Angels-A's Make History with Extra Inning Tiebreaker

[Lindsay]

Opening Day invoked the first instance of baseball's extra inning tiebreaker rule in major league history, thanks to an Angels-Athletics game that took 10 innings to play, ending when Oakland's baserunner placed at second base to begin the inning, Marcus Semien, scored the winning run on a walk-off...

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[The Man in Blue]

Has anybody pointed out that the first time the rule was used, it was completely unnecessary?  The game ended in a walk-off grand slam ... would have been a walk-off 3-run shut instead, but it didn’t change anything.