[PilotMan]

ALCS
Game 4
Twins down the Blue Jays 4-3. Eric Show went 8, despite allowing homers to Upshaw and Schmidt, the Twins get it done and stay in it. Tied 2-2.


Game 6
10/9
Rhoden v. Candelaria
6-5 W over the Expos
You couldn't write this one better. I'm gonna let you have it just as it happened. Top of the 2^nd LA starts the scoring off LA loads the bases and Roy Smalley works a walk off of the Candy Man to force the run in. He then strikes out Rhoden and Stubbs to close the inning. Bottom of the 2^nd though, Montreal comes back fast. A Lou Whitaker double scores Wallach and Carter. Two ground outs later Whitaker comes in and it's 3-1. Top 3, Willie Randolph starts off with a single, two outs and a 2-2 pitch to Dwayne Murphy who had 1 hit all series, pulled a pitch 406 ft into the right field seats and it was tied up at 3. In the 5^th Ron LeFlore lead off with a double, then Little reached on a error by Grich. LeFlore scored on a Raines fielders choice. Robin Yount then tripled home Raines before being stranded and Montreal went up 5-3. My heart started to fall. In the 6^th Dave Rozema came in, as we had worked the pitch count up on Candelaria. Roy Smalley worked a walk and took second on a sac. Stubbs singled and Smalley came home to cut the lead. In the 8^th Reardon came on, we'd seen him go 2 innings before. That's how it stayed heading into the 9^th inning. The crowd was chanting, Reardon and his 47 regular season saves, but nobody wanted to think about his 5 blown saves. He got Franklin Stubbs to ground out on the first pitch and there was 1 away. Willie Randolph came up next. Reardon got Randolph to ground out on a 2-2 pitch and we were down to the last out. The champagne was being wheeled into the locker room, and the caps were getting ready to come out. Mike Marshall was our last hope. First pitch, ball. Second pitch, ball. Third pitch, called strike. Then a sharp shot to left, just over the short stop and there was 1 on, but there were still 2 outs. Dewey is up next. He's carried this team for parts of this season and is the best bat in the lineup. First pitch, called strike. Second pitch, fouled off. Down 0-2. 2 Out. This is it. BOOM! Deep fly to right field. It's high and it's long! GONE! The ball goes 420ft and LA jumps out 6-5. Steve Howe came on got the first out, before allowing a single to Hendrick. Vance Law pinch hitting. Everyone knowing about his last at bat. How forces the 6-4-3 double play to end the game. We live for another day, and we've seen the last of Candelaria. It's all tied up at 3, coming down to game 7.