The Los Angeles Dodgers avoided a fourth-straight defeat Thursday night simply by waiting for the Texas Rangers to mess up fatally. It happened in the bottom of the ninth, when right-hander Keone Kela balked with Kike Hernandez on third base. And you know who else waited to see it happen? TV's Mary Hart!

Dodgers fans have a reputation for getting to the ballpark late and leaving early -- they say -- because of unbearable Los Angeles freeway traffic. But if you're a frequent viewer of Dodgers telecasts, you'll notice that at least one fan doesn't make herself part of that easy come/easy go crowd. And that person is Hart, a longtime entertainment reporter who was among the vanguard of hosts of "Entertainment Tonight" when it debuted in 1981.

Note in the video below the blonde lady in the Dodgers letterman's sweater. Watch her reactions go from "Huh?" to "Whoa!":

She's at games more frequently than even Larry King (hello!) because she's among those who never know when they'll see something fun at a ballgame, like a walk-off balk. A balk-off balk, if you will.

As for the play itself, it was Kela's mistake to make a false move while standing on the pitching rubber in the set position. But Hernandez appeared to make it happen. By rule, Hernandez was given the final 90 feet by umpire Marvin Hudson.

Watch the full balk:

Via the Los Angeles Times:

Hernandez said he was instructed by third base coach Lorenzo Bundy to try to fake out Kela. "I did, and he fell for it," Hernandez said. The walk-off victory was the sixth of the season for the Dodgers.

Swell. Mary Hart did not appear to be in attendance back in 2010, the previous time the Dodgers won via game-ending balk. But the Dodgers did give Hart her own bobblehead night in 2011:

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Beat that, Tesh. (Getty Images)