Word: mcgwire
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Howell, victimized by McGwire's game-winning home run in the ninth inning a night earlier, got revenge this time. He relieved starter Tim Belcher with two outs in the seventh. The Dodgers were ahead, 4-3. A walk and error loaded the bases...
OAKLAND, Calif.--Reliever Jay Howell got even by getting Mark McGwire out with the bases loaded in the seventh inning last night, preserving the Los Angeles Dodgers' 4-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics and moving them within one game of the World Series title...
...McGwire, just 1-for-13 in the Series, swung at a first-pitch fastball and popped it straight up to first baseman Tracy Woodson. Howell finished for a save in the same ballpark where fans constantly booed him last year when he pitched...
...Athletics managed just five hits, but McGwire's homer was the difference in a game in which Oakland's bullpen...
...Athletics escaped a basesloaded, no-out jam in the sixth inning and Rick Honeycutt allowed one hit in the final two innings for the victory. Howell entered in the ninth and retired Jose Canseco on a pop-up before McGwire homered...