One of the sloppiest walk-off wins ever, a breakdown
What Happened
The Tigers and Twins square off in a close game, with the Twins clinging to a one-run lead in the bottom of the ninth inning. Géo Urshela, the Twins' leadoff hitter, steps to the plate with a chance to tie the game. Twins closer Emilio Pagán struggles to find the strike zone, walking Urshela on a 3-0 count and putting the tying run on base. Max Kepler, the Twins' left fielder, comes up next and attempts to bunt the runners over, but the umpire rules it a strike. Kepler then strikes out swinging, bringing up rookie Christin Stewart. Stewart takes a couple of close pitches, working the count to 2-2, before ripping a fly ball to right field. The ball appears to bounce off the right fielder's glove, allowing the tying run to score from second base. However, the baserunning from the Twins becomes a comedy of errors. Géo Urshela, the runner who scored the tying run, inexplicably takes off for third base, drawing a throw from the catcher that sails over the third baseman's head. This allows the go-ahead run to score from second, giving the Tigers an improbable 3-2 lead. Tigers outfielder Robbie Grossman is just as bewildered as the fans, shaking his head in disbelief as his teammate Christin Stewart celebrates the bizarre, sloppy walk-off victory. Pitcher Chris Archer even brings a live goat onto the field, crowning Stewart "the GOAT" (greatest of all time) for his role in the chaotic finish. In the end, the Tigers emerge victorious in one of the most unconventional and mistake-filled walk-off wins you'll ever see. The players on both sides struggle to make sense of the sequence of events, highlighting the unpredictable nature of baseball and the joy that can come from the sport's occasional absurdity.
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lead off walk to start the ninth inning
when you're going for the save situation
not ideal geo or shella cute as hell
he's in the box now no outs runner on
first twins are down a run soto the
closers and he yanks two off the bat
pitching coach is going to come in and
say
i don't know man i think
you'd be better off throwing strikes you
got a great defense behind you just give
them fastballs
you got it
you're good
we love you and we we support you
all the time the 2-0 another yanked but
that was a fastball catcher can't get it
runner goes to second at this point
first base is open it's a 3-0 count geo
rochelle is like i'm not swinging and he
doesn't and that's a fastball low
so now you've got runners on first and
second they're getting the phone and say
we might need a new pitcher here soon so
now the german's up kepler lefty in the
box can he move the runners over he
squares to bunt fastball um says strike
he says i think that was outside he says
you were trying to bunt so it's an
automatic strike he says that's not a
rule he says play by my rules next pitch
fastball strike he's going only
fastballs and he strikes him out only
fastballs since the mound visit after
yanking the two sliders umpire this is
the umpire that stabs people to death to
call him out just
shh
slashed you're done snow's up takes a
deep breath his thighs are the size of
my body fastball outside fastball down
the middle one and one is the count and
then he goes back to the little slide
piece gets the strike on the foul ball
fastball outside two and two catcher
says you're good you're good let's just
make a pitch here 99 low and away ceno
drives that to right but is he gonna
catch it on the run
no
right off his glove now the runners had
to hold up just in case he did catch
that so are they gonna score because now
they got to bust it once he doesn't
they're rounding third he throws it in
they say put on the brakes son but look
look what happened with the base runners
here so he put on the brakes because he
would have been dead the ball's there
george
starts taking off for third
and that might be the most perplexing
thing
and and at this point like how come
geo's still running
maybe he thinks the only thing i can
think and i don't think this is correct
is that you know if this runner's dead
to rights and they got him out in a
rundown
geo at least should make sure he's at
third as well to make sure they have a
runner at third with only one out but
that's pretty high level thinking i i
think i think this is just a mistake
so the catcher has them hung up but the
third baseman is saying no throw to
second to get the out there we're not
going to get him out throw it a second
to get the out there i think the catcher
just wants to [ __ ] make sure the
tying run doesn't score so he's like nah
i'm throwing to you at third
and throws it over his head and now the
tying run's going to score and the left
fielder had moved in to follow the play
and now the go ahead run is going to
score and george shell is base running
wins him the game it was awful when it
wins him the game i love that he slid
even though he didn't have to slide
because there was no play that's just
called having fun playing ball
they celebrate
grossman's like okay what happened
they're celebrating sonos dancing around
dancing around dancing around thighs
huge
soda's like what happened that was i
don't understand anything that happened
there and then chris archer says hey man
you the goat
you want the goat
i got you this goat
and snow says yeah i want that goat i am
the goat
thank you for giving me this goat
appreciate it now the tigers are going
to start watching the replay in the
dugout and that's just something i don't
advise
at all
because replay is not good now so no he
sees the throw go over the third
baseman's head he claps he rounds second
and runs to third and he's trying to
bait
the throw there's actually a strategy
runners do a lot because his r he
doesn't really matter as long as
georgella scores
it counts so they try to tag him out
candelario and soto's like nah we
already scored we win you lose i put the
ball in play and we were the ball and
play champions and now we will celebrate
so there you go that is a little
bad base running bad baseball exciting
finish sometimes the most exciting
things
are the wrong things because why the
hell
does george shella
take off to third there third base coach
can't believe it down here just waving
go no no no go back go back go back but
because geo
the ball goes over the third baseman's
head and geo's this far ready he puts on
the brakes and now he's gonna score so
it's like bad base running forced a bad
throw which
led to the winning run sometimes the
sport of baseball makes zero sense and
that is exactly why we love it i want to
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