Los Angles Dodgers utility man Chris Taylor hung in during an at-bat that lasted 13 (!) pitches before breaking open the eventual win over the St. Louis Cardinals on No. 14 from relief pitcher Genesis Cabrera.
You’ve got to watch the whole sequence below. Taylor fought off fastballs up high, curveballs at his knees, you name it, before he deposited one into right field and fans went bonkers. It looked exhausting.
But seriously, what an at-bat!
“I knew he had a good fastball with some off-speed stuff in there as well,” Taylor said, via the Los Angeles Times. “I was trying to keep it short and simple, sort of single him to death, play pepper, not try to do too much. I knew I had been up there for a while. I didn’t realize it was 14 pitches.”
It was. Wow.
Best AB of the season?
Chris Taylor just cleared the bases on pitch No. 14. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/Huq634jj4M
— MLB (@MLB) June 1, 2021
Bravo.
