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Colin Cowherd
“This is why series don’t end early.
Atlanta scored twelve runs. Alex Fernandez went six-for-six, two home runs, historic night — and it didn’t matter. That tells you everything.
Because Toronto finally did what desperate teams have to do: they swung big, they took pitches, and they forced Atlanta’s pitching into the open.
Hector Garcia? Couldn’t land the plane. Five walks. Grand slam. Ballgame flipped.
And here’s the moment: sixth inning, bases loaded, Devin Thorn.
That wasn’t just a grand slam — that was a crowd takeover. From that second on, the game belonged to Toronto.
Atlanta’s still better. They’re still deeper.
But now? Now there’s doubt.
You fly back to Atlanta thinking you’d be popping champagne tonight — instead you’re thinking about bullpen usage, defensive errors, and how you just wasted an all-time offensive performance.
Momentum is a real thing. Toronto just found it.”

Chris Russo
“Colin, listen — listen — this game was bananas, okay? Absolute bananas.
You cannot — CANNOT — score twelve runs in a World Series game and lose, and then do it AGAIN the next night and win. This series is completely unhinged.
Fernandez gets SIX hits! SIX! That’s insane! And Atlanta still loses!
That tells you the pitching is fried. Fried! Both sides!
But Toronto finally got the hit they needed at the right time. Thorn’s grand slam? That’s the series moment if they come back. That’s the clip we’ll be playing for twenty years.
And you know what? Atlanta helped ’em. Errors, walks, bad pitches — you open the door, the crowd kicks it down.
Now everybody says, ‘Oh it’s over, 3–2, Braves still fine.’
Yeah? Tell that to the guys who gotta go home knowing one bad inning and suddenly it’s Game 7.
This thing is alive, baby. Alive!”

Game 5 in a Nutshell
Fernandez: historic night, zero payoff
Thorn: 6 RBIs, grand slam = season-saver
Bullpens: completely exposed
Series: from “almost over” to dangerous