Tyler Phillips blew the save Monday night as the Dodgers rallied for a 5-4 win, and his brief outing turned on one pitch after a late call to the bullpen put him in the middle of the fire. Phillips entered with the bases loaded and one out in the ninth inning, protecting a one-run lead after Pete Fairbanks left early with a thumb issue.
Phillips struck out Will Smith, but then allowed a two-run walk-off single to Kyle Tucker that ended it. He was charged with a blown save after allowing two inherited runners to score on a hit in one-third of an inning, without issuing a walk and with one strikeout. The outing did little to change his season line: a 1.56 ERA and 1.38 WHIP with a 19:12 K:BB across 17.1 innings in 2026.
The sequence left Phillips carrying a loss that was forced by circumstance as much as execution. Fairbanks' early exit put him in a pressure spot with no margin for error, and the ninth inning ended with the Dodgers celebrating a comeback that was sealed by Tucker's single.
