David Gerald Criscione is a former Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 catcher. He played seven games for the Baltimore Orioles

Baltimore Orioles

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 in , going 3-for-9 at the plate.

Criscione hit just one major league home run, but it was a walk-off home run

Walk-off home run

In baseball, a walk-off home run is a home run that ends the game. It must be a home run that gives the home team the lead in the bottom of the final inning of the game—either the ninth inning, or any extra inning, or any other regularly scheduled final inning...

 against the Milwaukee Brewers

Milwaukee Brewers

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 on July 25, 1977. After Andrés Mora

Andrés Mora

Andrés Mora Ibarra , is a retired Major League Baseball outfielder. He played all or part of four seasons in the majors, between and , for the Baltimore Orioles and Cleveland Indians. He continued to play professionally in Mexico until , and ranks 3rd all time in home runs in Mexican League history...

 pinch-hit for starting catcher Dave Skaggs

Dave Skaggs

David Lindsey Skaggs is a former Major League Baseball catcher. He played all or part of four seasons, from until , for the Baltimore Orioles and California Angels.-Sources:...

 in the bottom of the 9th inning, Billy Smith

Billy Smith (second baseman)

Billy Edward Smith is a former Major League Baseball second baseman. He played all or part of six seasons in the majors between and . He also played one season in Japan for the Kintetsu Buffaloes in ....

 tied the game at 3-3 with a single. In the top of the 10th, Criscione entered the game on defense. With the score still tied 3-3 in the bottom of the 11th, Criscione came to bat against Sam Hinds

Sam Hinds

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of the Brewers with one out and homered to win the game.
Criscione later went on to be a long-time coach of the SUNY Fredonia Blue Devils, a Division III college baseball team near Buffalo New York.

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