A decisive extra-inning blast tops off Roberto Clemente’s power display, obscuring Hank Aaron’s heroics. Wayne Minshew of the Atlanta Constitution reports that Clemente “hit a Pat Jarvis fastball 414 feet in the 6th inning and a Jay Ritchie slider 403 feet in the 10th to win the cliffhanger after Aaron saved it for overtime by robbing Manny Jimenez of a home run in the 9th.” It was Clemente’s 6th-inning solo shot that put Pittsburgh up by two and Aaron’s 8th-inning single that made it three all. Hank’s 9th-inning circus catch keeps it tied but, in the 10th, after Matty Alou is caught stealing for the second out, Roberto takes matters into his own hands and the rest is history.

On August 28, 1967 — A decisive extra-inning blast tops off Roberto Clemente’s power display, obscuring Hank Aaron’s heroics. Wayne Minshew of the Atlanta Constitution reports that Clemente “hit a Pat Jarvis fastball 414 feet in the 6th inning and a Jay Ritchie slider 403 feet in the 10th to win the cliffhanger after Aaron saved it for overtime by robbing Manny Jimenez of a home run in the 9th.” It was Clemente’s 6th-inning solo shot that put Pittsburgh up by two and Aaron’s 8th-inning single that made it three all. Hank’s 9th-inning circus catch keeps it tied but, in the 10th, after Matty Alou is caught stealing for the second out, Roberto takes matters into his own hands and the rest is history.

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