The Phillies’ season came to a shockingly sudden end on Thursday night when Orion Kerkering inexplicably threw wildly home on a bases-loaded grounder back to the mound by Andy Pages.

The bases were loaded with two outs and the game tied at 1 in the bottom of the 11th of National League Division Series Game 4 when Kerkering knocked down the ball, but instead of taking the easy out at first he panicked and threw wide of home as the Dodgers rushed out to celebrate.

The Dodgers won the best-of-5 series three games to one.

Kerkering came on for Jesus Luzardo with runners on the corners and two outs. He walked Kike Hernandez to load the bases before his inexcusable gaffe on the next play.

There can be a question on why Kerkering - who has struggled with runners in scoring position - was even

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