1996 world series game 4

DP —New York 1, Atlanta 1. Team LOB — SF —Lopez 1,off Boehringer. Team —8. BK —Weathers 1. T — Leyritz fouled off a slider to keep the count even.

Remember, Leyritz had just fouled 98 and 99 mph fastballs straight back, a sign that he was just barely missing those pitches. Obviously it was horrible location. Even though I hung the pitch, he was out in front of it, hit it off his front foot a little bit, but he kept his hands back enough where he got enough good wood on it for it to go over the fence. I got him out in front just a little bit, but obviously the pitch stayed up a little bit and he had enough on it to send it over the wall.

While his 15th-inning blast one year earlier had given the Yankees a lead in the best-of-five ALDS, the Mariners came back to win the last three games and the series.

This time it would be different. All of a sudden the Yankees had a defining moment. And then another one when Game 4 went extra innings and Wade Boggs drew a bases-loaded walk to force in the go-ahead run.

The Yankees would win in 10 innings, Pettitte outdueled Smoltz for a win in Game 5. The Yankees were world champions in To have a moment like that was pretty big. But I understand that I might have two world championship rings instead of one had I thrown a different pitch or made a better pitch. Better pitch, not a different one. Both hitter and pitcher agree that a better executed slider would have resulted in a strikeout.

Leyritz is a regular at card shows and corporate events where he regales fans with tales of the home run that changed the destiny of the Yankees. And then that dynasty never develops.

Jones had his third hit and scored in Atlanta's three-run sixth. Braves starter John Smoltz would pitch six easy innings before turning it over to the bullpen in Atlanta's rout. After showcasing their big bats in Game 1, the Braves used the dominant pitching of Greg Maddux to win Game 2.

Fred McGriff , who went 2 for 3 with a sacrifice fly, had single RBIs in the first, third, and fifth innings, while Marquis Grissom added a run-scoring single in the sixth. This was more than enough for Maddux, who pitched a gem, scattering six hits in eight innings. Mark Wohlers pitched the ninth to combine with Maddux on the shutout. With the series going to Atlanta, the Braves appeared on the brink of a championship repeat. The Yankees needed a solid performance from David Cone and got one, with him pitching six innings and only giving up one run.

After the Braves got a run off of Yankees rookie Mariano Rivera , closer John Wetteland had two strikeouts in a perfect ninth. Game 4 would prove to be the decisive game of the World Series. Fred McGriff had a home run and Marquis Grissom hit a two-run double to deep center as the Braves stormed out to a lead by the fifth inning. However, he suddenly ran into trouble in the sixth inning, which began when an otherwise catchable pop-fly hit by Derek Jeter was not caught when right field umpire Tim Welke got in the way of Braves right fielder Jermaine Dye.

Neagle then allowed three runs, with two of them coming off a Cecil Fielder single which was aided by an error on right fielder Dye. Neagle was knocked out of the game, leaving the Atlanta lead in the hands of their bullpen. Mike Bielecki came in with nobody out to strike out the side in three straight. The Braves could not score on the New York bullpen and in the eighth, manager Bobby Cox decided to put closer Mark Wohlers in the game an inning early.

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