Labor Day game at Fenway Park, Carlos Pena belts a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Red Sox a 3-2 win over the White Sox

Labor Day game at Fenway Park, Carlos Pena belts a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Red Sox a 3-2 win over the White Sox

On September 4, 2006, in a Labor Day game at Fenway Park, Carlos Pena belts a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Red Sox a 3-2 win over the White Sox. A Massachussetts native who grew up idolizing the Red Sox, Pena hits his first homer in a Boston…

Craig Biggio blasts a dramatic three-run homer off ex-Astro Billy Wagner with two outs in the ninth to stun the Phillies, 8-6
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Craig Biggio blasts a dramatic three-run homer off ex-Astro Billy Wagner with two outs in the ninth to stun the Phillies, 8-6

2005 – Craig Biggio blasts a dramatic three-run homer off ex-Astro Billy Wagner with two outs in the ninth to stun the Phillies, 8-6. Lance Berkman and Mike Lamb had previously gone deep. It’s the second night in a row the Astros tag their former closer for the winning run, extending Houston’s mastery over Philadelphia to 12 straight, not having lost to them since May of 2003. The Astros maintain a one-game lead over Florida in the wild card chase. 

Billy Mueller caps off a wild game with a walk off homerun vs Yankees

Billy Mueller caps off a wild game with a walk off homerun vs Yankees

2004 – Another saga is added to the Red Sox-Yankee rivalry as a bench-clearing brawl breaks out after Red Sox starter Bronson Arroyo hits Alex Rodriguez, who hit last night’s game-winning home run, with a pitch. As A-Rod stares out at the mound on his way to first base, Boston’s catcher Jason Varitek, after a verbal exchange, pushes the All-Star third baseman in the face, causing a series of fights with players in both team’s dugouts and bullpens involved.

Derek Jeter hits a home run in the bottom of the 10th, giving the Yankees a 3 – 2 victory over Arizona to knot the World Series at two games apiece
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Derek Jeter hits a home run in the bottom of the 10th, giving the Yankees a 3 – 2 victory over Arizona to knot the World Series at two games apiece

2001 – For the first time since the Philadelphia Athletics’s Mule Haas hit a game-tying two-run home run in Game 5 of the 1929 World Series, a team comes from behind to tie a Fall Classic game in the 9th inning and goes on to win in extra innings. A two-out, two-run home run by Tino Martinez in the bottom of the 9th ties the game, and Derek Jeter hits a home run in the bottom of the 10th, giving the Yankees a 3 – 2 victory over Arizona to knot the World Series at two games apiece. Both homers come off Byung-Hyun Kim, who relieves Curt Schilling in the 8th inning. Mariano Rivera gets the win in relief for the Yankees. Following the 2010 season, a panel of experts at the MLB Network will vote this game the 12th greatest game of the past fifty years.

Darin Erstad becomes only 3rd player in history with a leadoff and walkoff homerun in same game
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Darin Erstad becomes only 3rd player in history with a leadoff and walkoff homerun in same game

    On June 25, 2000, After starting in the bottom of the first with leadoff home run, Darin Erstad ends the game in the bottom of the 11th inning with a walk-off home run, giving the Angels a 7-6 victory over Minnesota at Edison Field. Erstad homers off Mark Redman in the first and…

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Edgar Renteria singles home Craig Counsell, giving the Florida Marlins their first World Series title with a 3-2 win over the Indians

With two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning of Game 7, Edgar Renteria singles home Craig Counsell, giving the Florida Marlins their first World Series title with a 3-2 win over the Indians. The five year-old Marlins become the youngest expansion team to win the Fall Classic.

Joe Carter of the Toronto Blue Jays hits a dramatic three-run homer against Mitch Williams of the Philadelphia Phillies to end the World Series
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Joe Carter of the Toronto Blue Jays hits a dramatic three-run homer against Mitch Williams of the Philadelphia Phillies to end the World Series

  October 23, 1993 The sixth game in the Toronto Blue Jays — Philadelphia Phillies World Series was a rematch between Game 2 starters Terry Mulholland and Dave Stewart. Toronto scored in the bottom of the first on a Paul Molitor triple, Joe Carter sacrifice fly, and Roberto Alomar RBI single. Molitor added a solo…

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Anthony Young’s record-setting 27-game losing streak comes to an abrupt end

After a shaky one-inning relief performance, in which he gives up the go-ahead run, Anthony Young’s record-setting 27-game losing streak comes to an abrupt end when the Mets score twice in the ninth for a 5-4 walk-off victory over Florida at Shea Stadium. The infamous streak, which covered a span of 81 appearances over two seasons, included 14 losses as a starter and 13 as a reliever. “That wasn’t even a big monkey that was on my back. It was a zoo. The guys treated it like I had won a World Series game for them.” – Anthony Young, commenting on his teammates’ reaction to the end of his 27-game losing streak.

The Twins beat the Braves, 1-0 to capture 1991 World Series
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The Twins beat the Braves, 1-0 to capture 1991 World Series

In Game 7 of the ‘Worst to First’ World Series, the Twins beat the Braves, 1-0, when Dan Gladden scores the winning run in the bottom of the tenth on Gene Larkin’s single, clinching its second world championship since relocating from Washington D.C. in 1961. Atlanta and Minnesota had both finished in last place in their respective divisions the previous season.