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                Thursday 3 November 2022
            Bohm hits 1,000th HR in World Series history, Phils launch 5




                                                                                                   By BEN WALKER                Babe  Ruth  hit  three  and
                                                                                                   AP Baseball Writer           Lou  Gehrig  also  connect-
                                                                                                   PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Alec     ed,  by  the  Bash  Brothers-
                                                                                                   Bohm hit the 1,000th home    led  1989  Oakland  A's  in
                                                                                                   run  in  World  Series  history   the first game after the Bay
                                                                                                   Tuesday  night,  and  the    Area  earthquake,  and  by
                                                                                                   Philadelphia Phillies quickly   the  sign  stealing  scandal-
                                                                                                   went to work on launching    tainted Astros in 2017.
                                                                                                   the next thousand.           McCullers became the first
                                                                                                   Bryce  Harper,  Bohm  and    pitcher  in  postseason  his-
                                                                                                   Brandon  Marsh  teed  off    tory to get tagged for five
                                                                                                   early against Houston start-  home runs in a game.
                                                                                                   er  Lance  McCullers  Jr.  in   Harper began the barrage
                                                                                                   Game 3 of the 118th World    with a two-run drive in the
                                                                                                   Series. Kyle Schwarber and   first inning, sending Citizens
                                                                                                   Rhys  Hoskins  hit  back-to-  Bank Park into a frenzy.
                                                                                                   back  drives  to  finish  Mc-  Bohm  led  off  with  a  liner
                                                                                                   Cullers  in  the  fifth  inning,   over  the  left-field  wall  in
                                                                                                   capping  the  scoring  in  a   the  second  for  the  mile-
                                                                                                   7-0 victory that gave Phila-  stone homer.
                                                                                                   delphia a 2-1 Series lead.   Two batters later, Marsh hit
                                                                                                   The  five  home  runs  tied  a   home run No. 1,001, a high
                                                                                                   World  Series  record  done   fly that a young fan in the
                                                                                                   three  previous  times    by   front  row  of  the  right-field
            Philadelphia Phillies' Alec Bohm hits a home run during the second inning in Game 3 of baseball's
            World Series between the Houston Astros and the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022,   the  1928  Murderers'  Row   seats  dropped  back  onto
            in Philadelphia.                                                                       New  York  Yankees  when     the field.
                                                                                                                                "I feel awesome about it. I
                                                                                                                                was just really excited that
                                                                                                                                the  ball  was  coming  to-
                                                                                                                                ward  me  so  I  just  got  out
                                                                                                                                of  my  seat  and  tried  to
                                                                                                                                catch  it,"  said  10-year-old
                                                                                                                                Ty Kuhner from Wilmington,
                                                                                                                                Delaware, who was at the
                                                                                                                                game with his parents and
                                                                                                                                older sister, Madison.
                                                                                                                                Schwarber,  who  led  the
                                                                                                                                National  League  with  46
                                                                                                                                home runs this year, hit his
                                                                                                                                fourth  homer  of  the  post-
                                                                                                                                season, a two-run Schwar-
                                                                                                                                bomb into the center-field
                                                                                                                                shrubbery.
                                                                                                                                Hoskins  followed  with  a
                                                                                                                                drive  to  left  that  chased
                                                                                                                                McCullers.
                                                                                                                                Cy Young himself gave up
                                                                                                                                the  first  World  Series  hom-
                                                                                                                                er,  an  inside-the-parker  to
                                                                                                                                Pittsburgh's  Jimmy  Sebring
                                                                                                                                against  Boston  in  the  first
                                                                                                                                World Series game in 1903.
                                                                                                                                Mickey  Mantle  holds  the
                                                                                                                                record  for  most  World  Se-
                                                                                                                                ries home runs with 18. Ruth
                                                                                                                                is next with 15.q























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