Game Fifty Two: Brewers 3, Giants 2

Box Score

The ending of today's game was a thing of beauty. With the score tied at 2-2 the Brewers had the bases loaded with one out. Jonathan Lucroy took the first pitch for a ball and on the next pitch laid down a perfect bunt that allowed Ryan Braun to score on a suicide squeeze. But the beauty of the play goes beyond the play itself.

When Lucroy came to the plate I was thinking "Sac fly! Sac fly! Please, oh please get a sac fly!" A suicide squeeze was the last thing on my mind, yet that turned out to be exactly what won the game for the Brewers. The play perfectly illustrated exactly why people watch sports: something amazing happened, and we had no idea it was coming. We watch sports because in the back of our minds we know that at any given moment something incredible can happen. It rarely does, but occasionally we're rewarded with something like a walk-off suicide squeeze. Wow.

I am not entirely certain, but I am willing to say this was the only game in MLB history to involve both an inside the park home run and a walk-off suicide squeeze.

One last point: the events of the bottom of the ninth were made possible because the Brewers have two of the best hitters in the majors and an up and coming catcher in Jonathan Lucroy. It's nice to know that the Brewers have the talent necessary to make the unlikely possible. Let the good times roll.