Game 6: AL B at NL A - NL leads 3 games to 2
The road teams have won the first 5 games - the series shifts back to LA for a rematch of the game 1 starters, Bert Blyleven for the AL and Christy Mathewson for the NL - NL looking to close this out and move into the winners bracket where they would face AL 1
AL B Lineup
1B 1977 Rod Carew
3B 2013 Miguel Cabrera
LF 2018 Mookie Betts
RF 1969 Reggie Jackson
CF 1912 Tris Speaker
SS 1987 Alan Trammell
2B 1934 Charlie Gehringer
C 1972 Carlton Fisk
RHP 1973 Bert Blyleven
NL A Lineup
2B 1975 Joe Morgan
CF 1965 Willie Mays
LF 2001 Barry Bonds
1B 2009 Albert Pujols
SS 1908 Honus Wagner
RF 1959 Hank Aaron
3B 1980 Mike Schmidt
C 1997 Mike Piazza
RHP 1908 Christy Mathewson
Top 1
Christy Mathewson lost game 1 but pitched well, 7 IP, 1 ER.
Rod Carew leads off for the AL, he's 5-12 with a walk. He grounds to first - Pujols takes it to the bag.
Miguel Cabrera's 5-14 and has homered, he lines a base hit to left.
Mookie Betts is 3-10, he's homered, he grounds up the middle - Morgan dives - flips to short for 1 - onto first -- Double Play! Excellent play by Joe Morgan and the NL goes back to the dugout.
Bottom 1
Bert Blyleven won the first game of the series, complete game 6 hit shutout.
Joe Morgan leads off - Hornsby has been smashing the ball, but Morgan also has played well; he's 3-7 with a walk and a homer. He grounds out to first.
Willie Mays is 5-15 with a walk and 2 home runs. He hits a foul pop to third -- Cabrera leaning into the AL dugout the make the play.
Barry Bonds is 3-12 with 3 walks and a homer that still might be in the air. He grounds to second.
Top 2
Reggie Jackson's 3-12 and has hit two homers. He grounds to second.
Tris Speaker is 2-9, he grounds to first.
Alan Trammell's 3-9, he hits a long fly to left, Bonds has to run a long way but snags the third out.
Bottom 2
Albert Pujols is 6-12, 4 walks, 2 homers, just really a machine so far. He rips a liner that Trammell is able to hold onto.
Honus Wagner is 6-16, HE HITS A DRIVE -- DEEP CENTER FIELD -- IT IS........GONE! Honus Wagner homers to dead center field - and the NL takes the early 1-0 lead. 10 years before, a 24 year old Wagner hit .299, thats the only year of his career he hit less than .320 until he was 39 years old.
Hank Aaron's 2-8, with walk and an HBP, Blyleven strikes him out.
Mike Schmidt's 5-13, 2 walks. He grounds to second and the inning is over.
Top 3
Charlie Gehringer's 3-7 with a walk, he works a walk again and the leadoff man is aboard.
Carlton Fisk is hitless - Mathewson strikes him out.
Blyleven pops up a bunt attempt, Schmidt with a nifty play.
Carew's 0-1 and hits a routine fly ball to right.
Bottom 3
Mike Piazza's 4-9 with a homer. He takes a walk.
Mathewson bunts him to second.
Joe Morgan's 0-1, he works a walk, the NL has two on, 1 out and Mays/Bonds next.
WILLIE MAYS HITS A LONG DRIVE -- LEFT FIELD -- LONG, LONG GONE -- A 3 run home run by Willie Mays gives the NL a 4-0 lead! Mays hits his third home run of the series.
Blyleven gets Bonds to fly to center and Pujols to ground to third, we go to the 4th inning.
Top 4
Cabrera singled in the first, he grounds to second here.
Betts is 0-1, he singles to center and then steals second.
Reggie's 0-1, he rips a base hit to left center, Betts comes around to score and the AL is on the board. 4-1.
Speaker flies to right.
Trammell singles to left - that brings up the tying run. 2 on, 2 out.
Gehringer flies to right center and the innings is over.
Bottom 4
Wagner homered in his last at bat, he bounces a base hit to center.
Aaron grounds to third, Wagner was running on the pitch, no play there - Cabrera gets Aaron.
Matthewson strikes out Schmidt.
Piazza grounds to second and the inning is over.
Top 5
Fisk gets his first hit of the series, blooping one into right center.
Blyleven again fails to move the runner over, popping up a bunt to first, nice play by Pujols.
