Not too common: winning in the last of the ninth on a walk-off strikeout

[kranky]

Our local minor league team (Washington Wild Things) won on Wednesday with a walk-off 2-run homer in the last of the ninth. Then on Friday, they won again in the last of the ninth, having managed zero hits after the 4th inning, on a walk-off strikeout.

In the bottom of the ninth tied at 1, they got a one-out walk, stole 2nd, went to 3rd on a wild pitch, then the opponents intentionally walked 2 men to load the bases. The next batter, with 2 strikes, swings at a pitch in the dirt - it bounces to the backstop, and the winning run scores from third on a strikeout. Walk-off strikeout!

I'm a fan of weird baseball plays.

 

[Anubis]

actually getting to first on a 3rd strike that makes it past teh catcher is rare enough but thats simply insane

 

[rcpratt]

Technically I believe that would be scoring on a wild pitch, as the batter could not have advanced to first following the strikeout with a runner already there. If there were two outs, he would not have scored.

 

[Anubis]

Technically I believe that would be scoring on a wild pitch, as the batter could not have advanced to first following the strikeout with a runner already there. If there were two outs, he would not have scored.

no it would have counted if there were 2 outs as well,

 

[rcpratt]

Yeah you're right, the batter always becomes a runner with two outs. Not with one out and a runner on first though, so the scoring would still say he scored on a wild pitch.

 

[SearchMaster]

My son's team lost its city championship the other night on a wild pitch

 

[Tweak155]

http://www.observer-reporter.com/or/localsports/06-10-2011-wild-things-si-gamer

 

[Numenorean]

And he couldn't throw the guy out at 1st? Must have kicked away pretty good.

 

[rcpratt]

And he couldn't throw the guy out at 1st? Must have kicked away pretty good.

Just one out before the strikeout, two after. And he couldn't run with a guy on first.

 

[Numenorean]

Just one out before the strikeout, two after. And he couldn't run with a guy on first.

Oh you're right, but if they were moving on the swing I think you can run to first? Not that it would matter I guess since there was only one out - I thought there was two already so he had to get to first to not be the third out.

 

[Slick5150]

Oh you're right, but if they were moving on the swing I think you can run to first? Not that it would matter I guess since there was only one out - I thought there was two already so he had to get to first to not be the third out.

No, the base has to be open. So, it is correct to say that it was a wild pitch that scored the run, not a strikeout (the strikeout was irrelevant to the run being scored).

 

[Numenorean]

No, the base has to be open. So, it is correct to say that it was a wild pitch that scored the run, not a strikeout (the strikeout was irrelevant to the run being scored).

But only if there was 0 or 1 outs. With 2 outs, you can run to first.

 

[Squisher]

It gets recorded as a strikeout for the pitcher, but not as an out as far as the game is concerned. Right?

 

[zinfamous]

Amazing.

I :wub: basuball!

 

[rcpratt]

It gets recorded as a strikeout for the pitcher, but not as an out as far as the game is concerned. Right?

It's a strikeout and an out. The pitcher would have gotten credit for pitching 2/3 of an inning. If there were TWO outs when it happened, and the batter reached first base, THEN the pitcher would have gotten a strikeout but no out. In this situation, 1 out and a runner on first, the batter cannot advance on a strikeout.

The box score would read: "Batter strikes out swinging, Runner scores on wild pitch by Pitcher.

 

[ghoster]

Whenever I see an uncaught third strike I always think to myself I've never seen a single batter reach base in this situation but it happened a few days ago on either Wednesday or Sunday Night Baseball... forgot who it was though.

 

[olds]

What is a walk-off?

 

[MotionMan]

We won a game like this my senior year of high school. I was on base, but was not the scoring run.

MotionMan

 

[ElFenix]

there were already 2 outs:

The Wild Things got going in the ninth when Stephens drew a one-out, four-pitch walk. Rivera entered as a pinch-runner, stole second base and advanced to third on a two-out wild pitch.

can someone find the rules as to scoring this?

 

[rcpratt]

Apparently I'm bad at reading. It did say two outs (although they kind of slipped that in there).

If there are two outs, the batter has the opportunity to advance to first on a dropped third strike no matter what the situation is on the bases. So in order to score the run, all four runners would have to be safe. Which they were, since I found the box score.

Called Strike, Called Strike, Ball, Foul, Foul, 10 Zack Stanton advances to 1st (dropped 3rd strike), 4 Derek Perren advances to 2nd (10), 3 Doug Thennis advances to 3rd (10), 23 Luis Rivera Scores Earned (10)

So, in conclusion, it was after all a walk-off strikeout.

 

[rudeguy]

Did they make the extra point?