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Walk-off home run. Statue commemorating when Bill Mazeroski hit a walk-off home run in Game 7 to clinch the 1960 World Series title for the Pittsburgh Pirates over the New York Yankees. In baseball, a walk-off home run is a home run that ends the game. For a home run to end the game, it must be hit in the bottom of the final inning and generate ...
A walk-off home run over the fence is an exception to baseball's one-run rule. Normally if the home team is tied or behind in the ninth or extra innings, the game ends as soon as the home team scores enough runs to achieve a lead.
On May 25, 2013, Ángel Pagán of the San Francisco Giants hit an inside-the-park home run at AT&T Park in San Francisco, a tenth inning, two-run walk-off home run, with teammate Brandon Crawford on base. It was the first walk-off inside-the-park home run since 2004, when Rey Sanchez of the Devil Rays hit one, also in the bottom of the tenth ...
An older term for a home run, often a high fly ball, that barely clears the fence at that part of the outfield closest to the plate. It was frequently used in reference to such hits at the Polo Grounds, former home of the New York Giants, which had notoriously short foul lines. Its use has declined since that stadium was demolished, and even ...
A Japanese baseball player executed some incredible acrobatics after hitting a three-run walk-off home run.
Including a memorable Opening Day grand slam, take a look at a list of the great walk-off home runs in Brewers history.
Three pitches later, Betts completed the comeback, launching a two-strike, 100.6 mph sinker from Seth Halvorsen into the left-field pavilion for his second career walk-off home run, and first with ...
The term for winning in this scenario is a "walk-off" win (as everyone can walk off the field as soon as the winning run is scored). The exception is if the winning hit is a walk-off home run ; all runners on base and the batter must circle the bases on a home run, provided that they round them all correctly, so all their runs count for the ...