Postseason baseball is not for the faint of heart. So is the case for Game 3 of the ALDS.
The Cleveland Guardians were down to the final out in the 10th inning when David Fry called game. He smacked a two-run home run to walk it off against the New York Yankees to win 7-5.
You could imagine a sold out Progressive Field reacted accordingly with Brian Anderson on the call.
“David Fry lights up the Cleveland night!”
“IT IS A WALK-OFF HOME RUN! DAVID FRY LIGHTS UP THE CLEVELAND NIGHT!” – Brian Anderson, concluding an insane Yankees-Guardians Game 3 βΎοΈποΈπ£ #MLBpic.twitter.com/vk7pjQNg9X https://t.co/ozfmkgwUgm
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Fry knew it was gone the moment the ball left the bat.
The radio call from tom Hamilton was just as great:
The Guardians radio call from Tom Hamilton of David Fry hitting a walk-off home run in Game 3 of the ALCS. βΎοΈπ£π»ποΈ #MLB pic.twitter.com/zcyP1JKrFP
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This was shortly after Jhonkensy Noel homered in the bottom of the ninth to tie it up at five.
Hamilton highlighted Noel’s nickname, Big Christmas, with a Santa Clause call.
HO-HO-HOLY COW.#ForTheLand | #GuardsBall pic.twitter.com/ksLj2vT3I1
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And check out the win probability:
OCTOBER BASEBALL IS OCTOBER BASEBALLING π₯ pic.twitter.com/Xje6rfCIK9
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The game saved the Guardians season as the Yankees were up 2-0 in the series heading into Thursday’s matchup. We get at least one more game of baseball. What a gift.