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Walk-off Marco
2007-04-16 00:50
by Ryan Armbrust

Since Marco Scutaro joined the A's in 2004, he's had no less than eight "walk-off" events -- that is, he's won the game in the last at-bat for Oakland eight times in three years.

Make that nine.

So that's how a rather dramatic change of events looks on paper.

After last night's dinger against one of the greatest closers of all time, Marco is responsible for an astounding nine walk-offs in just 380 games. Since 2000, the much heralded David Ortiz leads the world in walk-offs with 15, but there's an underrated utility player in the East Bay that's charging up behind him. From 2004 to date, Marco has nine walk-offs, while Big Papi has ten -- in almost 100 more games played.

Here's the complete list of Marco's miracles:

  • 2004-06-26 - Marco breaks a 7-7 tie with a two-out single to right field in the bottom of the tenth inning against Jim Brower of the Giants.
  • 2004-08-25 - In a scoreless game against the Orioles, Scutaro knocks a three-run homer off of B.J. Ryan.
  • 2005-04-16 - Scutaro bunts, Scot Shields throws the ball away, and Nick Swisher scores from first.
  • 2005-04-27 - Marco pokes a game-winning single into left field against the ChiSox closer, Dustin Hermanson.
  • 2005-06-15 - Against his old club, the Mets, Scutaro breaks open a scoreless tie with a line drive to center field off of the ageless Roberto Hernandez.
  • 2005-07-27 - In the 10th inning, with two outs, Scutaro hits a single against the Indians' David Riske. Game over, A's win.
  • 2006-04-04 - After a shellacking by the Yanks on Opening Day, Scutaro singles home a run off of Scott Proctor.
  • 2006-09-22 - 12th inning, A's vs. Angels, score tied at four. Marco Scutaro lines an 0-2 Francisco Rodriquez pitch to center field, and the A's magic number drops to 2.
  • 2007-04-15 - On Tax Day, Scutaro hits a three-run homer off of Mariano Rivera when the A's are down by two, with two outs, with two strikes. It doesn't get much better than that.
Comments
2007-04-16 02:54:21
1.   joejoejoe
They should call him Scutaharu Oh.
2007-04-16 08:17:41
2.   olmedotimes
He has to have the most walk-offs per at bat in MLB history (minimum 1000). Can anybody figure this out?
2007-04-16 08:49:41
3.   Bob Timmermann
You could only do this for the "Retrosheet" era and that would be from 1956-2006, excepting 1999.

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