He had one hit in the entire postseason. One. In 15 at bats, across eight games. He had been on the bench most of October because he could not hit, and everybody involved knew it. Tonight Tampa Bay was three outs from being swept out of the World Series, and they sent him up in the twelfth. Ben Williamson singled. Tampa won it 4 to 3. Their season is still alive. Milwaukee led that game 3 to 2 and leads the series three games to one. No team has ever come back from three games to none to win a World Series. Tampa is still trying. Game 5 is tomorrow in Tampa. Here is the guy they handed it to. He grew up in Chantilly, Virginia, and went to Freedom High School over in South Riding. He was conference and regional player of the year as a senior in 2019. Then he went to William and Mary, which is not where you go to get drafted. He was First Team All-CAA three straight years, the first player in the history of that school to do it. He was the defensive player of the year in the league in 2022. As a senior he hit .391 with 12 home runs and stole 14 bases and was the player of the year in the CAA. Seattle took him 57th overall in 2023 and signed him under slot for 600,000 dollars. The pattern showed up fast. He hit .315 at Everett, then got to Double-A and could not figure out the pitching, and the one thing nobody ever questioned was the glove. He debuted on April 15, 2025, and singled in his first plate appearance. Then here is the thing that has followed him ever since. He was Seattle's starting third baseman that summer, and he led every third baseman in the American League in defensive runs saved, and he was near the bottom of the entire league in OPS. Best hands at the position. Could not hit. So on July 30 the Mariners went and got Eugenio Suarez, and Ben Williamson got sent down to Triple-A. In February they traded him to Tampa. This year he hit .238 with 3 home runs. In the last week of the season he hit .091. Be straight about it. One single does not make him a hitter. He is a 25 year old defender who has never hit, the numbers are the numbers, and Tampa still needs to win three in a row against a team that won 10 to 1 two nights ago. But think about what that at bat actually was. A guy who was 1 for 15 in October. Twelfth inning. Season over if he makes an out. The whole dugout watching a man they had been sitting for two weeks. Seattle sent him down because he could not hit. Tonight Tampa Bay's entire season came down to whether he could hit. He could. For more stories like this, follow us on any platform @thesportsontap