The San Francisco Giants have some sloppy play from the Minnesota Twins to thank for their 3-2 win on Sunday afternoon.
It produced one of the rarest types of walk-off wins — a walk-off Little League home run.
With the game tied, 2-2, in the bottom of the ninth, San Francisco's Mike Yastrzemski hit a fly ball to center field that got by a diving Manuel Margot and started to roll toward the wall. Yastrzemski was able to cruise into third base with a triple that appeared to set the Giants up for a potential game-winning hit.
They would not actually need another hit.
That is because the relay throw from Twins second baseman Brooks Lee was off the mark and went out of play, allowing Yastrzemski to advance one extra base and score the game-winning run.
WALK-OFF LITTLE LEAGUE HOME RUN pic.twitter.com/1qB1YWlToD
— SFGiants (@SFGiants) July 14, 2024
That technically goes in the books as a triple for Yastrzemski and advancing on the error. Baseball fans, however, simply know of this play as the "Little League home run." It gets its name because it is the way most little players end up getting home runs when they are playing little league baseball. They put a ball in play, then the fielders end up making errors all over the field to allow the hitter to keep advancing.
You do not see them very often in the Major Leagues. You especially do not see them as a game-winning play.
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