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By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO — When Brandon Crawford took a Harrison Musgrave pitch and planted it onto the right field arcade to send everyone happy, it was not the first walk-off this season for the San Francisco Giants.

The Crawford home run in the bottom of the ninth inning that gave the Giants a 1-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies. It was the Giants’ sixth walk-off win this season.

Andrew McCutchen came up with the first walk-off of the season, and did so in dramatic fashion, as he hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the 14th inning to give the Giants a come-from-behind 7-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Just three days later, McCutchen was at it again, as he singled in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Giants a 5-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Nick Hundley got in on the act on April 30, as he singled in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Giants a 6-5 victory over the San Diego Padres.

Crawford picked up his walk-off of the season on June 6th, as he singled in the bottom of the 10thinning to propel the Giants 5-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

This past Sunday, as the Giants trailed the San Diego Padres, Hunter Pence hit a two-run double just out of the reach of Eric Hosmer, to give the Giants a huge 3-2 victory over the Padres.

Crawford joined the walk-off club for a second time on Wednesday night, as he took the Musgrave pitch and put it for the 1-0 victory.

The Crawford home run on Wednesday night marked just the seventh time in team history that a home run ended the game with the score between tied at zero.

Bobby Thomson was the first Giants player to snap a scoreless tie with a walk-off home run, as he did it on April 30, 1953 against the Milwaukee Braves at the Polo Grounds.

Ten years later, on July 2, 1963, Willie Mays put an end to a pitcher’s duel at Candlestick Park, as he took a Warren Spahn pitch in the bottom of the 16th inning and put it into the seats to give the Juan Marichal the victory.

Just three years later, Mays did it again on August 12, 1966, as he gave the Giants the victory the Houston Astros.

A little over a year later on September 22, 1967, Tom Haller put an end to the game, as he won the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

It would be almost nine years before Bobby Murcer sent the Candlestick faithful home happy, as he turned the trick against the Philadelphia Phillies on July 16, 1976.

Steve Decker was the last Giants player to snap a 0-0 tie with a home run, as he did so on April 21, 1991 against the Houston Astros.

Crawford joined that club last night with his walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Giants the win.

The last National League shortstop to accomplish this feat was Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cubs, who did it against the Los Angeles Dodgers on August 17, 1960 at Wrigley Field.