07-15-2022, 11:44 PM
(07-15-2022, 11:16 PM)old spanish trail Wrote: Amazing bottom of the ninth.
That was the best, most entertaining bottom-of-the-ninth inning I've ever seen. I watched it twice in its entirety, and frankly, baseball bores me a little bit these days. If you can, watch the entire ninth inning. It's the most exciting inning I've seen, maybe ever.
Giants entered the 9th inning down 5-2. The pitcher was three time Reliever of the year, four-time All-Star Josh Hader. In his career, he had never given up more than three runs in a single inning.
First batter Joey Bart. Home run to left. Score 5-3. Second batter Flores flies out. 3rd batter Darren Ruf home run to CF, score 5-4. 4th batter Slater solid single to right. That was Slater's 4th hit of the game. Slater almost picked off, steals second. 5th batter Mercedes reaches first, hit by pitch. 6th batter Thairo Estrada pops up, but it lands safely between three guys.
Bases are loaded, one out.
Mike Yastrzemski up. Fans are going bananas. I figure any pitch below his waist, he's giving it a ride.
Grand. Slam. Home. Run. Walk off win, 8-5.
Stanford's very own Austin Slater entered the game hitting .279, left the game hitting .297. If he had enough ABs, he'd be #23 in the NL. As it is, he's the team leader in average and on base percentage by a margin and is third in OPS.
Audaces fortuna iuvat