Carew grounds to second, Morgan throws him out, the runner goes to second.
Long at bat - full count, Cabrera hits a texas leaguer to center - Fisk running with the pitch - Mays is up and throwing - we've got a play at the plate - its a Catcher Collision - Fisk slamming into Piazza and jarring the ball loose -- Fisk is safe - 4-2, the AL has halved the lead.
Cabrera moves up to second on the throw - runner in scoring position.
Betts grounds to second and the inning ends.
Bottom 5
Mathewson flies to center.
Morgan flies to right.
Mays hit a rocket 3 run home run in his last at bat and lines a single to left.
Blyleven strikes out Bonds and we go to the 6th.
Top 6
Reggie flies to right.
Speaker singles to right and then steals second -- the AL keeps chipping away - and with one out there's a man in scoring position in this 4-2 game.
Trammell bounces a single just under a diving Pujols -- Speaker will score -- and look what we have here. 4-3.
Gehringer grounds to first - Trammell now in scoring position with 2 away - McGraw calls for the intentional walk to Fisk with the pitchers spot coming to the plate.
And Stengel lifts Blyleven. Jeff Bagwell will come to the plate.
Bagwell's 2-10 with a home run. Well, here we go - 2 on, 2 out, NL holding onto the 4-3 lead. Mathewson pitching to Bagwell.
Bagwell harmlessly hits a foul pop to third, Schmidt snatches it and the threat ends.
Bottom 6
2011 Justin Verlander is 28 years old, he has pitched 2/3 of an inning so far in the series, he's RH and he is coming on now.
Pujols singles to right center.
Wagner slow roller to short - Trammell goes the short way, verrrrrrry close, but they get the lead runner.
Wagner looks to take second -- But Fisk Guns him Down - Fisk rifles a shot that takes out Wagner and there's 2 out.
Aaron doubles to left center - NL with a man in scoring position and 2 away.
Verlander comes up big - striking out Schmidt and we go to the 7th, 4-3 NL.
Top 7
Carew leads off with a single - tying run is aboard.
Cabrera hits a rocket down the line - but Schmidt makes a near miraculous stab for the putout - he then fires to first looking to double up Carew, he just is able to get back.
Betts works a walk, Mathewson is leaking oil now, his manager McGraw might be showing too much deference now.
Reggie grounds slowly to second - Morgan flips to short, that's all - that leaves men on the corners, two away.
SPEAKER HITS A LONG DRIVE -- DEEP RIGHT CENTER FIELD -- MAYS TO THE WALL --- CAUGHT! CAUGHT! WILLIE MAYS PULLS A SPEAKER HOME RUN BACK FROM OVER THE WALL. Willie Mays has saved the day for the NL and we are onto the bottom of the 7th.
Bottom 7
Piazza grounds to third.
Mathewson stays in the game, grounds to third.
Joe Morgan bangs a double hard off the right field wall.
Mays grounds to first - and we go to the 8th, NL 4 AL 3
Top 8
Trammell chops one into the hole at short- Wagner can't make the play. Base hit.
How much does Mathewson have left.
Mathewson digs deep.
He strikes out Gehringer.
He strikes out Fisk.
Stengel goes to the bench -- it's Aaron Judge. 2 out, one on - Judge comes in to face Mathewson.
And he walks.
2 on, 2 out - just like the 7th. Carew to the plate.
Base Hit! Carew hard single to right field -- Aaron comes up and fires a Strike to Home Plate -- Trammell holds at third.
Bases loaded. 2 out. 4-3.
Miguel Cabrera.
Cabrera flies to center. Mathewson is out of it again. Let's go to the 9th.
Bottom 8
Zach Greinke is the third AL pitcher, he's pitched 4 innings, given up 4 runs.
Bonds flies to right.
Pujols singles to left.
Wagner singles to right, Pujols goes to third, men on the corners.
Aaron shallow fly out to left- Pujols can't advance, two away.
Wagner steals second - two men in scoring position, the force play taken away.
Schmidt grounds to short -- and we go to the bottom of the 9th.
Top 9
Mathewson comes back out. 3 outs away from sending the NL A Team into the winners bracket where they would face the AL A Team.
Betts singles to left center. The AL really getting on base.
Reggie grounds to first - Pujols throws to second to knock off the lead runner. Reggie safe.
Speaker walks. 2 on. 1 out.
Trammell singles to left - Reggie running - Bonds is throwing -- Reggie is....
