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Wild pitch

R.A. Dickey, Phil Niekro, Walter Johnson, and Kevin Gregg all hold the modern-era single inning wild pitch record with four.


Johnny Stevens

Detroit won with two runs in the ninth inning, tying the game on a Barber wild pitch after he had issued two walks, and then bringing in the lead run on an infield error by normally sure-handed second baseman Mark Belanger, who dropped a perfect throw from shortstop Luis Aparicio.


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1998 American League Championship Series

This paved the way for three more runs as a wild pitch and two more hits knocked starter Jaret Wright out of the game in the first.