The Royals won a second time (!) in 2023 thanks to a walk-off balk

You would figure winning a game thanks to a walk-off balk would be an occurrence once in a season, maybe once every five years or so.

But twice? In one season? Couldn’t be.

But it did happen to the Kansas City Royals … TWICE! On Tuesday, Gregory Santos was on the mound for the Chicago White Sox in the bottom of the ninth and the bases loaded. He tried to quick pitch Edward Olivares … but you have to come set before you throw to the plate if men are on.

That’s right. WALK OFF BALK TIME BABY!

I guess … good job Royals? Bad job opposing pitchers? Whatever, this is fun:

we got a balk off pic.twitter.com/juy5uzward

— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) September 6, 2023