 The Dodgers trailed the Phillies by one game in the standings and needed to win the season's last game, against Philadelphia at Ebbets Field on October 1, to force a best-of-three playoff series.With the score tied at one in the bottom of the ninth, Abrams was on second base with none out when Duke Snider singled sharply to center field.Stock was criticized for not holding Abrams at third base on the hit.