A Walk-Off Winner!

August 6, 2023. This was the date of the last Twins game Cami and I attended before sending her off to college. We had a fantastic time at the game and the ending really was a nice send off for her to remember until she came back home after her first school year in Phoenix ends in May, 2024. The game was tied going into the ninth inning. The Twins were facing the Arizona Diamondbacks which was cool since Cami was going to go to college at ASU in a week so we were cheering for a good game. They did not disappoint. In the top of the ninth Christian Walker hit a solo home run off Caleb Theilbar to take the lead. That lead did not last long! The first batter for the Twins in the bottom of the ninth was Max Kepler and he delivered a solo home run of his own to re-tie the game at three runs apiece. After a walk to Jorge Polanco, hometown player Matt Wallner came up jacked a walk-off home run to right center!
Cory Provus, as usual, had an awesome call of the homer. I sent a ball to him and asked him to write his call on it to commemorate Wallner’s walk-off. I received that beautiful baseball today along with a note on the back of his business card apologizing for the delay.