Matt Chapman caps off the As 9th in rally with a walk off homer vs the Rays, a breakdown
What Happened
In the bottom of the ninth inning, the Tampa Bay Rays lead the Oakland Athletics 4-2 as Reymin Guduan takes the mound to try and close out the game. Guduan starts off shaky, walking the leadoff batter. The next A's hitter, Stephen Piscotty, grounds out to record the first out. With two outs remaining, Guduan struggles to find the strike zone, walking the next batter as well. Up steps Athletics third baseman Matt Chapman, with the game on the line. Guduan battles Chapman, working the count to 3-2. On the full-count pitch, Chapman crushes a three-run, walk-off home run over the right field wall, giving the A's a dramatic 5-4 victory. Chapman immediately tosses his helmet high in the air, celebrating the dramatic moment. As Chapman's teammates pour out of the dugout to mob him at home plate, the Rays' Evan Longoria has trouble fielding the game-ending hit, spiking the ball in frustration. The A's players douse Chapman with a Gatorade shower, adding to the joyous celebration on the field. In the stands, one fan makes a heartbreaking mistake, getting his glove in perfect position to catch the game-winning home run ball, only to have it bounce off his glove and into the hands of another fan. Oakland first baseman Matt Olson adds to the spectacle, dousing Chapman with a heavy jug of water as the walk-off hero is swarmed by his elated teammates. "Let's go!" Chapman can be heard exclaiming, his face beaming with excitement after delivering the clutch, game-winning hit for the Athletics. This is Chapman's second walk-off homer of the season, capping off a dramatic come-from-behind victory for Oakland over their American League rival Rays.
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Rays took the lead in the bottom of the
ninth in the bottom of the ninth to try
to close it out Castillo walks the
leadoff batter that's never good then he
Yanks a fastball guy gets to second not
a good start
Piscotty grounds out there you go one
out two outs to go and you win the game
prefer fastball ball off-speed ball
fastball ball fastball ball 3 2 walks in
he's like hey man let's try and throw
some strikes I think if you throw some
strikes you might be able to get some
outs strike one fastball strike two
fastball strike three off-speed yeah I
told you next up we got semi and he
takes the off-speed for a strike and
then he goes fastball misses both of
those so simians like yeah you're coming
off-speed back in the zone pumps that up
the middle Longoria takes his sweet time
picking it up and then spikes it oh
what did I do well now it is 4 2 2 and
you got Chapman up and fastball ooh
can't throw us fastball for a strike
probably gonna come back with that
off-speed yes he does
Chapman sits on it and crushes it for a
three-run walk-off homer tosses the
helmet super high-profile is excited
they're all excited decent Gatorade show
throw I should say I mean it is a square
container which are harder to aim but
pretty decent job there I think it was
fires maybe that's awesome this guy got
left hanging pretty hard with his high
five tough break there oh we can hear
what he says here
excited high-fives galore good for
Chapman I think that's a second walk off
on the season and there it is just
absolutely smash it you could read his
lips pretty easily here let's go
now we have a fan who made a brutal
mistake if we follow the ball follow the
ball he actually got his glove in the
perfect spot but he didn't open it so he
just bounces it off his glove into that
dude's glove number 54 it does not get
the ball that guy does Wow Olson with a
pretty heavy heavy jug of water drenches
him chappie walk off