In the first extra-inning World Series game since 1986, the underdog Cincinnati Reds beat the powerful Oakland Athletics, 5 – 4, in ten innings

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On October 17, 1990 —  In the first extra-inning World Series game since 1986, the underdog Cincinnati Reds beat the powerful Oakland Athletics, 5 – 4, in ten innings, to take a surprising 2-0 lead in the World Series. Reds outfielder Billy Hatcher goes 4 for 4 to run his consecutive streak of hits to seven, tying a World Series record set by Thurman Munson.

Hatcher fills up the box score with a 4-for-4 night against the A’s. He registers two doubles, a triple, two runs, a walk and an RBI.

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