With the score knotted, 6-6, in the bottom of the ninth, A’s reliever Hogan Harris doubled up sliders to Andrew Benintendi. His first nipped the outside of the box at a languid 77 mph; Benny didn’t bite, and fell into a 1-2 hole. Unfortunately for Harris, that next slider did not bite, turning his crafty breaking pitch into a BP fastball.
Major league hitters — even Chicago White Sox ones — don’t miss center-cut BP fastballs, ever.
Benintendi’s second walk-off home run at home this season — yep, our beleaguered “left fielder” has provided 12% of this season’s home wins (19) via sayonara homers — rescued the White Sox from what might have ended up a Top 10 horrific loss this season.