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October 23, 1993
1993 World Series | Game 6
Carter hits a dream blast, Jays walk off with World Series trophy |
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SKYDOME, TORONTO, CANADA -- When children are playing make-believe baseball, it happens all the time: bottom of the ninth, your team is down, and with the World Series on the line you smack the game-winning, walk-off home run. In real life, though, it has happened only once, and only Joe Carter knows how it truly feels.
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Starters: Terry Mulholland vs. Dave Stewart
WP: Duane Ward LP: Mitch Williams
HR: PHI: Lenny Dykstra (7th); TOR: Paul Molitor (5th), Joe Carter (9th)
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The Blue Jays and Phillies couldn't have appeared more opposite heading into the '93 World Series. The buttoned down Jays were the defending World Champions, while the gruff and gritty Phils had finished in last place only a season earlier. The Series had already seen some wild moments, but none more so than in Game 4, when the Phillies scored two touchdowns -- and lost. The 15-14 Toronto win was the highest-scoring World Series game of all time.
Leading the Series 3-2, the Blue Jays appeared to have Game 6 wrapped up as they headed into the seventh inning with a 5-1 lead and World Series veteran Dave Stewart on the hill. Only two teams in World Series history had made comebacks from four runs down while facing elimination, but the Phillies were making a strong bid to become the third. With two men on, Phillies fireplug Lenny Dykstra belted his fourth homer of the Series to cut the lead to 5-4. Danny Cox then replaced Stewart, but the Phils strung together two singles, a steal and a double to take the lead, 6-5.
Philadelphia's bullpen kept things interesting, loading the bases in the eighth, but no Jays crossed the plate. Then for the ninth, Phillie manager Jim Fregosi called on closer Mitch Williams to preserve the lead and force a Game 7. Known as the "Wild Thing," an unpredictable Williams had amassed a nerve-racking 43 saves during the season. He started by walking Rickey Henderson and forcing Devon White to fly out to left. Eventual Series MVP Paul Molitor then rapped out his third hit of the game, raising his average to .500.
The stage was now set for Joe Carter's heroics. Williams' first two offerings were outside; he poured the third one in for a strike and Carter fouled off the fourth to even the count before belting a low fastball over the left field-wall. Carter's jubilant dance around the bases carried out the ultimate baseball dream for the first time in World Series history, and carried the Blue Jays to back-to-back World Series titles.
Copyright 1993 by the Office of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball
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| Game 1 - October 16, 1993 |
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| Game 2 - October 17, 1993 |
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| Game 3 - October 19, 1993 |
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| Game 4 - October 20, 1993 |
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| Game 5 - October 21, 1993 |
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