GAME 6: “High Reward Bonds”

Game MVP: Bonds

(A visionary who saw the early potential of the belt buckle ad)

Fenway Park

65 degrees, clear

Hurst vs Robertson

San Francisco 9 Boston 8

Game MVP: Bonds

Five games, five home team victories. Game 6 would reverse the trend but not without all the drama due the Fall Classic.

In the top of the first the trend of first inning scoring continued as the Giants got off to the fast 2 run start sending 8 to the plate getting two doubles a single and two walks. Todd Benzinger greeted Rich Robertson with a bases empty home run in the bottom of the inning to close the score to 2-1 Giants.

In the bottom of the 4^th Boston unleashed the full strength of their awesome attack against Robertson scoring 5 times and opening up a 6-2 lead. Notable contributors to this outburst were a Greenwell RBI single and a Spike Owen bases loaded 3 RBI double. San Francisco let Robertson continue in what looked like it could be a Boston blowout, attempting to keep as many arms as possible fresh for an increasingly likely game 7.

In the 5^th Ken Henderson closed the score to 6-3 with a solo home run, but Boston came back to add two more runs in the bottom of the inning on a Dwight Evans two RBI double off of Robertson. At this point the score was Boston 8 San Francisco 3.

In the top of the 7^th Ron Hunt powered his first home run of the season for two RBIs driving Hurst to the showers as Gardner came in to close out the inning with Boston leading 8-5.

In the 8^th Frank Johnson drove Gardner from the game with a lead off single and Boston brought in bob Stanley to put out the Giant spark. Bobby Bonds greeted Stanley with an RBI double closing the score to 8-6 Boston. At this point Jim Ray Hart came in to pinch hit for Al Gallagher and crushed his fourth home run of the series to left-center to tie the game at 8-8.

Don McMahon came in to start the 8^th inning and retired the side 1-23. In the top of the 9^th Willie Mays drew a leadoff walk before McCovey flied out to right. Lee Smith came in to strike out Frank Johnson before walking Frank Johnson and moving Mays to second. At this point Dennis Lamp came in to relieve Smith and face Bobby Bonds who drove a 2-2 pitch through the left side of the infield to score Mays from second and put the Giants ahead 9-8. McMahon would give up a lead off single to Barrett in the bottom of the ninth. He would move to second on a Benzinger sac bunt where he would be stranded by McMahon who would entice Boggs to hit a flyout to left before Greenwell would lineout to Mays in center ending the series and making the long shot Giants KOD24 champs!