Sunday night magic for Ricky! (UPDATED)

Ricky had a comfortable lead heading into Sunday - it would have been very hard for Chris to comeback and win. But, in an absolutely mind-boggling move, Ricky stiffed for absolutely no reason. He had absolutely nothing to gain from it.

And it almost cost him. Chris cut off a decent deficit and turned it into a lead late in the day.

But going into the Sunday night baseball game between the Dodgers and Padres, Ricky led 10-9. A quick flashback to what happened last time Adrian Gonzalez was involved in a late matchup: Adrian F'n Gonzalez!. After the jump, check out what went down.


Chris trailed walks by one with Adrian Gonzalez and Orlando Hudson, while Ricky trailed holds by one with Luke Gregerson. The advantage was certainly in Chris' favor. A win or tie gave him a playoff spot.

Adrian Gonzalez walks in his second at-bat! Chris tied it up 9-9! But the Padres lead 3-1 going into the sixth inning.

Gonzo comes up again, and he gets ahead in the count 3-0!!!! WOW! But, wait! A strike and a foul ball, and then he blasts a homer! Chris has probably never been so angry over one of his players homering. Still 9-9, though another walk would have clinched it.

4-1 Padres into the bottom of the seventh, when in comes Gregerson! He gets the third out of the inning but comes back out for the eighth! When...with two outs, Hudson comes up! And he gets ahead 2-0 but proceeds to swing at three balls, including one with a full count!!! WOW!! Gregerson gets the hold, Ricky takes a 9-8 lead!

"I was pacing and holding my head," Ricky said of the numerous 3-ball counts.

Padres put a couple runners on base in the ninth, but Gonzalez is left on deck, and L.A. doesn't force extra innings! Ricky wins! Ricky clinches the final playoff spot!

"Luke Gregerson is my new hero for saving my ass," an elated Ricky said Sunday night. "I stiffed to try and get a win to keep the category and keep strikeouts but it backfired. Luke saved me with that hold."

When contacted for comment, Chris handled the loss with absolute class.

"Die," he said.

Sources also tell me he wished disease on one of our other managers, whom will not be named.

As for Ricky, it's back to the playoffs.

"I just told my guys to enjoy the clinching win but to get a good night's sleep because this is just the beginning," Ricky said. "We've got a big week ahead of us."