Would you believe the San Francisco Giants won on a walk-off hit with the bases empty and the hit didn’t make it past the pitcher’s mound?
It’s exactly what happened as chaos took over inside Oracle Park on Sunday as the NL West-leading Giants continued their magical start to the season with a walk-off winner over the Texas Rangers in a play you have to see to believe.
With the game tied 2-2 in the bottom of the ninth, Heliot Ramos was first batter up. Ramos got soft contact off Rangers pitcher Luke Jackson’s slider as it dribbled toward Jackson. Ramos hustled down to first base as Jackson tried an off-balance throw to get the out, but the ball went past first baseman Jake Burger. The Giants left fielder comfortably cruised to second base on the error, but with no Rangers player close to the ball, Ramos risked going to third.
Burger tried to throw Ramos out at third, but the throw was errant and Ramos took off again. He slid into home plate as the throw was late, securing a stunning 3-2 victory as pandemonium erupted from the home crowd.
‘The Giants win the game on a Little League home run. Tell me you’ve seen that one before,’ NBC Sports Bay Area play-by-play announcer Duane Kuiper said.
The official score gave Ramos a hit, and two errors by the Rangers capped off the play. Longtime Giants radio announcer Jon Miller summarized the play perfectly.
‘He hit it no further than 60 feet from home plate. And then the Rangers did the rest,’ Miller said.
While it might have been a lucky, wild way to win, it’s been that kind of season for San Francisco so far. It’s the fifth walk-off win of the season for the Giants in just 29 games in 2025. The team leads MLB in walk-off wins this season and it’s the most the franchise has done in April in a single season.
San Francisco currently leads the NL West at 19-10, half a game ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the second-best record in baseball, half a game behind the New York Mets.