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The latest to accomplish the feat was 2017 World Series MVP George Springer, who smacked five dingers to help the Houston Astros to the first championship in franchise history. In 2009, Chase Utley hit five home runs for the Philadelphia Phillies in a losing effort to the New York Yankees. October” himself, Reggie Jackson, hit five in the 1977 World Series, which leads us right into the single-game record. So now that we’ve gotten through the most all-time home runs in the World Series, let’s move on to the most long balls in a single Fall Classic. There are currently three players tied at the top of this particular list with five. Barry Bonds holds the record for most career home runs, hitting 762 over his 22-year career.
Teammate Willie Randolph told Jackson, "save some of those for the game." Jackson cooly said, " There are more where those came from." Jackson's MVP performance against the Dodgers tallied a staggering .450 average with five home runs and eight runs batted in. His offense was the key to the Yankees win as their rotation (minus Torrez who finished 2-0, 2.50 ERA) lacked "the hustle" that Martin liked. Don Gullett and Hunter both went 0-1 and allowed a combined fourteen earned-runs in seventeen innings. MLB Scores Yesterday's MLB Games, Scores from any date in Major League history, MLB Probable Pitchers, Baseball-Reference Stream Finder, ...
Three players have hit three home runs in a single World Series game
Finally, in the 12th, Randolph led off and doubled and Munson was walked intentionally. Yankee manager Billy Martin at first wanted Paul Blair, the next hitter, to try to sacrifice again, but after two failed attempts, Martin had Blair hit away and Blair singled home Randolph with the game-winner. Gibson had injured his left hamstring in Game 5 and right knee in Game 7 of the National League Champion Series against the Mets and was not expected to play in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series against the A’s. But with the Dodgers down 4-3 in the bottom of the ninth and Hall of Fame closer Dennis Eckersley ready to put the nail in the coffin, he told manager Tommy Lasorda that he was available to pinch hit. So with Mike Davis on first base, Gibson hobbled to the plate and engaged in a duel with Eckersley that culminated in a home run to right field.
The Yankees scored two runs each in the seventh and eighth; the two runs in the eighth coming on back-to-back homers by Thurman Munson and Reggie Jackson. Nevertheless, Dodger starting pitcher Don Sutton pitched a complete game for the win. The 74th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League champion New York Yankees and the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Before the game, a moment of silence was held in memory of entertainer and former Pittsburgh Pirates co-owner Bing Crosby, who died earlier that day. About an hour before the first pitch, a fire had started in Public School 3, an abandoned elementary school a few blocks east of Yankee Stadium. During the game, ABC cut to a helicopter camera for an overhead view of Yankee Stadium and the surrounding neighborhood, catching the fire. — Written by Aaron Tallent, who is part of the Athlon Contributor Network. Tallent is a writer whose articles have appeared in The Sweet Science, FOX Sports’ Outkick the Coverage, Liberty Island and The Washington Post.
The 1977 Series was the first World Series televised by the ABC network since 1949 and the first since television of the Series started in 1947 not to be televised, at least in part, by rival network NBC. NBC had been the exclusive television network of the Series from 1950 to 1976 and had covered that year's Yankees–Royals and Dodgers–Phillies playoff series that year. As was customary at the time, the competing teams' local flagship stations were allowed to air a simulcast of ABC's national broadcast.
Game 2 of the 1977 World Series
After Lopes and Russell grounded out again in the top of the third, Smith put Los Angeles up 3–2 with his third homer of the Series, pounding a 1–1 pitch well into the right center seats. Cey lined an infield hit to third, knocked down by Graig Nettles, but Garvey flew to center to end the threat. Baker atoned for his first-inning error by hitting a three-run homer in the third off Yankee starter Mike Torrez.
The Dodgers tied it at 3–3 in the ninth inning Dusty Baker led off with a single and was almost picked off first when pinch-hitter Manny Mota failed on a bunt attempt. Mota flied out, but Steve Yeager walked and pinch-hitter Lee Lacy drove Baker home with a single. Among the star-laden lineup was an emerging superstar, Ron Guidry. Early in the season Guidry was moved from the bullpen into the starting rotation, finishing 16–7 with a 2.82 ERA. Cincinnati and Boston were tied 6-6 in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series when Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk came to the plate in the bottom of the 12th. In a moment further immortalized in the movie Good Will Hunting, Fisk hit a shot towards Fenway Park’s Big Green Monster that looked like it would go foul.
WORLD SERIES HOME RUNS 1976-2022 IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE
The Yankees defeated the Dodgers four games to two to win the franchise's 21st World Series championship, their first since 1962, and the first under the ownership of George Steinbrenner. Played from October 11 to 18, the Series was televised onABC. The 2001 Fall Classic between the Diamondbacks and Yankees started later in October because of 9/11 and emotions were at a fever pitch during the three games played in New York.
The fight that followed in the dugout was caught on national-television cameras broadcasting the Saturday afternoon game and both men were blasted in the papers. Both managed to settle their differences, but the damage to their reputations had already been done. The Los Angeles Dodgers, guided by rookie Manager Tommy Lasorda, dethroned the defending champion Reds in the Natioanl League West and steamrolled over the Philadelphia Phillies in the Championship Series.
The series went six games, with the Yankees handing manager Billy Martin his only championship as skipper of the Yankees. Rhoden, a good hitting pitcher, hit a ground-rule double to left, and Davey Lopes followed with a two-run homer off Yankee starter Ron Guidry. The Dodgers scored nothing else off Guidry, as he pitched a four-hit complete game. In extra innings, the Yankees got their leadoff hitters on in both the tenth and eleventh innings but did not score due to failure to lay down sacrifice bunts.
The Yankees regained the lead with single runs in the fourth and fifth on an RBI groundout by Rivers, who finished the game with three hits , and an RBI single by Chris Chambliss. Torrez finished with nine strikeouts in the complete-game win. Carter came to the plate with his Blue Jays down 6-5 to Phillies in the bottom of the ninth of Game 6 of the 1993 World Series.
The most mythical home run on this list came in the fifth inning of Game 3 of the 1932 World Series between the Yankees and the Cubs. Tied 4-4, Ruth came to home plate and allegedly pointed to the center of Wrigley Field as Charlie Root prepared to pitch. Whether or not he called his shot has been the subject of intense debate, but it remains etched in pop culture and baseball folklore. Prior to Utley’s fine performance, Reggie Jackson held the distinct honor of being the only player to hit five home runs in a World Series. As was the case in 2009, the Yankees were American League champions and were up against Tommy Ladorda’s, LA Dodgers.
As chants of Reg-gie, Reg-gie, Reg-gie rolled through the stadium, the man himself emerged from the dugout again to doff his helmet and salute the crowd. The content on this site is for entertainment and educational purposes only. All advice, including picks and predictions, is based on individual commentators’ opinions and not that of Minute Media or its related brands.
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