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San Francisco Giants Catcher Patrick Bailey surrendered himself to the vast history of major league baseball with the Philadelphia Phillies Tuesday night.
The Giants had two runners at the bottom of the nine innings 3-1 on base with Phillies’ reliever Jordan Romano on the bump. Bailey sent the first pitch he looked deep into the right center field at Oracle Park. It hit the top of the brick wall and was careful after two times Phillies outfielder When the ball dribbles towards the left field.
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San Francisco Giants’ Patrick Bailey, #14, celebrates with his teammates after beating the Philadelphia Phillies in San Francisco on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, hitting a three-run internal home run in nine innings of a baseball game. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Bailey turned on the Jets and third-base coach Matt Williams sent him home. He scored.
San Francisco won 4-3.
Bailey became the first catcher since 1926 to hit a walk-off home run in a parking lot. Finally, Washingtonian Benny Tate. Baseball data analyst Sarah Langs also said that Pat Moran did it in 1907 Chicago Cubs.
“I missed the ball and I knew I did it well,” Bailey said. “I saw you heading towards the Triples alley and saw the bounce, ‘Yeah, you have to go, you have to get to the third place,’ and I was like, ‘It’s fine, just don’t fall down.’ ”
Bailey jokingly said he couldn’t remember whether the ball had crossed the fence and had an internal home run at every level of baseball.
San Francisco Giants catcher Patrick Bailey #14 watches the ball fly before running on a three-run home run during the nine innings of a baseball game to beat the Philadelphia Phillies in San Francisco on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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“He’s got some big hits this year,” Giants manager Bob Melvin said. “In big circumstances, he’s gone through, not as much as he wants. Hopefully, it’s something that catapults him.
Bailey was also the first player in any position to hit an internal home run at the park in nearly nine years. Cleveland Guardians player Tyler Nakin did that in August 2016.
In addition to all the history that was made, there was another interesting bit recorded as well.
A outfielder Lawrence Butler began his game against the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night with an internal home run at the park.
San Francisco Giants catcher Patrick Bailey #14 will be back home to score after beating the Philadelphia Phillies in San Francisco on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, hitting three runs inside a park home run during the nine innings of a baseball game. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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It was the first time in MLB history that a leadoff and walkoff home run had occurred on the same day. Opta Statistics.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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