Jean Segura's career spanned 11 seasons and 1,328 games before he finally reached the postseason,
the longest active streak in the major leagues.
On the morning of his first playoff game, the Philadelphia Phillies' second baseman barely slept.
He awoke at 7 a.m. "with adrenaline in my body
Friday wore on, and that edge never left.
"I was mentally focused on every play, every pitch," Segura said.
"I came prepared today to play a game, and to be able to be here
- I just thank God that everything was on my side."
With the Phillies down a run, the bases loaded, one out in the top of the ninth
and the St. Louis Cardinals scrambling to replace their wounded closer
Segura snuck a grounder past a slightly drawn-in infield