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Watch: Giants get walk-off win thanks to Rangers defense
San Francisco Giants outfielder Heliot Ramos (17) celebrates with third baseman Matt Chapman (26) after scoring the winning run against the Texas Rangers during the ninth inning at Oracle Park. Robert Edwards-Imagn Images

Watch: Giants get walk-off win thanks to Rangers' disastrous defense

The San Francisco Giants walked off with a win over the Texas Rangers on Sunday, but even they probably do not feel like they earned it.

Heliot Ramos led off the bottom of the ninth inning for the Giants with the score tied 2-2. The outfielder chopped a weak ground ball toward third base, and Texas reliever Luke Jackson came off the mound to field it. Jackson made an off-balance throw to first base that Jake Burger had no chance of stopping, and the ball skipped into right field.

That was only the start of the mayhem. Ramos was initially content to stop at second, but he realized Burger was slow getting to the ball. Ramos then decided to proceed to third, which forced a long throw from Burger.

Burger's throw to third was also off the mark and allowed Ramos to score. The Giants walked off with a stunning 3-2 win.

Even the person running the Giants' official X account could not help but laugh.

In hindsight, Jackson probably should have just held onto the initial ground ball. Players learn at the lowest levels of baseball to never throw the ball around and compound their mistakes, which is exactly what the Rangers did.

The Giants improved to 19-10 with the win, while Texas fell to 15-13. That walk-off madness will be shown on both highlight and lowlight reels for years to come.

Steve DelVecchio

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