Tuesday night’s Phillies-Orioles game was an instant classic, one of those bizarre games that both teams will remember for weeks to come for exactly opposite reasons. It had a little bit of everything, from an inside-the-park two-run homer, a dropped infield fly, multiple comebacks and Chris Davis being a key force on the basepaths.

We are certainly pretty far from “the Orioles are in the postseason!” But if they make it … this will be the game they remember, a 10-9 win against Philadelphia that featured lead changes in the seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th innings. And the Phillies won’t be able to forget it fast enough.

And it got me to thinking: What is the worst way to lose a game in a walk-off? This game wasn’t a walk-off loss, of course, because the Orioles were on the road, but it had the feel of one: Watching it, it was as if the game was in danger of splintering into madness and oblivion at any moment.

But there are worse ways to lose than that one. Here are seven very bad, totally terrible, oof-that-hurt ways to lose in a walk-off.

The walk-off balk

A happy cousin to the walk-off walk, the walk-off balk takes one of baseball’s quirkiest plays and adds it to the moment of highest stress. This is why the walk-off balk is so infuriating: The stakes are so high that a balk seems besides the point. You’re calling a balk? We’re trying to play baseball here!

Real-life example: Two years ago, Dodgers pitcher Dylan Floro got rattled by a Cameron Maybin flinch after a Justin Turner fake and ended up ending the game right then and there. It is odd to see a sporting event finish when a guy’s leg slightly moves.

Unassisted triple play

The thing about the unassisted triple play is that it is not just a surprise to the people watching, it’s a surprise to the people playing. Even the player involved in an unassisted triple play never seems to quite understand what is happening until the play is halfway over. The instincts of baseball take over: You catch the ball, you touch the base, you tag the runner, and somewhere in the middle there you realize, "Wait, this is an unassisted triple play and I’m the one doing it." To have it end a game makes it less a walk-off and more a “stagger-off-the-field-off.”

Real-life example: In 2009, Jeff Francoeur (then of the Mets) lined what could have been a game-tying shot up the middle, but Phillies second baseman Eric Bruntlett was standing right there. Suddenly … it was over.

Dropping an infield popup

The Bill Buckner play was obviously higher stakes, but everybody knows what it’s like to have a ball go through your legs. It happens. It’s not that rare. But there is something about a popup that no one calls for until it is too late that is particularly gruesome to experience, as the Phillies saw on Tuesday night. The ball is right there; why will no one catch it? And as a viewer, you can even see the gaffe develop in real time, as it becomes clear when a fielder is struggling to track a Major League pop fly. An error is an error; a dropped popup is a mistake. This happened in the Phillies-Orioles game on Tuesday but didn’t end the game. That doesn’t make it any less pull-your-hair-out infuriating.

Real-life example: Two years ago, the Astros beat the Padres on one of these, in what turned out to be their only hit with runners in scoring position the entire game. The game actually ended 1-0, which makes one question whether or not a run was truly scored at all. (And then, of course, there is this.)

You hit a walk-off home run but … forget to touch home plate.

Technically, this is not a walk-off, considering that the game keeps on going after it happens. But in the moment, everyone believes it is a walk-off, and for good reason. Of all the things that have to happen to make a walk-off home run happen, the easiest is touching home plate. But … well, the world is a chaotic and unpredictable place.

Real-life example: In 2012, Raul Mondesi Jr., in the Minor Leagues playing for Rookie League Helena, hit a game-tying two-run homer against Missoula. Unfortunately, he missed home plate … which led to the other team walking off their visiting field. It was a strange scene.

Walk-off catcher’s interference

Considering the prevalence of pitch-framing techniques, it’s a bit of a surprise catcher’s interference doesn’t happen all the time -- on every pitch! (It’s happening a lot more often this year, actually.) But to have a game end on that? It makes one want to institute social distancing behind the plate year-round, every year, forever.

Real-life example: This is not precisely what we’re talking about, but it’s quite worse. In 1995, Pirates catcher Angelo Encarnacion picked up a ball in the dirt with his catcher’s mask. That is illegal, a textbook definition of catcher’s interference, even if it didn’t involve a bat. Fair to say, though, there was considerable contention involved. Jim Leyland was not happy.

Inside-the-park walk-off grand slam

It is one thing to have a three-run lead with two outs in the ninth and then to give up a grand slam to lose. It is quite another to have this happen on an inside-the-park homer. That is just the universe messing with you.

Real-life example: This has happened only once. And as it turned out, the player who hit it was … Roberto Clemente.

The Bregman

I have no other idea how to describe this play other than as “The Bregman.”

Real-life example: The Bregman. It’s The Bregman. If he makes the Hall of Fame someday, this should be on his plaque.

And attentive readers will note that Bregman also hit the muffed popup mentioned above in that 1-0 Astros win against the Padres a couple of years ago. Appears he might have a skill for this.