From gorgeous rallies and memorable walk-offs to game-saving defensive performs, the 2024 Main League Baseball season was full of thrilling endings that saved followers on the sting of their seats all 12 months lengthy.
As a part of its year-end countdown highlighting one of the best moments of 2024, MLB Community took a take a look at the highest finishes we noticed this previous season.
Listed below are the unforgettable moments that made the checklist.
1. Freeman performs hero with walk-off slam, Oct. 25 vs. NYY (World Sequence Recreation 1)In a second that was eerily harking back to Kirk Gibson’s 1988 heroics on the identical subject, a hobbled Freddie Freeman lifted Los Angeles to a shocking victory over the Yankees in Recreation 1 of the 2024 World Sequence at Dodger Stadium, belting the primary walk-off grand slam in Fall Traditional historical past. The Dodgers went on to win the sequence as Freeman earned MVP honors with 4 homers, 12 RBIs and a 1.364 OPS in opposition to New York.
2. Alonso rescues Mets with go-ahead homer, Oct. 3 at MIL (NL Wild Card Sequence Recreation 3)Simply three days after clinching a postseason berth with a lead-flipping homer within the high of the ninth inning in opposition to the Braves (see beneath), the Mets did it once more in opposition to the Brewers. This time, it was Pete Alonso who got here up within the clutch, crushing a three-run homer off All-Star nearer Devin Williams with one out within the ninth. The Mets gained the sport, 4-2, eliminating Milwaukee and shifting on to face the Phillies within the NLDS.
3. Yankees clinch pennant behind Soto’s clutch blast, Oct. 19 at CLE (ALCS Recreation 5)Though he spurned the Bronx Bombers to signal a record-setting take care of the rival Mets in free company, Juan Soto’s 2024 season will ceaselessly maintain a particular place in Yankees lore, thanks largely to his Tenth-inning homer in opposition to the Guardians in Recreation 5 of the ALCS. Soto’s tiebreaking three-run blast, which got here after he fouled off three straight two-strike pitches from Hunter Gaddis, put the Yankees within the World Sequence for the primary time since 2009.
4. Lindor lifts Mets into postseason, Sept. 30 at ATLAfter Hurricane Helene brought on two of their video games to be postponed, the Mets and Braves met in Atlanta for a doubleheader with main playoff implications on the ultimate day of the common season. New York clinched a postseason berth with an exciting 8-7 win in Recreation 1, which featured three lead adjustments within the ultimate two innings. The decisive blow got here off the bat of Francisco Lindor, who launched a go-ahead, two-run homer within the high of the ninth inning.
5. Ohtani joins 40-40 membership with walk-off grand slam, Aug. 23 vs. TBShohei Ohtani discovered a strategy to make his entry into the 40-40 membership much more particular, doing so with a walk-off grand slam — the primary walk-off homer of his profession, no much less — in opposition to the Rays. Ohtani reached the 40-40 mark in his 126th sport of the season, 21 video games quicker than any of the opposite 5 members within the membership. However Ohtani was removed from carried out, as he went on to report the primary 50-50 marketing campaign in MLB historical past en path to his third profession MVP Award.
6. Noel, Fry stun Yankees in ALCS, Oct. 17 vs. NYY (ALCS Recreation 3)One inning after pinch-hitter Jhonkensy Noel saved Cleveland’s hopes alive with a game-tying, two-out homer within the backside of the ninth, David Fry delivered a clutch two-run dinger of his personal, strolling it off and stopping the Guardians from falling right into a three-games-to-none sequence gap in opposition to the Yankees.
7. Castellanos ties up NLDS with walk-off single, Oct. 6 vs. NYM (NLDS Recreation 2)Recreation 2 of the NLDS was a back-and-forth affair that noticed the Phillies overcome 3-0 and 4-3 deficits earlier than pulling forward, 6-4, within the eighth, just for the Mets’ Mark Vientos to shock the Residents Financial institution Park crowd with a game-tying, two-run homer within the high of the ninth. The Phillies refused to again down, nonetheless, as Nick Castellanos delivered a walk-off single to left subject after Trea Turner and Bryce Harper labored two-out walks within the backside of the body, sealing a 7-6 victory for Philadelphia.
8. Carpenter hits go-ahead homer off Clase, Oct. 9 at CLE (ALDS Recreation 2)Cleveland nearer Emmanuel Clase was just about untouchable in the course of the common season, ending the 12 months with a 0.61 ERA over 74 1/3 innings. Nonetheless, Kerry Carpenter shocked Clase and the Guardians in Recreation 2 of the ALDS, breaking a scoreless tie with a three-run homer within the high of the ninth inning. The Tigers held on for the 3-0 win, knotting up the sequence at one sport apiece.
9. Padres clinch playoff spot with triple play, Sept. 24 at LADWith the tying run on base and Ohtani standing within the on-deck circle, San Diego went across the horn for an unbelievable triple play to clinch a playoff berth in dramatic trend. The Padres made historical past within the course of, turning into the primary group to safe a postseason spot with a game-ending triple play.
10. Carroll’s walk-off homer completes D-backs’ comeback, July 29 vs. WSHFacing an 8-2 deficit coming into the underside of the seventh, the D-backs put collectively an epic comeback that included a five-run ninth inning — capped by Corbin Carroll’s lead-flipping walk-off homer as a pinch-hitter — in opposition to Nationals nearer Kyle Finnegan.
11. Cedric Mullins’ walk-off double, July 14 vs. NYY Watch >12. Bobby Witt Jr.’s go-ahead GS, July 29 at CWS Watch >13. Dodgers’ seven-run ninth, June 18 at COL Watch >14. Parker Meadows’ go-ahead grand slam, Sept. 5 at SD
15. Tigers’ comeback vs. Dodgers, July 13 vs. LAD Watch >16. Guardians storm again vs. Yanks, April 14 vs. NYY Watch >17. J.D. Martinez’s walk-off homer, June 13 vs. MIA Watch >18. Brandon Nimmo’s walk-off homer, Might 12 vs. ATL Watch >19. Cal Raleigh’s walk-off slam, June 10 vs. CWS
20. Mets seal win in London with DP, June 9 vs. PHI Watch >21. Guardians clinch on stroll off, Sept. 19 vs. MIN Watch >22. Ian Happ’s game-ending thrown, Might 1 at NYM
23. Josh Smith’s walk-off house run, Aug. 5 vs. HOU Watch >24. Michael Kopech’s immaculate inning, July 10 vs. MIN Watch >25. Wyatt Langford’s walk-off grand slam, Sept. 3 vs. NYY
26. Mitch Haniger’s walk-off knock, Aug. 8 vs. DET Watch >27. Tyler O’Neill’s walk-off homer, Sept. 11 vs. BAL Watch >28. Pete Crow-Armstrong’s leaping catch, Sept. 10 at LAD
29. Jackson Merrill’s diving catch, Aug. 12 vs. PIT Watch >30. Christian Encarnacion-Strand’s walk-off homer, March 31 vs. WSH
