Cody Bellinger hits a go-ahead HR in game 7 and hurts himself celebrating, a breakdown
What Happened
In the bottom of the seventh inning of Game 7 of the National League Championship Series, the score is tied 3-3 between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Atlanta Braves. Cody Bellinger of the Dodgers steps up to the plate against Chris Martin of the Braves. The two have faced off the previous night, with Martin utilizing an outside fastball approach that Bellinger was unable to capitalize on. This time, Bellinger appears ready for the same strategy. Martin opens with an outside cutter, which Bellinger takes for a ball. The at-bat continues with Martin working the outside part of the plate, but Bellinger lays off the pitches, working the count full at 2-2. On the 2-2 offering, Martin misses his spot with an outside fastball and Bellinger unleashes a towering home run to give the Dodgers the lead. Bellinger pauses briefly to admire his handiwork, slowly walking down the first base line as the crowd erupts. He then celebrates emphatically, giving a forceful forearm shiver that appears to dislocate his shoulder. "I hit Kiki's shoulder a little too hard and my shoulder popped out," Bellinger later explains. "I had to go back into the trainer's room and they popped it back in so I could play defense." Despite the painful celebration, Bellinger returns to the field and helps the Dodgers secure the victory, punching their ticket to the World Series. "If you're a Dodger fan, don't even worry," the announcer assures. "Just go ahead, get excited. Clean yourself up, because you're going to the World Series." The Dodgers' triumph in Game 7 caps off a hard-fought series against their longtime rivals, the Braves. Bellinger's go-ahead home run in the decisive moment will undoubtedly be etched in Dodgers lore, even if the celebration leaves him a bit worse for wear.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentall right game seven of the national
league championship series tied at three
in the bottom of the seventh inning this
one's brought to you by manscaped cody
bellinger
up at the plate against chris martin who
opens him up
outside little cutter now the game
before the night before these two faced
each other
and martin gave him a steady dose of
outside pitches
a lot of outside fastball little outside
cutter there
outside fastball belly missed one that
he could have hit
goes outside again then chases pache
made a nice catch
so now he's here again he knows martin's
coming outside with the fastball but he
may miss some spots outside fastball he
takes
one and one outside fastball takes
two and one two and one outside fastball
a little cutter that time but it gets
called
strike which i don't know i don't know
if that was ever over the plate but
you know call the strike so now you're
2-2 darno says up then he does a fake
sign and then
they throw an outside fastball i don't
know what all that catcher stuff was
about
now he looks up at belly sees if he's
checking the signs he says okay belly
says i know what you're throwing you're
throwing outside fastball again
just hoping you miss your spot the 2-2
pitch oh
he missed his spot but belly didn't do
anything with it look at darnold's arm
look at that swing just missed it had it
timed up
darno's arms out there who might be
thinking
belly might be thinking damn it that was
my pitch not gonna get another one
goes outside with a cutter he fights it
off
2-2 again he misses his spot again and
this time
belly hammers it and we get a lot of
faces darno ain't even going to look
martin doesn't want to look but he's
looking and belly's just pimping
the [ __ ] out of this slow walking down
the first
base line straight into this fan's glove
and he goes crazy this is just a really
fun picture
i like the people pointing at the guy
who made the catch
not like at belly who hit it and just
pointing at him like
you did it you caught it one of us got
it
and then just four bros little night out
of the world series four bros
chillin look at this
just a slow walk doesn't even really
watch it
come on baby come on baby
bam forearm shiver and then a big
forearm shiver let's see that one again
because he popped his shoulder out i'm
good i hit kiki's shoulder a little too
hard and my shoulder popped out
i had to go back into the trainer's room
and they popped it back in so i could
play defense it kind of hurt
i'm getting used to my arm um yeah
they're
they're celebrations these guys are too
much testosterone too strong
he kind of avoids jock there gives
brewster a little love goes down in the
tunnel and then you can see him just
wincing in pain
just can't be foreign shivering that
much look at this
not good not fun but
he came back he played in the outfield
he tells yeah
yeah my shoulder
[Music]
right out of the socket he did this last
year on this play he was diving
playing first base he dove his right arm
popped out he's in pain
popped back in place
tells the trainer and then he tells
hosmer yeah yeah yeah shoulder just
popped out
but he came back in that game and got a
double so if you're a dodger fan don't
even worry just go ahead
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