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Monday 26 october 2020

Rays' rally joins Buckner, Bevens among wild Series endings

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — ing cleanup man Bob Meu- and holding a 2-1 lead. most well-known blunder. dlebrooks.
It was improbable enough sel to the plate — Lou Geh- That's when aging, popu- The error came after Boston The game was tied at 4
that little-known Brett Phil- with one out in the bottom
lips would get the big hit for of the ninth when second
Tampa Bay against Dodg- baseman Dustin Pedroia
ers All-Star closer Kenley dived for a grounder and
Jansen. threw out Yadier Molina
What followed was outright trying to score from third.
inconceivable. Catcher Jarrod Saltal-
Phillips' tying single with amacchia then fired wildly
two outs in the ninth inning trying to catch Craig at
turned into a game-ending third, and Middlebrooks
hit when the Los Angeles tripped Craig after trying
Dodgers dropped the ball to catch the ball. Craig
twice, allowing Randy Aro- scampered home and ap-
zarena to stumble home as peared to be thrown out
the winning run in the Rays' before either side realized
8-7 victory in World Series Joyce had made the ob-
Game 4 on Saturday night. struction call.
It was undoubtedly one The win put St. Louis up 2-1
of the wildest endings in in the Series, but Boston
World Series history. Aro- won the next three games
zarena tripped and fell on for their third championship
his way home and had be- in a 10-year span.
gun retreating to third base 2016 WORLD SERIES GAME
when catcher Will Smith 7, CHICAGO CUBS AT
misplayed a relay feed. CLEVELAND INDIANS
Arozarena about-faced Before the Cubs could end
and dived toward home, their 108-year title drought,
pounding on the plate with they had to wait out a
a big smile while Phillips 17-minute rain delay.
burst into tears in the out- Chicago led 6-3 when All-
field. Star closer Aroldis Chap-
"Man, baseball is fun," Phil- during the == inning in Game 4 of the baseball World Series Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020, in Arlington, man entered with two outs
lips said. Texas. Associated Press. in the eighth inning. Bran-
Walk-off homers are one don Guyer greeted him
thing — think Kirk Gibson, with an RBI double and
Carlton Fisk and Bill Maze- rig was up after that. lar Dodgers All-Star Cookie scored twice in the top of Rajai Davis followed with a
roski, among many others. Ruth decided to try to Lavagetto stepped up and the inning, only to let New stunning two-run shot to tie
But a finish this wacky has force the action and took launched a double off the York tie it on Ray Knight's it.
only a few precedents in off, and was thrown out right field wall, scoring two RBI single and a wild pitch Both teams went score-
World Series history. by catcher Bob O'Farrell. It runs and ending Bevens' by Bob Stanley. The score less in the ninth, and the
Some more memorable, was the only time a World bid for a most unlikely no- was knotted at 5 when grounds crew rolled out
unimaginable endings from Series ended with a caught hitter. Buckner let Wilson's dribbler the tarp before they could
Series past: stealing. It was Lavagetto's last hit go by, bringing the winning begin the 10th. Jason Hey-
___ 1947 WORLD SERIES GAME as a big leaguer and tied run around and setting the ward delivered a fiery
1926 WORLD SERIES GAME 4, NEW YORK YANKEES AT the Series at 2-all. Bevens stage for the Mets' Game 7 speech to his Cubs team-
7, ST. LOUIS CARDINALS AT BROOKLYN DODGERS pitched just once more in victory. mates during the delay,
NEW YORK YANKEES Bill Bevens went 7-13 for the the majors, tossing shutout The Red Sox — at the time and they responded with
Babe Ruth was already Yankees in the final season relief in Game 7 as the Yan- still plagued by the Curse of two runs when play re-
the most fearsome slugger of a brief major league ca- kees won another title. the Bambino — didn't win a sumed.
baseball had ever seen reer, then got the start at 1986 WORLD SERIES GAME World Series until 2004. Cleveland threatened in
when he stepped to the Ebbets Field. In the biggest 6, BOSTON RED SOX AT NEW 2013 WORLD SERIES GAME the bottom of the 10th,
plate in the bottom of the game of his life, he was all YORK METS 3, BOSTON RED SOX AT ST. with Davis driving home a
ninth inning, his mighty Yan- over the place, walking a Precisely 34 years before LOUIS CARDINALS run to cut the deficit to 8-7,
kees trailing the Cardinals record 10 batters. the Dodgers' double mis- Allen Craig scored the win- but Michael Martinez then
3-2. But he was effectively wild, cue Saturday night, Red ning run for St. Louis without grounded out to third base-
With two outs, Hall of Famer too. Because with two outs Sox first baseman Bill Buck- ever touching home plate man Kris Bryant to end the
pitcher Grover Cleveland in the bottom of the ninth ner let Mookie Wilson's 10th- after umpire Jim Joyce game — and decades of
Alexander took no chanc- inning, Bevens was some- inning grounder roll be- ruled Craig was obstructed woe for fans on Chicago's
es and walked Ruth, bring- how still pitching a no-hitter tween his legs in baseball's by third baseman Will Mid- North Side.q