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The Shot Heard 'Round the World: Dotted line represents the approximate track of Thomson's game-winning line drive home run. In baseball, the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" was a walk-off home run hit by New York Giants outfielder and third baseman Bobby Thomson off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca at the Polo Grounds in New York City on October 3, 1951, to win the National League (NL ...
In the ninth inning, Walker hit a home run, the fourth of the game, to make the score 10–0. [16] The Giants failed to get a hit in the bottom of the ninth, ending the game. Labine pitched a six-hit shutout, not allowing a hit in the final four innings as the series went to a deciding third game. [18]
Home Run was designed and programmed by Bob Whitehead, who went on to found Activision, and David Rolfe. [5] The cover art was designed by Cliff Spohn. [2]According to a 1978 New York Times interview with Nolan Bushnell, the engineer who was first assigned to develop the game didn't know the rules of the sport of baseball.
Goldschmidt, who hit a grand slam a day earlier, struck out looking. Wolf jumped behind of Roberts, 2–1, before leaving a 79 mph changeup out over the plate. Roberts drove the ball to opposite and over the wall in left to give Arizona a 4–1 lead. Moments later, Chris Young hit a home run out to centerfield. 2011 ALCS: Game 2, October 10
Tom Hamilton calls David Fry go-ahead home run in Game 4 Fry entered the game as a pincher-hitter in the seventh and blasted a homer to left. "Hit a ton," Hamilton began the call, letting ...
In the bottom of the ninth inning with one out and nobody on, Ibañez hit a solo home run to tie the game at 2–2. Then in the 12th, he hit another home run into the second deck to win the game and give the Yankees a 2–1 series lead. 2012 NLDS: Game 4, October 11 Jayson Werth, Washington: Nationals Park: Lance Lynn, St. Louis: 1–1, 9th 0 ...
Freeman's two-run blast scored Shohei Ohtani and sucked the air out of Yankee Stadium.It marked a fifth straight World Series game in which Freeman hit a home run, a stretch dating to his World ...
when Sandberg hit the second home run. The game is known as The Sandberg Game. [3] [4] [5] After winning a Gold Glove Award in his first season at a new position (second base), Sandberg emerged with a breakout season in 1984, in which he batted .314 with 200 hits, 114 runs, 36 doubles, 19 Triples, 19 home runs, and 84 RBIs.