A wild final play gave Game 4 to the Rays, but a bunch of Dodgers boneheaded blunders laid the groundwork for the madness that unfolded.

ARLINGTON, Texas — As the Rays celebrated the wildest finish a World Series game has ever seen, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts stared out at the field and contemplated some of the most astonishing team-wide incompetence a World Series game has ever seen.

As bat collided with ball, he was mapping out the 10th inning. Thirteen seconds of chaos later, he was trying to comprehend what he had just witnessed.

First he had to process the last play of the game, the one that will be replayed endlessly, the one he called “the un-perfect storm,” the one that officially gave the Rays the 8–7 win in Game 4 and evened the Series at two games apiece. But he also had to consider that he and the Dodgers