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Ohio State ace E. J. Laretta received the win, walking just one batter and striking out four in 7.2 innings to up his record to 3-1 on the year. The junior righthander and preseason All-American did surrender nine hits on the day, but Harvard's mistakes on the basepaths killed its best scoring opportunities...
...menace Piazza. Clemens had a broken bat come flying at him and he caught it and threw it off the field as if to say, "Get this damn thing out of my face." The idea that he would try to hit Piazza (only the third batter he faced) and risk getting thrown out of the game is plain stupid. Clemens didn't even realize Piazza was in the basepath. In the event, the umpire saw no reason to eject Clemens. But a media circus of the plain stupid went to work...
Then again, Mets manager Bobby Valentine told The New York Times, "We came with very little World Series experience, and we got a lot of it in one night." Batter...
...perhaps the biggest problem the Cardinals had was the constant re-shuffling of its lineup and pitching rotation. Trying to combat the Mets' southpaw squadron, LaRussa tried to spread out his right-handed batters. With McGwire relegated to pinch-hitting, the most powerful right handed batter was third baseman Fernando Tatis, who hadn't been playing consistently since the dog days of summer. Granted, Tatis did his best, but his glove was too costly...
...Seven, bottom of the ninth, two outs. You're down three runs with the bases loaded. The pitcher is scheduled to bat next. You smirk. You point your finger down the bench at the burly man with the red goatee. "You. Grab a bat." The man heads to the batter's box and launches one into the night. Game over. You win. The man is Mark McGwire...