Dodgers: All Ten 2017 Walk-off Wins In Living Color

Chris Taylor

The Dodgers had, uncharacteristically for them in 2017, gone almost a month without a walk-off win. That all changed on Thursday, July 6 when 40,000 or so frenzied fans witnessed a comeback at Dodger Stadium against their division rival, the Arizona Diamondbacks. With the Dodgers already down 1-3 in the top of the ninth, Arizona got a gift when Chris Iannetta scored from third on a balk charged to Josh Fields. Now behind 1-4, the Dodgers needed a break. Enter Fernando Rodney.

Rodney gave up a single to Yasiel Puig on his second pitch. Then things got ugly. Rodney proceeded to walk three straight batters, ultimately scoring Puig and handing the Dodgers an unearned run. Seager, up next, singled to center field plating two runs to tie the game at four. With proven masher Justin Turner on deck and emerging contributor Chris Taylor in the hole, the D-Backs picked their poison and Turner was intentionally walked to get to Taylor.

On the first pitch offered, Chris Taylor singled to left. The runner scored easily from third and Fernando Rodney (and his ERA) took a loss in the Dodgers’ walk-off number five.