The Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Game
Billy Hamilton had no hits on the night. No walks, no nothin’.
He did, however, beat out the relay throw on a would-be double play that would’ve ended the game in the Top of the 9th, and after that did nothing but pump helium into his own legend. On 1B with Zack Cozart at the plate and Arismendy Alcantara at 3B with 2-outs, Billy took off on the pitch that Cozart ultimately dinked into LF for a soft single that scored Alcantara, but when Michael Brantley dove to try to make the game-ending catch and came up short, Hamilton motored all the way around to score the go-ahead run in the unlikeliest of fashions.