Under the category of ‘Now there’s something you don’t see every day,’ Friday’s Spring Training game between the Los Angeles Dodgers of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Camelback Ranch-Glendale ended with, of all things, a rare walk-off walk.

With one out and the bases empty in the bottom of the ninth inning and the score tied 5-5, 25-year-old Angels Designated Hitter, first baseman, and right-handed reliefer (no, really) prospect Kenyon Yovan gave up a single to Dodgers replacement catching prospect Diego Cartaya. He then walked Dodgers replacement shortstop prospect Luke Williams on four pitches. He followed this by walking Dodgers replacement outfield prospect Jonny DeLuca on four pitches.

With the bases loaded and the winning run 90 feet away, Angels manager Phil Nevin replaced Yovan with 22-year-old right-handed throwing Angels shortstop, second base and third base (no, really) prospect Eddys Leonard, who walked Dodgers replacement third baseman Eddys Leonard on four pitches, to give the Dodgers the 6-5 walk-off win.

That’s 12 consecutive balls being pitched without a single strike.

Although this was only a ‘meaningless Spring Training game,’ per Legion Report, in regular season Major League Baseball there have been only 442 walk-off walks out of 128,000 regular season games played. This works out to be (about) seven games per season out of 2,430 games played each year.

Like I said: ‘Now there’s something you don’t see every day.’

Play Ball!

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