The city of Philadelphia Rarely is baseball as simple as 1-2-3. In the ninth inning of Saturday’s 3-1 victory over the Phillies, however, Dodgers reliever Tanner Scott not only recorded the three outs needed to secure the save, but he did so on only three pitches.

Since pitch counts have been kept since 1988, Scott became the fifth pitcher in history to convert a save on three pitches while facing three batters. Mariano Rivera (June 15, 2003), Steve Reed (May 8, 1994), Duane Ward (June 15, 1993), and Barry Jones (Oct. 2, 1992) are the other members of that exclusive club.

Yes, the uncommon accomplishment had not been achieved in over 20 years. Unfortunately, a manager can benefit greatly from having one of his top high-leverage arms operate with such efficiency.

Dave Roberts, the manager, remarked, “You don’t see too many three-pitch saves,” “He’ll be ready to go tomorrow as well.”

From the jump, it didn’t seem like a three-pitch outing would be in the cards for Scott. His first pitch to Bryce Harper was tapped to third baseman Max Muncy, who could not come up with the ball cleanly, allowing Harper to reach first on what was ruled a base hit. He wasn’t there for long. Scott’s second pitch to Alec Bohm was grounded right at shortstop Mookie Betts, who flipped the ball to second baseman Tommy Edman to start a double play.

With the bases empty, Scott threw his third and final pitch to Max Kepler, who lined out to left fielder Michael Conforto for a whirlwind of a bottom of the ninth. Scott, who signed with the Dodgers on a four-year, $72 million contract this past offseason, had a couple of shaky outings earlier on, allowing a run in three straight appearances from March 27-31. Roberts said at that time that he wasn’t concerned about Scott — who is not officially the Dodgers’ closer, but will get the majority of save opportunities — and that the veteran southpaw was “working through some things.”

Roberts won’t expect this kind of performance on the regular, but it’s nevertheless a sign that one of his top ninth-inning options is back on track. “The pitching guys, the performance guys have kind of dug in on Tanner … and cleaned some things up in his delivery,” Roberts said. “I think he’s in a good place right now.”