You guys, game 7 of the 2001 World Series is tied at 1 in the 7th on MLBN. I feel like if NY can get Soriano to the plate in the 8th in a tie game, he will put them ahead and then Mo will of course close it out. Four straight titles!
the great youtuber john quinn put up the 1999 world Series yesterdayYou guys, game 7 of the 2001 World Series is tied at 1 in the 7th on MLBN. I feel like if NY can get Soriano to the plate in the 8th in a tie game, he will put them ahead and then Mo will of course close it out. Four straight titles!
That is technically true, but the Mets should have scored 3 more runs if Ventura just rounded the bases In G5. Not that it matters of course.Brutal day for Al Leiter today on MLBN, they showed both of:
1997 WS game 3, FLA/CLE, Leiter's line was 4.2 6 7 4 6 3. He left down 7-3, but FLA came back to win 14-11.
1999 NLCS game 6, NYM/ATL. ATL won the first three games but the Mets had come back with two tight wins, the first five games were all low-scoring nailbiters with ATL outscoring NYM just 14-12. Leiter was determined to singlehandedly end the pitching-dominant series, this is how he started the bottom of the first:
HBP
BB
(double steal, E2, 1-0 ATL)
HBP
1B (2-0 ATL)
FC, no out
1B (4-0 ATL)
That was it for Al, no outs in an eventual 0 2 5 5 1 0 line in a game the Mets came back in multiple times but eventually lost 10-9 in 11 to end their season.
So Al's day on TV today: 4.2 8 12 9 7 3, 17 baserunners (including the 2 HBPs) in 4.2 IP does not seem ideal.