Andy Pages' drought-breaking swing clinched NLDS for Dodgers and rewrote his narrative

Andy Pages came into the 2026 postseason with a monkey on his back. Last year, his .215 OPS in 50 plate appearances was the worst single-postseason mark of any batter in the history of the game. He spent most of the last few games of the Los Angeles Dodgers' World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays on the bench.

His 2026 didn't start out particularly well, either. In Game 1, he went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts and burned one of LA's ABS challenges by the end of the second inning, which got him banned from using the challenge system. Game 2 wasn't much better: 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.

But he started to wake up a little in Game 3, hitting two singles, one of which later represented a run. It was a start.

Come Game 4, with the Dodgers looking to punch their ticket to the NLCS with an extra day off, Pages singled again in his first at-bat, but lined out in the fifth with the score tied at one apiece.

Third at-bat, something shifted. The Dodgers had the bases loaded with two outs, and had come into the game 0-for-13 with runners in scoring position. Most fans would tell you that Pages probably wouldn't be the one to drag them out of that drought.

He did. After working the count full, he stabbed a single into the left field gap, scoring two runs. As good as he was during the regular season, it's safe to say that was the biggest swing of his career.

Andy Pages' clutch two-run single vs. Braves singlehandedly locked up NLDS for Dodgers

After going hitless through Games 1 and 2, Dave Roberts was asked if he had considered benching Pages. He said no. "I believe in him," Roberts explained. "I feel that for us to win the World Series this year, we're gonna need him to be an active part of our team."

Roberts has already said things this postseason that Dodgers fans have had some pushback for — Shohei Ohtani is going to wake up and be great again? Really? — but he was right this time.

Pages completely lucked into his first major postseason moment, when his infield grounder was picked up by Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Orion Kerkering in last year's NLDS. This one came around entirely on Pages' own merit, and it'll have a lot of baseball fans — both outside the Dodgers fandom and within it — having to offer some apologies.

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