2016 world series game 7 top of the 10th

2016 WORLD SERIES GAME 7 TOP OF THE 10TH FULL

The first of what would be six Yankees-Dodgers showdowns over the next decade, Joe Page tossed five innings of one-hit relief as New York erased an early Brooklyn lead with five unanswered runs. Houston wasted no time, jumping on Yu Darvish for five runs in the first two innings and cruising to their first World Series title in franchise history. Homers from Bert Campaneris and Reggie Jackson - Oakland's first two dingers of the entire Series - staked the A's to a lead, and Rollie Fingers made sure it held up with 3 1/3 innings of scoreless relief. Trailing 6-0 after five innings, New York showed some life in the ninth with two homers off of Bob Gibson, who eventually regrouped and finished off his first World Series championship. He never made it back to the Fall Classic.

Pittsburgh rookie Babe Adams tossed a shutout for his third win of the Series, as the Pirates sent Ty Cobb home with his third straight World Series loss. One year after Brooklyn finally broke through against its crosstown rival (more on that later), the Yankees struck back behind two early homers from Yogi Berra.ĭetroit touched up a tired Hank Borowy for five runs in the top of the first in what would be the Cubs' last World Series game for 71 years. Louis put up seven runs off of four Detroit pitchers in the third, and that was more than enough run support for future Hall of Famer Dizzy Dean. It's given us some of the greatest performances and iconic moments in baseball history.īut just what is the best World Series Game 7 of all-time? There are almost too many iconic moments to choose from, so we're going to have to solve this the old-fashioned way: by ranking all 38 of the others.ĭisagree with our list below? Let us know in the comments.

2016 WORLD SERIES GAME 7 TOP OF THE 10TH FULL

In a month full of white-knuckle drama, nothing tops Game 7 of the World Series - a winner-take-all to end all winner-take-alls, 10 arduous months condensed into a final nine innings.

2016 world series game 7 top of the 10th