In a wild and wacky game last night, the Houston Astros managed to score the winning run on a wild pitch in the 10th inning to secure a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. It was a bizarre ending to a game that had fans scratching their heads and wondering if they had just witnessed a baseball game or a comedy show.
The game started off with both teams trading blows, with the Astros taking an early lead thanks to a home run by their star player, Jose Altuve. But the Angels fought back, tying the game in the 8th inning with a clutch hit by Mike Trout. The game went into extra innings, and that’s when things really started to get weird.
In the bottom of the 10th inning, with the bases loaded and two outs, Angels pitcher Joe Smith threw a wild pitch that sailed over the catcher’s head and allowed the winning run to score. Astros manager Dusty Baker couldn’t believe his luck, saying, “I’ve been in this game a long time, and I’ve never seen anything quite like that. It was like something out of a Three Stooges movie.”
Angels manager Joe Maddon was less amused, calling the ending “a complete circus act” and vowing to have his team practice their pitching accuracy before the next game. “We can’t be giving away games like that,” Maddon said, shaking his head.
But the real star of the night was Astros outfielder George Springer, who had this to say about the wild ending: “I saw that pitch coming at me, and I knew I had to make a split-second decision. So I did what any good ballplayer would do – I ducked out of the way and let the ball do the work for me. It was a thing of beauty, really.”
So there you have it, folks – a wild and crazy ending to a wild and crazy game. Who needs walk-off home runs when you can win a game on a wild pitch? Only in baseball, folks. Only in baseball.
