ST. LOUIS — Jean Segura wasn’t even halfway down the first-base line when he leaped in the air, looking more like Mikhail Baryshnikov than the player who delivered a game-winning hit in the Phillies’ first playoff game in 11 years.
It was pure joy, 5,195 career at-bats in the making.
That’s how long Segura waited to play in the postseason. So, with the bases loaded and the Phillies down to their final two outs Friday, Segura punched a two-run single through the right side. The Phillies had a lead, part of a six-run inning, in a rousing 6-3 come-from-behind victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 1 of the best-of-three National League wild-card series.