SAFE! SAFE! SAFE! Reggie scores, the AL has tied the score - Speaker is now at third, Trammell at second, the AL has 2 on and still one out. 4-4
That ends Mathewson's game - Randy Johnson enters, 4 IP, 1 ER.
Gehringer rips a single to center! Speaker scores - Trammell held up -- The AL has come All The Way Back to Take the Lead. 5-4.
Fisk lines to third.
Derek Jeter comes on to hit, runners on the corners, 2 out, Jeter's 3-10 with a walk.
Jeter grounds to third.
Bottom 9
The NL had a 4-0 lead, but the AL scores 2 in the top of the 9th and now leads 5-4, 3 outs from forcing a decisive game 7.
It's Eck. He's only pitched a third of an inning so far in the tournament.
Piazza flies to left.
Hornsby comes off the bench to hit - what a series, 7 for 18 with a walk and 3 homers.
Hornsby singles to center.
Top of the order now - Morgan, Mays and if anyone gets on base - Bonds.
Morgan routine grounder to second - flip to short for 1 - to first....DOUBLE PLAY! DOUBLE PLAY!
Dennis Eckersley has come on and ended this game - the American League B Team forces Game 7.
AL B 5 NL A 4
The Detroit Tigers come through, run scoring singles by Trammell and Gehringer in the 9th giving the AL the comeback win. Big 4 hit day for Alan Trammell. Hey, we get a Game 7.
Series Totals
Wagner: 9-20, HR, 3B, 22B, 3RBI, 3RS
Mays: 7-19, BB, 3HR, 2B, 8RBI, 5RS
Aaron: 3-12, BB HBP, 2B
Robinson: 1-8, HBP, BB, 2B, 2RS
Morgan: 4-11, 2BB, HR, 22B, 2RBI, 3RS
Bonds: 3-16, 3 walks, HR, 2RBI 3RS
Musial: 2-11, walk, HBP RBI
Harper: 1-8
Snider: 1-6, 2 BB
Mathews: 1-7, BB, RS
Bench: 3-10, 3BB, HR, 3RBI 2RS
Vaughan: 0-6, BB, HBP
Hornsby: 8-19, BB, 3HR, 7RBI, 6RS
Pujols: 8-16, 4BB, 2HR, 2B, 6RBI, 4RS
Schmidt: 5-17, 2BB, 2B, RBI, 3RS
Piazza: 4-12, BB, HR, 2RBI, 2RS
Gooden: 0-1 8 IP 5ER, 12H, 1BB/7K
Mathewson: 0-2, 15.1IP 6 ER, 18H, 8K/6BB
Carlton 1-0, 8.2 IP 5 ER, 9 hits, 11K/3BB
Koufax 1-0, 7IP, 5ER, 8H, 8K/2BB
Gibson: 1-0, 9 IP, 0ER, 5H 11K/1 BB
Johnson: 4 IP, ER, 3H 5K/BB
Maddux .1 IP
Kimbrel Sv IP, BB/K
Speaker 3-13, BB, RBI, 3RS, 2SB
Carew: 7-17 walk, 2RS
Jackson: 4-17, 2HR, 5RBI, 3RS
Griffey, 4-14, BB, HR, 2RBI, 2RS
Boggs: 1-8,
Gehringer: 4-11, 2BB, RBI
Jeter: 3-11, BB
Berra: 2-10, RS
Betts: 5-14, BB, HR 3RBI, 3RS, 2SB
Bagwell: 2-11, HR, 3RBI, 2RS
Judge: 2-10, HBP, 4BB, 2B, RS
Cabrera 7-19, HR 2RBI, 2RS
Trout: 2-10, RBI, RS
Biggio: 2-10, BB, HBP, HR, SB
Trammell: 7-14, 2B, 3RBI
Fisk: 1-10, 3BB, RS
Palmer 1-0, 8.2 IP, 4ER, 4 H, 4 K/5BB
Blyleven: 1-0 14 IP 4ER 10 H, 7 K/6BB
Guidry: 0-1, 6.1 IP 8ER, 14 H, 3K/0BB
Grove 0-1, 7.1 IP, 6ER, 12 H, 5BB/3K
Scott: 0-1, 8.2 IP, 9ER, 13H, 8K/5BB
Greinke: 1-0 4 IP, 4ER, 6H, 6K/2BB
Verlander 2.2 IP H K
Eckersley SV 1.1 IP BB
