Yadier Molina flipped his bat to the stars after his game-winning sac fly

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Yadier Molina

The St. Louis Cardinals were able to stave off elimination in Game 4 and force a do-or-die Game 5 against the Atlanta Braves in their NLDS series, and they were able to do it thanks to Yadier Molina’s sac fly to score Kolten Wong in the tenth inning.

Think Yadi’s hyped about it? By god, this is a bat flip to the stars. This isn't even a bat flip. The guy's just straight chucking it.

Yadier #Molina tied the game in the bottom of the 8th and then came through again in the 10th to force a Game 5. #NLDS . (🎥: @mlb)

A post shared by TSN (@tsn_official) on Oct 7, 2019 at 4:46pm PDT

Tie it. Win it. Toss it. pic.twitter.com/wEbwUhcFXs
— Cut4 (@Cut4) October 7, 2019

Is that... The Cardinal Way?!

After the game, Molina describes basically flinging the bat over to the bullpen. He isn’t one to mask his emotions, that’s for sure.

"I lost it right there."

Once again it was Yadier Molina riding to the rescue for the #STLCards in the postseason.

And he was PUMPED. pic.twitter.com/kM0z1ND75H
— Corey Miller (@corey_miller5) October 8, 2019

Maybe bat flips aren’t your cup of tea — respect the game, or whatever — but a true connoisseur will definitely be able to respect the sheer yardage on that one. That flip had legs of its own.

We look forward to more drama in the deciding Game 5, and hopefully, escalation in the form of Yadi throwing his bat javelin-style after his next big play.

h/t Instagram/mlb