Wednesday, October 13, 2004
World Series: Game 6
A's 11, Twins 5
A's offense keeps the faith alive
The A's showed exactly why they were in the championship series as their bats came alive big time against Edgar. Mathis led off the game with a solo shot, but the A's real offensive force came in the top of the second inning with two outs. The Pirate started off the rally with a single, Larry doubled, Edgar then walked Mathis to load the bases, and The Pirate capped off the inning with a monster Grand Slam that just stayed fair. In the bottom of the second, the Twins answered back with two runs when K-Mart walked and Edgar tripled to drive him in. After Jon struck out, K-Mart singled to score Edgar. In the third inning it looked like the A's were going to deliver some more two-out trouble when with two gone in the inning K-Mart made an error that was quoted from the spectators as "an oddly gay miss." The Pirate and Larry both walked and once again Edgar found himself facing another grand slam situation with Mathis at the plate. Through a lapse of judgement Edgar got out of the inning unscaythed as Mathis drove a ground ball to the fence but The Pirate didn't advance to third, forgetting about the ghost runner behind him. This allowed K-Mart to touch third base for the final out, therefore keeping any runs from being scored as it was a force out at third. Another error in the fourth inning caused the Twins more trouble as Jim dropped an easy pop-up off the bat of Mathis. This put runners on first and second, and a single by The Pirate loaded the bases for Larry who hit a two-run double and then in his next at bat concluded the A's scoring by blasting a three-run homer to put the A's up 11-2. Before the bottom of the fourth, all four Twins players jumped the outfield wall, ran to their vehicles, chugged a beer apiece, and then jumped back onto the field of play, hoping this would jump-start their offense. It proved helpful for this usually non-sober team as they scored three runs on a bases loaded single by Nelson. The rest of the game was a formality as neither team was able to get anything going, giving the A's the 11-5 victory, tying up the series at three games apiece.
Submitted: Nick Consoer
Oct 13, 2004
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