The Rays walk off on a wild pitch, a breakdown

It's top seven, Boston versus Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay doesn't have a hit yet in this game. Red Sox don't have much offense going either as it's 0-0, but that's a lead off double. Kiermaier corrals it. He's at second base. The Red Sox have things happening. Hot shot to third base, and Joey Wendell makes the grab because Joey Wendell is tough as nails because Joey Wendell grew up with abusive brothers. Brothers used to take the dog's shot collar and put it around my neck, and then one would grab my feet and one would grab my arms, and they would swing me across the underground fence line. I remember one time my brother threw tacks in the shower when I was taking a shower and then turned out the lights so that I'd step on the tacks. Mostly fun stuff like that. I mean, I would always try to get them back, but I was always smaller and weaker. Just normal brother pranks, making your feet bleed in the dark shower. Anyway, that one's in play, and this will surely score a run. Kiermaier with the nice pick and scoop. Renfroe digging for home. Absolutely beautiful, perfect throw from Kiermaier. I mean, you gotta take a look at the replay here. Oh, here's Pavetta, the Red Sox pitcher, who's excited, get down, get home, get home, get home, get home, get home. Guess I'll just collect myself and get ready to go out and protect the tie again. Damn, was excited. Kiermaier, a little self-clap. Hell yeah, good job by me. Love it. Nice pick on the little short hop there. Comes up fire, and it's as perfect as a throw can get. I think he gets them on the arm, because they reviewed this, and from that angle, you could think he got in there, but I think from this angle, I think right there, they're saying contact on the arm, and he's out. Score stays 0-0, but Red Sox still have a runner on second. They got the catcher, Vasquez, and look at the lead he's taking. The Rays are kind of in a shift, but Vasquez is just dancing off the back. I don't know if they had a hit and run going on, and that's why he's going in motion, or he knows he's slow, so he's just trying to get the biggest secondary lead he can, but he does it again on that swing, and the catcher just tosses him out. You're out. Vamos, vamos, vamos, vamos, vamos. I think that's what he's saying. Could be anything. I don't know Spanish, but I tried my hardest. Look at this, look at that lead. He's just bolting. I think it's because, I don't know what it is. Maybe he thought he could steal third, because no one's covering third. Maybe it was a hit and run, because the guy's swinging. I don't know, bad base running all around. Maybe that's what it is. Maybe we just chalk it up as bad base running. Anyway, that flips the inning over. We're gonna go with bottom of the ninth. There's two outs already. Barnes is pitching, and there's a fastball up top, and I don't think he's gonna throw another fastball this count. Little glove inside. That's got a sharp break to it, but he says, hey, my arm, my arm, my arm. That's also a good pitch, but now Margot's seen it. She'll probably go back to the fastball, throws the same pitch again, smacks it into left field. Now the Rays have a base runner, so okay. We'll get through this. Tough as nails, Joey Wendell's up. His brothers used to put the dog shot collar on him and throw him over the fence. Nice stop there by catch, and he's checking on the runner, and they're checking on the runner a lot, because he just gonna steal, and an error on the throw lets him go to third, but this is kind of cool. I don't think this mattered. I don't think this mattered, but it's cool. The throw's kind of there. The short hop doesn't get made, and then it ricochets off the helmet and boinks way up in the air. I think he was going to third, whether it hit the helmet or not, but kind of cool that it is, and they just walk Joey Wendell like, screw it. Let's walk him. They come out and say like, all right, let's throw some strikes. Whatever you do, don't throw a wild pitch. Make sure this guy doesn't leave third base. Nice pitch there for strike one. Now he's gonna try and get the chase swing. He gets it. It gets away from catch, and that's how the Rays win the ball game. Uh-oh, Spaghetti-O, three bad plays in a row by Vasquez, Red Sox catcher. I like that hesitated celebration there by Margot. Like, that's the winning run. Everyone should be jumping on him, but he's like, come on, guys, come on, and then they celebrate, and then he's gonna see very soon that Lau has the water, and he does not want to get wet, so he recognizes him right here. Now he's gonna dance away. He's gonna dance away. He's gonna dodge again. They're gonna try and hold him. Franco's trying to hold him, and complete miss. Great evasion. Gets the cameraman right in the pants. He's soaking wet. Does he act hurt? No, plays through it, grabs the pictures. Margot says, okay, you can dump the tiny little bit of the rest on my head. That'll actually feel refreshing, but great job by him. Scooting around the bases, then using the speed to evade the water bottle toss as well. Safe at home.