The teams committed five errors, pitchers walked 12 batters, a Cardinal was picked off third base with the bases loaded. And that's what I think will help cement its status in the years to come.
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NORRIS: That is a lot of firsts for a World Series game, but this game had more than that. And also, they were the first team in the history of post-season baseball, 1,330 games, to score in the eighth, ninth, 10th and 11th innings.
Louis was the first team to come back from two runs down in the ninth inning or later twice. The Cardinals trailed five times in this game and came back to win. It was the first time that's ever happened. Texas was one out, one pitch away from winning its first World Series, not once, but twice. And, you know, it's the details that move this into the pantheon of those other six games. But it really doesn't tell the whole story.įATSIS: No. That gives you a clue that this was a very special game. NORRIS: Now, the final score last night, which by the way, we have not mentioned yet, was 10 to 9 in 11 innings. And then 1993, Joe Carter ends the World Series with a walk off home run for Toronto over Philadelphia. Boston-New York Mets in '86, Bill Buckner's error gives the Mets life, extends the Red Sox woes. 1977, the Yankees and the Dodgers, Reggie Jackson hits three home runs. That was the one where Carlton Fisk waved that home run fair in the 12th inning. You have that aforementioned 1991 game between Minnesota and Atlanta 1975, Boston-Cincinnati. Where does last night's game stand?įATSIS: Well, it absolutely ranks with other World Series classics, especially sixth games. Let's put this series and this game into context. It was an homage to his father, Jack Buck, who made a very similar call in a similar situation in 1991 when Kirby Puckett of the Minnesota Twins ended another classic World Series game six with a home run. Stefan, there were echoes of the past in that call by Joe Buck.
Stefan Fatsis joins us now, as he does most Fridays, to talk about this incredible series. Louis to a seventh and deciding game in the World Series tonight against the Texas Rangers. That's FOX Sports announcer, Joe Buck, with the call of last night's dramatic home run by David Freese of the St.
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