hits in the no-decision.

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