Patrick Bailey hits inside-the-park walk-off home run in Giants win
A leadoff double by Casey Schmitt followed by a single by Wilmer Flores set the stage for Bailey's dramatic heroics, which delivered a 4-3 victory. The win was the Giants' fourth straight, lifting the team's record to 51-42, good for second in the NL West and just five games back of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who have lost five straight.
Bailey's walk-off inside-the-parker was reminiscent of one hit by the Giants' Angel Pagan in the same ballpark in 2013. Pagan hit his walk-off home run in the 10th inning against the Colorado Rockies. Pagan's batted ball took a similar trajectory as Bailey's hit, bouncing off the right-center field wall and rolling down the warning track as outfielders gave chase after the unexpected bounce.
The most recent walk-off inside-the-park home run happened on Aug. 19, 2016, when Cleveland's Tyler Naquin hit one against the Toronto Blue Jays.
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