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Manuel Margot is tagged out at home. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

The Dodgers’ humiliation didn’t last long. After a Game 5 win, a World Series title is in reach.

ARLINGTON, Tex. — For a brief moment Sunday night, as the baseball, the catcher’s mitt and the base runner’s gloved left hand all converged at home plate in a cloud of dirt and a blur of colors, all the accumulated tension and drama swirling around this World Series melted away, and Globe Life Field was overtaken with the sort of awe and wonder that could only greet what is perhaps the most audacious act in sports.  

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