The date was April 1st, it was opening night of the 2021 season. The Seattle Mariners were at home against the San Fransisco Giants. The Giants had the lead for most of the game until the Mariners were able to score six runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to take the lead 7-6.
In the top of the ninth the Giants evened it at 7-7 and the game eventually headed for extras after the Mariners weren’t able to score in the bottom of the 9th. In the top of the 10th Anthony Misiewicz was able to hold the Giants off thanks to a fantastic sliding catch made by Mitch Haniger . One-Run Wins Have Ignited Mariner Chaos Magic Then in the top of the 10th, the unthinkable happened.
Jose Alverez , who was really good for the Giants in 2021 walking only 19 batters in 64 and 2/3 innings and having a 2.37 ERA that season. Came into the game to hold off the Mariners with a ghost runner on 2nd and proceeded to walk Taylor Trammell , then Dylan Moore and then handed Jake Fraley a free pass to walk it off for the Mariners.
Anti-climactic win you say? Absolutely not. That was the moment ‘Chaos Ball’ was born in Seattle, a great moment in team history. The beautiful thing about this style of baseball is it can be done in many ways, there has been no better example than what took place on opening night in 2021.
It wasn’t the prettiest walk-off we will ever see but, it was a walk off all the same. The interesting thing about the 2021 Mariners was that they were outscored by their opponents by .