WILD-CARD WINNERS; MARLINS RUN IN THE 11TH WINS IT FOR LEYLAND : FLORIDA 3, CLEVELAND 2.Byline: Ben Walker Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Edgar Renteria ended one of the most thrilling Game 7s ever, singling home the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the Florida Marlins The Florida Marlins are a professional baseball team based in Miami Gardens, Florida. The Marlins are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. From to the present, the Marlins have played in Dolphin Stadium. their first World Series championship with a 3-2 win over the Cleveland Indians  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. on Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. .
The 5-year-old Marlins became the youngest expansion team, and the only wild-card entry, to win a championship, while adding more heartbreak to the nearly half-century of disappointment for the Indians. The Marlins, masters of the late-inning comeback, tied it at 2-2 in the ninth on Craig Counsell's sacrifice fly and then took advantage of second baseman second baseman n. Baseball The infielder who is positioned near and to the first-base side of second base. Noun 1. second baseman - (baseball) the person who plays second base second sacker Tony Fernandez's error to score the winning run. This marked just the third time in history that a Game 7 had gone to extra innings Noun 1. extra innings - overtime play until one team is ahead at the end of an inning; e.g. baseball extra time, overtime - playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie . A see-saw Series finished with the teams alternating wins for all seven games. There was little drama for the first six games, but Game 7 packed an entire season's worth of thrills into one night that kept getting better as the clock passed midnight. Jay Powell James Willard Powell, also known as Jay Powell (b. January 9, 1972 in Meridian, Mississippi), is a former American baseball pitcher, who last played for the Atlanta Braves. He graduated from Mississippi State University. pitched one inning for the victory. Charles Nagy Florida pitcher Livan Hernandez became just the second rookie to win the Series MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. award, joining Larry Sherry of the Dodgers in 1959. The trophy was even more special for the 22-year-old Hernandez, who won Games 1 and 5, because his mother was allowed by Cuban officials to visit the United States for the final game. Marlins manager Jim Leyland celebrated his first trip to the Series, watching the wild-card Marlins win after spending nearly $100 million during the winter to bolster a team that had never had a winning record. ``I guess every little boy imagines this might happen at one time. It's a total fantasy for me,'' Leyland said. ``I was a little concerned. We haven't given up all year - tonight wasn't the time to give up. When we walked into the clubhouse tonight, we knew we were going to be world champions.'' Indians manager Mike Hargrove found no joy on his 48th birthday. He was born a year after the Indians' last title in 1948. His club added another heartbreak to a city that has only known losing for too long. It was their second World Series loss in three years. ``I don't really know what to tell the team, other than they played hard all year long,'' Hargrove said. ``We overcame long odds to get where we're at. We played hard, we didn't give the game away, it could've gone either way. It just happened to go the Marlins' way.'' Cleveland relief ace Jose Mesa was just a double-play grounder away from clinching the championship in the ninth, but Counsell tied it with a deep fly to right. Bobby Bonilla, one of Florida's high-priced free agents, singled to start the 11th against Nagy. One out later, Counsell hit a grounder to the right side and Bonilla might have screened Fernandez, racing to third when the ball rolled past the second baseman's glove. Visions of Bill Buckner's misplay mis·play n. Sports & Games A mistaken or unskillful play. tr.v. mis·played, mis·play·ing, mis·plays To make a misplay of. Noun 1. in the 1986 Series stirred as the Indians intentionally walked Jim Eisenreich to load the bases. Devon White grounded into a force play at the plate before Renteria lined an 0-1 pitch up the middle past Nagy for the victory. The Marlins raced on to the field in triumph while Indians first baseman Jim Thome crouched alone in front of the mound. Fernandez gave the Indians the lead in the third with a two-run single off Florida starter Al Leiter. Bonilla made it 2-1 in the seventh with a home run, the only run allowed by the 21-year-old Wright. Thome drew a leadoff walk in the third and Marquis Grissom followed with a single on another full count. That brought up Wright, and once again a Cleveland pitcher came through at the plate. A day after starter Chad Ogea had two hits and drove in two runs in a 4-1 win, Wright put down a sacrifice bunt to the right side. First baseman Darren Daulton, starting ahead of Jeff Conine because of his bat and not his glove, bobbled the ball and cost himself a chance to make a play at third. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1--Cover--color) FLORIDA JUICED See Joost. See also juice. Renteria's 11th-inning hit lifts Marlins World Series title in the seventh game. (2--color) Florida's Craig Counsell leaps with joy as he scores the winning run in the bottom of the 11th inning. Associated Press |
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